Tom is still a rookie, isn't he?

The queen has the ability to move as much as if she were a rook, that is, over the rows and columns, as if she were a bishop, that is, over the diagonals.

Judit took the rook and led it to a7, but just before releasing it she changed her mind and left it at a3.

The king usually moves to any square next to his. But in chess there is a special move called castling, which can be done in two different ways, depending on the situation. In the first case, relating white, the king goes from e1 to g1 and the rook comes from h1 to f1. It's the short castling. In the second case, and still dealing with white, the king goes from e1 to c1 and the rook comes from a1 to d1. It's the long castling. This is the only time when two pieces are displaced in the same move.

Tom is still a rookie.

Is the rook that important when playing chess?

The chess pieces are: king, queen, bishop, knight, rook and pawn.

In the starting position of the game, White has the rooks in a1 and h1, the knights in b1 and g1, the bishops in c1 and f1, the queen in d1, and the king in e1. Its eight pawns occupy the second row of the board, from a2 to h2.

In castling, the king as well as a rook is moved.

The queen can move on the rows and columns like a rook and on the diagonals like a bishop.