♜ Black Chess Rook

The symbol ♜ “Black Chess Rook” displays a figure resembling an ancient 🪨 Stone fortress tower with crenellations. The symbol has been approved by Unicode in version 1.1, which appeared in 1993, and belongs to the “Miscellaneous Symbols” section, where it is located in a block together with other chess emojis, and is part of the “Black” set.

The emoji has no official version. Therefore, it is only displayed in a realistic format on highly compatible devices. On other platforms, the symbol is broadcasted in black and white monochrome colors and is not recommended by Unicode for general use.

Meaning of ♜ Black Chess Rook

The emoji depicts a chess rook, often called a “tour” from the French “tower” in the old-fashioned manner. According to the rules of the game the piece moves straight in all directions except diagonally, can move to any number of free cells and gets rid of the opponent on the way, by occupying his square.

At the beginning of the battle each player has two rooks and the cost of one such piece is equal to five ♟️ Pawns. During the game rook can participate in castling, during which it moves simultaneously with ♚ King, and has the right to checkmate.

How to use

You can use the ♜ “Black Chess Rook” symbol to invite a friend for a game of chess, remind a colleague of the day of an international tournament broadcast, or congratulate like-minded people on ♞ International Chess Day.

To do so, send the symbol separately, together with the text or in combination with other emojis. In the latter case it can be both chess signs as well as thematic smileys. For example, ⏱ “Stopwatch” and 📺 “Television”, and in the greetings version - 🎉 “Party Popper” and 🥂 “Clinking glasses”.

Alternatively, treat the emoji metaphorically by drawing parallels to the character’s appearance. For example, ♜ “Black chess rook” can express strength and power, refer to the mastery and strength of the character, and together with ✊ “Raised fist” emoji show support, implying the phrases “Hold on, friend!” and “Be strong!”.

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— Player move

— Chess pieces

— Game tactics

—Be strong

—Chess tournament

—Congrats

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