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Summary: Learn the correct way to move your rooks in Chinese chess from a chess expert in this free instructional video.
Billy Tuong is from Sanh Hoa Long Herbal Pharmacy, a Chinese Medicine clinic located in the Chinatown/Soho area of New York City. He has been playing Chinese Chess since a young child,...read more
"Hi my name is Billy and on behalf of expertvillage.com today I'm going to be teaching you how to play Chinese chess we are located in China Town. Now there rook is one of the most powerful piece in the game. So once you loose the rook you loose your right arm. So without so you only have two. If you loose one basically you kind of want to give up the game on your left and right arm. Now for the rook the rook could eat anybody on the other side of the enemies. So as long as nothing in front of you, you don't have any of your kind in front of you it is a open space you can take any of your enemies out. You could take this one out, you could take this one out, you could take any one of them out basically. You could take his ... you can take him out. Once you have something in front of you of your kind you can take it out so you have to make sure it's there kind."
eHow Article: The Rook Movement in Chinese Chess