If by "retain" you mean "acquire," then, yes. In fact, you can gain any extra Chess piece by getting a pon safely across the board. Some people think you can only use this action to gain a queen, but in fact, any piece can be acquired by getting your pon to your opponent's side of the board. However, in some games, you cannot change your pon to a rook even if it is across the board if both your rooks are still active and have not been killed.
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the rook, which is another name for a castle in chess
Rook.
Do you mean the Rook?
yes
The "rook". A rook is the name of a Eurasian bird of the crow family. A rook is also the chess piece that resembles a tower of a castle.
This is more a riddle or a joke than an actual chess question. The answer is "rook," which is a type of bird. A rook is also a chess piece, although the word rook comes from the Persian rukh which meant a heavily fortified chariot.
when you say corner chess piece, do u mean the piece tht starts in the four corners of the chess board, if so then that is called a rook.
Yes.
rook
The knight.
This is more a riddle or a joke than an actual Chess question. The answer is "rook," which is a type of bird. A rook is also a chess piece, although the word rook comes from the Persian rukh which meant a heavily fortified chariot.
A rook (type of crow)