Technically, no, since rooks aren't alive, unless you are talking about rookie players. However, you USE the rooks in ORDER to play chess. (I am referring to the chess pieces, not the Rookie players.)
There are a total of four Rooks at the start of the game .
There are 4 rooks(original) or more in a set of chess. This is because each player gets 2 rooks. Usually, it is 4 rooks, since there are 2 players, but there can be more if it is set to 1v1v1, 1v1v1v1, and so on.
Rooks are also referred to and resemble "castles".
All of the pieces except the rooks, in old days, were people. Now, they evolved to become the chess pieces we know of today.
Chess
The game is chess.
There are 4 rooks on the board at the start of a game of normal chess.
rooks, pawns, kings
The rooks were the first pieces I learned to use in chess, because their horizontal and vertical movement pattern was so easy to remember. The rooks in England reminded me of the crows at home in Illinois.
all the corners See related link below to rules and placement of all chess pieces .
The components of Chess are the game board and the pieces. There are 6 different kinds of pieces: the king, the queen, the knights, the bishops, the rooks(castles), and the pawns.