Wazir (chess)

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d5 black pawn
c4 black circle
d4 white upside-down rook
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d3 black circle
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The wazir, represented by an inverted rook, may move to any marked square or capture the pawn on d5.

The wazir or vazir is a fairy chess piece that may move a single square vertically or horizontally. In notation, it is given the symbol W. In this article, the wazir is represented by an inverted rook.