The Clue
Kasparov's corner man (4 letter answer)
The Answer
ROOK
Tags
Notes
The answer ROOK is common and appears about once every 200 puzzles.
Related Clues
Bamboozle
Castle
Cheat
Defraud
Dupe
Fleece
Hornswoggle
Swindle
Castle, in chess
Castle for Kasparov
Castle on a square
Chess castle
Chess piece
Corner chesspiece
Corner piece
Fischer's castle
Karpov's castle
Knight's neighbor
Man in a corner
Rip off
Corner piece in chess
It castles with a king
Orthogonally moving piece
Piece next to a knight
Definition
ROOK as a noun:
1. (castle, rook) = (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
2. (rook, Corvus frugilegus) = common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
ROOK as a verb:
1. (victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con) = deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"