Hello folks,
Just in case some group members are not aware I am also a qualified ECF arbiter
as well as an FM.The two are not mutually exclusive although it unusual to find
people who are both.
In all forms of castling the King only goes two squares sideways. Hence in
Queenside castling the King ends up on c1 or c8 and the Rook on d1 or d8.
Kingside castling is scored (notated) as 0-0 because there are two squares
between King and Rook, whilst Queenside castling is scored as 0-0-0 because
there are three squares between King and Rook.
The Laws of Chess state that you may not castle if your King is in check, moves
through check or ends up in check. This does not apply to the Rook. There are
two well-known instances where:
1) a player with the Black pieces castled Queenside when the b8 square was
under attack from a White Rook on b1. The White player, a former Soviet
Champion, objected but was quickly satisfied that no rule breach had been
committed.
2) Another former Soviet champion playing White had his h1 Rook attacked by a
Black Bishop. He was uncertain as to whether he could castle and consulted the
arbiter! Naturally he was quickly reassured that he could.
Happy castling!
Tyson
On 29 November 2018 at 10:41 Louis Prem <louisprem63@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Jim t,
Here's a question about how do one Castles on the White queen
side? Does the King be on b1 and the Rook on c1, or the King
should be on c1 and the Rook on d1. There's a confusion in this
position. Thank you.
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