Castling in 960?

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panabenja

Obviously castling in Chess 960 must look different than normal games.  What are the rules the server uses?  Does the king always move 2 spaces?  Does the rook always move to the opposite side of the king?  What if both rooks are on the same side of the king?

wealybinn

I tried too and it was sooooooooooooooooooo different too normal castling!

Bielo

panabenja: As far as I know, the king moves just one square.

Bielo

panabenja: Chess960 allows each player to castle once per game, moving both the king and a rook in a single move. After castling, the rook and king's final positions are exactly the same as they would be in standard chess.

Bielo

After a-side castling (also called sometimes c-castling) the king is on c-file (c1 for White and c8 for Black) and the a-side Rook is on d-file (d1 for White and d8 for Black). This castling notated as O-O-O and known as queen-side castling in orthodox chess. After h-side castling (also called sometimes g-castling) the King is on g-file and the h-side Rook is on f-file.

Apoapsis
panabenja wrote:

Obviously castling in Chess 960 must look different than normal games.  What are the rules the server uses?  Does the king always move 2 spaces?  Does the rook always move to the opposite side of the king?  What if both rooks are on the same side of the king?


 Hopefully answer a question or two.

  • Normal castling rules apply
  • The king and rook will always be in the same spots  as they are in normal chess after castling
  • To castle in normal chess, move the king his 2 squares over
  • In 960, move the king on top of the rook (I think)
final_wars_64

Bump.

neoliminal

These castling rules are a suggested change to the normal Chess960 castling rules and result in the King always moving (unlike some castling moves in Chess960, where the King does not move at all.)

 

http://www.chessvariants.com/invention/chess480