How to Castle in Chess
One other special chess rule is called
castling.
This move allows you to do two important things all in one move: get
your king to safety (hopefully), and get your rook out of the corner and
into the game. On a player's turn he may move his king two squares over
to one side and then move the rook from that side's corner to right
next to the king on the opposite side. (See the example below.) However,
in order to castle, the following conditions must be met:
- it must be that king's very first move
- it must be that rook's very first move
- there cannot be any pieces between the king and rook to move
- the king may not be in check or pass through check
Notice that when you castle one direction the king is closer to the side of the board. That is called castling "
kingside". Castling to the other side, through where the queen sat, is called castling "
queenside". Regardless of which side, the king always moves only two squares when castling.
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