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How do I castle queenside

How do I castle queenside

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It won't let me castle queenside... I'm trying to move my king to do this any ideas

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I can't see in which of your games the problem arises...

In fact it should work if the criteria re fulfilled:

* The King is not in check
* The King doesn't need to travel over a square which is in check
* neither the King nor the Rook have been moved previously.

and moving the King in direction of the rook two squares should do the trick.

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Originally posted by Ponderable
I can't see in which of your games the problem arises...

In fact it should work if the criteria re fulfilled:

* The King is not in check
* The King doesn't need to travel over a square which is in check
* neither the King nor the Rook have been moved previously.

and moving the King in direction of the rook two squares should do the trick.
one more criteron . .. .if you are castling on the queenside, the path must be clear . . . that is, no pieces on the knight square . . . 🙂