Cannot castle out of check?

apathist

looking for loot

Only Chess

18 Jul 18

apathist

looking for loot

western colorado

Joined: 05 Feb 11
Moves: 9664

18 Jul 18

-2

Feels unfair.

sundown316

The Mighty Messenger

The Wood of N'Kai

Joined: 13 Dec 03
Moves: 156184

19 Jul 18

Can't castle into, out of, or thru check.

apathist

looking for loot

western colorado

Joined: 05 Feb 11
Moves: 9664

19 Jul 18

-2

Originally posted by @sundown316
Can't castle into, out of, or thru check.

Dumb rule. My king got away, deal with it.

moonbus

Über-Nerd (emeritus)

Joined: 31 May 12
Moves: 8703

19 Jul 18

Lots of rules feel unfair. Taxing death, for example. Deal with it.

BigDogg

Secret RHP coder

on the payroll

Joined: 26 Nov 04
Moves: 155080

19 Jul 18

Originally posted by @apathist
Dumb rule. My king got away, deal with it.

It is interesting that a rule designed to aid in King safety can't be used in a situation of immediate need. But them's the rules.

Eladar

Joined: 12 Jul 08
Moves: 13814

19 Jul 18

Same reason my you can't use the two space pawn move to avoid a pawn attacking the first square.

Casting was allowed to speed up the game just as the two space initial pawn move was allowed.

sundown316

The Mighty Messenger

The Wood of N'Kai

Joined: 13 Dec 03
Moves: 156184

21 Jul 18

Originally posted by @apathist
Dumb rule. My king got away, deal with it.

Why should I deal with it, it wasn't my game.

mchill

Cryptic

Behind the scenes

Joined: 27 Jun 16
Moves: 3283

23 Jul 18

Originally posted by @apathist
Feels unfair.

Your opponent has to obey the same rule, so perhaps it's not so unfair.

Paul Leggett

Chess Librarian

The Stacks

Joined: 21 Aug 09
Moves: 114064

25 Jul 18

Originally posted by @apathist
Dumb rule. My king got away, deal with it.

Good rule. Your king got stuck, deal with it. 😉