14 Feb 20
@webwiz saidRemove the castling rook from the board, for example if you want to castle kingside take the h1 rook completely off the board. Pick up one of the rooks from the selection at the bottom and place it on the castle's target square, so in our example on f1. Then move the king two squares as you would normally, i.e. x) Ke1 - g1. This ensures that the move count in the analysis history is correct. You can move the king first, but for some reason the analysis board feature counts the rook replacement as belonging to the opponent's move immediately after castling.
Is there a way of castling when using the analysis feature - apart from doing 2 moves without one from the opponent in between?
14 Feb 20
@webwiz saidJust castle as you would otb, moving the rook and the king to their castled squares.
Is there a way of castling when using the analysis feature - apart from doing 2 moves without one from the opponent in between?
Yoy don't need to involve the opponents pieces
15 Feb 20
@bigdoggproblem saidHave I broken a rule? Which one?
Russ, please make all boards play by the rules!
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I think in OTB if one intends to castle you move the king two moves over and then move the rook because if you accidentally move the king one move over and let loose the king for a moment for some reason, the opponent can say touch move and call the judges over and say he let go so you need to make sure you do a two move with king which would normally be an illegal move THEN move the rook.
@sonhouse saidJust to fine tune this a bit, the king is moved first because if you move the rook first, that is a complete and legal move and must stand as played the instant you release the rook.
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I think in OTB if one intends to castle you move the king two moves over and then move the rook because if you accidentally move the king one move over and let loose the king for a moment for some reason, the opponent can say touch move and call the judges over and say he let go so you need to make sure you do a two move with king which would normally be an illegal move THEN move the rook.
If you move the king two squares, however, that is legal *only* if it is part of castling, therefore it is not a *complete* move until the rook is also placed on its new square.
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19 Feb 20
@bigdoggproblem saidPlease do not! One of the strong points of an analysis board is the ability to fantasise about "what if"s. If everything had to go by the rules now, here and then, we wouldn't be able to play through potential scenarios as much.
Russ, please make all boards play by the rules!
The Analysis board isn't there to tell you what you're allowed to - that;s what Fritz is for. Analysis is for checking wild ideas and getting bugs out of your mind. Being allowed to make "but perhaps" moves is an important part of that.
@shallow-blue saidYou can do ALL of that with boards that follow the rules of chess. It's actually better to do so, because the opponent just doesn't sit there and let your plan happen.
Please do not! One of the strong points of an analysis board is the ability to fantasise about "what if"s. If everything had to go by the rules now, here and then, we wouldn't be able to play through potential scenarios as much.
The Analysis board isn't there to tell you what you're allowed to - that;s what Fritz is for. Analysis is for checking wild ideas and getting bugs out of your mind. Being allowed to make "but perhaps" moves is an important part of that.
I know the rules quite well. I don't need the analysis board to help me there. What I need is for the analysis board's actions to match the rules I know already.
It's ridiculous to:
- have to move both K and R to castle
- have to play two moves in a row by the same side
- have to capture en passant, then clumsily, somehow, remove the enemy pawn, which should simply vanish
I rarely use the analysis board here for these, and other reasons. It's not designed for serious players.