20 Jun 06
You can't castle if:
1) You are in check.
2) You have previously moved your king or the rook you want to castle with.
3) One of the squares your king passes through or ends up on is attacked.
I believe that the rules have been modified so that you also can't castle with a promoted rook if you promote a pawn on the e-file to a rook, even though you could argue that this rook hasn't moved. This, of course, is an elephant.
20 Jun 06
Originally posted by Fat LadyWouldn't that rook be on the other side of the board and make it hard to castle in that way, thus making this addition on the rules a little more than needed 😉
I believe that the rules have been modified so that you also can't castle with a promoted rook if you promote a pawn on the e-file to a rook, even though you could argue that this rook hasn't moved. This, of course, is an elephant.[/b]
20 Jun 06
Originally posted by coentjeApparently in 1903 or 1904, in a Master's game, one of the players castled using a promoted pawn turned into a rook on e8 and a king on e1.
Wouldn't that rook be on the other side of the board and make it hard to castle in that way, thus making this addition on the rules a little more than needed 😉
The Rook ended up on e2 and the King on e3.
Because the Rook on e8 and the King on e1 had never moved they were able to castle under the rules as written at the time. This was an unintended consequence of a poorly written rule and the rule was quickly re-written.
I would love to see the game in question, as it is hard to imagine the situation where it would make sense.
20 Jun 06
Originally posted by NordlysAt about the same time, the promotion rule was re-written. Some one promoted their pawn into a Knight of the opposite color. Again, I would love to see the game in question.
What about White promoting an a- or h-pawn to a black rook and Black castling with it? 😉
Based on those two games, then yes your castling with a rook that used to be your opponents pawn would be an unintended, but legal, consequence of the old rules.
21 Jun 06
I'm sure I saw a chess problem once where the key move was e8=R and then mate was forced a few moves later by o-o, o-o-o or o-o-o-o! (the last one moving the king two squares towards the rook on e8, i.e. to e3, and the rook moving the other side of the king, i.e. to e2).
21 Jun 06
Originally posted by Fat LadyThat sounds like the game. Do you remember where you saw it?
I'm sure I saw a chess problem once where the key move was e8=R and then mate was forced a few moves later by o-o, o-o-o or o-o-o-o! (the last one moving the king two squares towards the rook on e8, i.e. to e3, and the rook moving the other side of the king, i.e. to e2).
21 Jun 06
Originally posted by Red NightI would love to see that game too 🙂
At about the same time, the promotion rule was re-written. Some one promoted their pawn into a Knight of the opposite color. Again, I would love to see the game in question.
Based on those two games, then yes your castling with a rook that used to be your opponents pawn would be an unintended, but legal, consequence of the old rules.
21 Jun 06
Originally posted by Fat LadyI thought i knew all the castling rules, but i see new ones are invented everyday, maybe i should study a little because the 0-0-0-0 is completely unknown to me 😉 can we invent another one like 0-0-1-0-0 and include a pawn in castling, lol
I'm sure I saw a chess problem once where the key move was e8=R and then mate was forced a few moves later by o-o, o-o-o or o-o-o-o! (the last one moving the king two squares towards the rook on e8, i.e. to e3, and the rook moving the other side of the king, i.e. to e2).