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if you have been in check can you castle later in the game?

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Originally posted by trevor33
if you have been in check can you castle later in the game?
Yes

You can castle as long as your king and the rook in question have not moved, you are not currently in check, and none of the squares that your king will pass through or land on are being attacked (ie: you can't move through a check square).

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thank you

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No problem. If your partner needs further clarification, go to the help tab above, click on Introduction, then in the list on the left click castling. You will find a complete explanation there.

EDIT- Or just go here:

http://www.redhotpawn.com/help/index.php?help=castling

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Originally posted by trevor33
if you have been in check can you castle later in the game?
If I were you, I'd get CHESS FOR DUMMIES from the library! Tells you all the rules of chess in completion.

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Originally posted by powershaker
If I were you, I'd get CHESS FOR DUMMIES from the library! Tells you all the rules of chess in completion.
Why you gotta be so harsh? BTW, how did that Hawaii tourney go?

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Originally posted by RahimK
Why you gotta be so harsh? BTW, how did that Hawaii tourney go?
The question was rude, but then again trevor's rating is very high for such an elementary question.

However, I believe there was a young English GM that once asked a TD if he could castle if his rook moved through a controlled square. Was it Tony Miles? It was one of the big names.

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Originally posted by General Putzer
The question was rude, but then again trevor's rating is very high for such an elementary question.

However, I believe there was a young English GM that once asked a TD if he could castle if his rook moved through a controlled square. Was it Tony Miles? It was one of the big names.
I've heard that story sbout Viktor Korchnoi, who was an established GM at the time, he explained his ignorance of the rule by saying 'the situation had never arisen before'

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Originally posted by Siskin
I've heard that story sbout Viktor Korchnoi, who was an established GM at the time, he explained his ignorance of the rule by saying 'the situation had never arisen before'
Thanks for the answer, I'll check it out someday. Thought it was an English player, can't believe Korchnoi would ask that, unless he was like twelve years old.

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I've googled it up and I wasn't just imagining it, according to wikipedia it actually happened in Korchnoi's 1974 Candidate's Final Match with Karpov!! (as it turned out the de facto World Championship decider) Game 21 apparently

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castling

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WOW! And Korchnoi was way older then, like 45 or so? Incredible. I guess none of us should be embarrassed by asking dumb questions then.
How do you castle, anyway?

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Originally posted by General Putzer
WOW! And Korchnoi was way older then, like 45 or so? Incredible. I guess none of us should be embarrassed by asking dumb questions then.
How do you castle, anyway?
Yup! I rememeber reading about that. It happened twice at our chess club. 2 Masters had similar questions. We thought it was funny, great players like that and all.

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Korchnoi isn't the only one, Averbakh did something similar!

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1329062