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[[FILE:castling-marina-kalinovsky.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=https://fineartamerica.com/featured/castling-marina-kalinovsky.html|[[Arts#Kalinovsky|Marina Kalinovsky]], Castling <ref>[https://fineartamerica.com/featured/castling-marina-kalinovsky.html Castling by Marina Kalinovsky, Artwork for Sale - Brooklyn, NY - United States]</ref> ]]
'''Castling''' is a composite [[Moves|move]] of [[King]] and [[Rook]] at the same time. In standard chess it consists of moving a king two squares towards the rook and executing a jump of a rook over the king.
=Rules=
The prequisites for doing it are as follows:
* the king and the relevant rook must not be moved, considered as [[Castling rights|castling rights]] inside a [[Chess Position|chess position]]
* the king must not be in check
* no square between king's start and final square may be controlled by the enemy
=Chess960=
In [[Chess960]] castling is a move reaching the position just like after standard chess castling, which may be achieved by (a) moving the king to c1 or g1 ant then executing a jump by relevant rook (b) jumping with the rook over a king already placed on c1 or g1 (c) interchanging the positions of king and rook <ref>[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=50635 0x88 FRC castle questions] by Daniel Uranga, [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], December 12, 2009</ref>.
=Shogi=
A formation achieved after castling is called a castle. This is often contrasted with a castle in the game of [[Shogi]], requiring several moves to complete, but it seems wrong, since chess also has several standard defensive castle formations - like the one after [[Fianchetto|fianchetto]] of a king's bishop or the one with a knight on g7, often achieved in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benoni_Defense Old Benoni]. For that reason it might be interesting to use shogi programming concepts of a castle map and an attack map in chess.
=See also=
* [[Algebraic Chess Notation#Castling|Algebraic Chess Notation - Castling]]
* [[Castling rights]]
* [[King Safety]]
* [[Novag Micro Chess#CastlingBug|Novag Micro Chess - Castling bug]], [[CPWTIPC 1981]]
=Forum Posts=
==1982==
* [http://www.megalextoria.com/usenet-archive/news003f1/b8/net.chess/00000043.html Re: bug in chess program] by [[Bruce Wright|Bruce C. Wright]] @ [[Duke University]], net.chess, December 2, 1982
* [http://www.megalextoria.com/usenet-archive/news003f1/b8/net.chess/00000057.html Re: Origin of Castling] by [[Bruce Wright|Bruce C. Wright]] @ [[Duke University]], net.chess, December 4, 1982
==2000 ...==
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=6072 Castling legality check] by [[Mark Lefler|mjlef]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], January 04, 2007
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25096 Saving castling states and en passant history] by Eric Lang, [[CCC]], November 27, 2008 » [[En passant]]
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=50635 0x88 FRC castle questions] by Daniel Uranga, [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], December 12, 2009 » [[Chess960]]
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=38963 Castling legality check] by [[Stef Luijten]], [[CCC]], May 03, 2011
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=48844 Castling long] by [[Lyudmil Tsvetkov]], [[CCC]], August 05, 2013
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49220 Castling: A counter-intuitive result] by [[Steven Edwards]], [[CCC]], September 03, 2013
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51988 Abundance of castling vs en passant rights] by [[Kirill Kryukov]], [[CCC]], April 14, 2014 » [[En passant]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=61014 Castling Evaluation] by [[Dennis Sceviour]], [[CCC]], August 02, 2016 » [[King Safety]]
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castling Castling from Wikipedia]
: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_castling Artificial castling from Wikipedia]
=References=
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[[FILE:castling-marina-kalinovsky.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=https://fineartamerica.com/featured/castling-marina-kalinovsky.html|[[Arts#Kalinovsky|Marina Kalinovsky]], Castling <ref>[https://fineartamerica.com/featured/castling-marina-kalinovsky.html Castling by Marina Kalinovsky, Artwork for Sale - Brooklyn, NY - United States]</ref> ]]
'''Castling''' is a composite [[Moves|move]] of [[King]] and [[Rook]] at the same time. In standard chess it consists of moving a king two squares towards the rook and executing a jump of a rook over the king.
=Rules=
The prequisites for doing it are as follows:
* the king and the relevant rook must not be moved, considered as [[Castling rights|castling rights]] inside a [[Chess Position|chess position]]
* the king must not be in check
* no square between king's start and final square may be controlled by the enemy
=Chess960=
In [[Chess960]] castling is a move reaching the position just like after standard chess castling, which may be achieved by (a) moving the king to c1 or g1 ant then executing a jump by relevant rook (b) jumping with the rook over a king already placed on c1 or g1 (c) interchanging the positions of king and rook <ref>[http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=50635 0x88 FRC castle questions] by Daniel Uranga, [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], December 12, 2009</ref>.
=Shogi=
A formation achieved after castling is called a castle. This is often contrasted with a castle in the game of [[Shogi]], requiring several moves to complete, but it seems wrong, since chess also has several standard defensive castle formations - like the one after [[Fianchetto|fianchetto]] of a king's bishop or the one with a knight on g7, often achieved in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benoni_Defense Old Benoni]. For that reason it might be interesting to use shogi programming concepts of a castle map and an attack map in chess.
=See also=
* [[Algebraic Chess Notation#Castling|Algebraic Chess Notation - Castling]]
* [[Castling rights]]
* [[King Safety]]
* [[Novag Micro Chess#CastlingBug|Novag Micro Chess - Castling bug]], [[CPWTIPC 1981]]
=Forum Posts=
==1982==
* [http://www.megalextoria.com/usenet-archive/news003f1/b8/net.chess/00000043.html Re: bug in chess program] by [[Bruce Wright|Bruce C. Wright]] @ [[Duke University]], net.chess, December 2, 1982
* [http://www.megalextoria.com/usenet-archive/news003f1/b8/net.chess/00000057.html Re: Origin of Castling] by [[Bruce Wright|Bruce C. Wright]] @ [[Duke University]], net.chess, December 4, 1982
==2000 ...==
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=6072 Castling legality check] by [[Mark Lefler|mjlef]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], January 04, 2007
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=25096 Saving castling states and en passant history] by Eric Lang, [[CCC]], November 27, 2008 » [[En passant]]
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=50635 0x88 FRC castle questions] by Daniel Uranga, [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], December 12, 2009 » [[Chess960]]
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=38963 Castling legality check] by [[Stef Luijten]], [[CCC]], May 03, 2011
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=48844 Castling long] by [[Lyudmil Tsvetkov]], [[CCC]], August 05, 2013
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49220 Castling: A counter-intuitive result] by [[Steven Edwards]], [[CCC]], September 03, 2013
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51988 Abundance of castling vs en passant rights] by [[Kirill Kryukov]], [[CCC]], April 14, 2014 » [[En passant]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=61014 Castling Evaluation] by [[Dennis Sceviour]], [[CCC]], August 02, 2016 » [[King Safety]]
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castling Castling from Wikipedia]
: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_castling Artificial castling from Wikipedia]
=References=
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