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Subject: Re: Castling and the 50 move rule

Author: blass uri

Date: 01:02:43 08/25/99

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On August 24, 1999 at 18:25:38, eric guttenberg wrote:

>Is castling really non-reversible? It is true that you cannot reverse it
>in a single move, but is it not always possible to restore the pre-castling
>position on the board in 4 or 5 moves?

You cannot reverse castling because you can castle only one time in a game.
If you go back to a similiar position(when the only difference is that you
cannot castle)  then you do not go back to the same position.

Uri



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