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Subject: Re: Some chess trivia - slightly off topic

Author: Alastair Scott

Date: 06:48:29 11/17/03

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On November 17, 2003 at 04:35:47, Uri Blass wrote:

>Yes this is the rule but if the sides do not know the rule and nobody watch the
>game to tell them that the king moved then practically we can have
>3 castling in a game.
>
>Another option is that the side have memory problems and simply do not remember
>that the king already moved and castled only to go back to its original square.

The second, and similarly with the rook, has happened several times in
tournament games.

I played a tournament game when quite a strong player (Elo 2000) stubbornly
refused to play O-O-O - when it would've been the saving move - and lost. When
asked afterward it turned out thought they couldn't castle when b8 was attacked
by a White piece ... !

Alastair



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