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Subject: Re: Will the first commercial program to support FRC be a big seler?

Author: Bob Durrett

Date: 06:45:41 02/07/04

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On February 07, 2004 at 07:29:24, Sune Fischer wrote:

>On February 07, 2004 at 02:34:36, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>
>
>>>I am not familiar with the castling rules, or any other unique rules, of FRC.  I
>>>hope that doesn't make me a dummy.  : )
>>>
>>>Bob D.
>>
>>
>>     The same can [sorry my FRC-friends]
>>     be said of me -:)
>>     Kurt
>
>They are the same as in normal chess, with a few more or less obvious
>extensions.
>
>There must be a rook on each side of the king.
>
>In a king-side castle the white king goes to g1 and the king-side rook goes to
>f1, in a queens-side castle the white king goes to c1 and the rook to d1.
>
>A king must not traverse any squares attacked by the opponent during the castle
>and must not be in check after the castle.
>
>There must not be pieces between the castling king and rook and their
>destination squares, except possibly for the rook involved in the castling.
>
>A king or rook move prior to castling will destroy castle rights.
>
>-S.

Wow!  Now that I read that I feel like Alburt Einstein.

See my new bulletin about FRC.

Bob D.



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