Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 08:31:00 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.
In FRC the castling rule is somewhat modified and broadened, to allow for the
possibility of either player castling either on or into his or her left side or
on or into his or her right side of the board from any of these 960 starting
positions. However, after 'a-side' castling, the king and rook find themselves
on the usual squares: the king on c1 (c8) and the rook on d1 (d8); after
'h-side' castling the king is on g1 (g8) and the rook on f1 (f8).
Sometimes castling looks odd in FRC: e.g. when your king is on e1 and a rook is
on f1, you only have to move your king to g1 ('king-move-only' castling). All
the other castling rules apply as in classical chess: e.g. no other piece is
allowed to stand between the castling king and rook; one is not allowed to
'castle out' of check.
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