{"id":129,"date":"2022-04-18T17:28:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T15:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chessily.com\/?page_id=129"},"modified":"2022-06-05T19:43:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T17:43:32","slug":"castling-in-chess","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chessily.com\/learn-chess\/castling-in-chess\/","title":{"rendered":"Castling"},"content":{"rendered":"
Castling is one of three special moves in chess, besides the pawn promotion<\/a> and capturing en passant<\/a>. Castling is known as a “double move” in chess, in which a player moves both the king and rook simultaneously<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The castling rules might seem a bit overwhelming at first, but don’t worry. We’ll break them down into really easy-to-understand<\/strong> concepts. Firstly, let’s look at what requirements need to be met for a player to even be allowed to castle:<\/p>\n If all those preconditions are met, you are free to castle your rook and king! But how exactly do we do that?<\/p>\n Since there are two rooks, we have to different ways to castle: short and long \u2013 or “kingside” and “queenside<\/a>“. Let’s examine each variant in detail.<\/p>\n A short \u2013 or kingside \u2013 castle is done together by the king and the rook on the h-file. It is called the kingside (or short) castle, as the king castles together with the rook that is closer to him<\/strong>.<\/p>\nCastling Rules Explained<\/h1>\n
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Castling Short: Explained<\/h1>\n