Castling is an unusual move in chess. The purpose of castling is to place the King in a safe place away from the ferocity of battle. The motion of castling involves the Rook and the King. When you ...

Castle early. It brings the king to safety and a rook to the center. Leaving the king in the middle of the board by failing to castle is the most common cause of disaster in the opening. Castling was ...

When chess was played in India 1,500 years ago, the kings had to fend for themselves in the central squares of the board; there was no castling rule to allow them to hide quickly on the side as they ...

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Last week, we addressed the motions of castling on the Kingside and Queenside. Castling is a strange move, but not a complicated one. As mentioned last week, you cannot castle when you confront ...

In the game of chess, a rook can move as many spaces as it can in one direction. Or, it can sit stone-still and guard the pieces around it, potentially holding its ground for an entire match — or ...