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Tenna
Now, I would like to castle kingside/h-side. Moving the rook over doesn't work. Obviously I can't move the king because it doesn't move. As far as I know one is allowed to castle the rook out of 'check' when castling.
omnipaul
Unfortunately, you can not castle in this position. You can not castle 0-0 because the Bishop is occupying a needed square (g8). You can not castle 0-0-0 because the wrong Rook is occupying a needed square (d8).
Oh, wow, I managed to get the files reversed. You'd think I'd be used to the fact that Black plays 0-0 to the left and 0-0-0 to the right...
Thanks...
slack
You can't castle H-side in this position for two reasons: The bishop occupies g8, which is where your king ends up, and the opponents bishop is attacking the e8 square. Remember, you can't castle into, or through, check.
hisrook
So, how do I castle?
It seems it won't let me. I tried moving (in analysis mode) my King to c1, but this only moves the King to c1. I want final position to have King on c1 and Rook from a1 to d1 (as per normal A-side castling).
I also tried moving my rook to d1 - but this doesn't work either.
hisrook:
Try moving your King onto the Rook on a1.
Eureka! That works! Thank you omnipaul.
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