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Can you legally castle in this position?

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fryedk

White promotes to a rook to avoid stalemate. Black moves his king- and then since white hasn't moved his king or rook yet, wouldn't he be allowed to castle? Or has the rook "moved" because it was a pawn? 

 

bufferunderrun

No, that would be illegal.

Article 3.8b:

https://www.fide.com/fide/handbook.html?id=171&view=article