Castling Vertically? Real Rule? If so, how did/does it work? - Chess Forums - Page 6

EndgameEnthusiast2357 · 2017-11-27T09:53:28-08:00

I heard there was once a rule that if a pawn promoted to a rook on E8, then the king could move toward it and bring the rook around, like a regular castle? Is this true, and if so, which squares would be castling, just 2 or any #? The white king would end up on e3?

CowPigChicken

Jan 24, 2023

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#101

https://youtu.be/n3mTsTeQNm8

AMAZINGLYCrazy

Aug 8, 2023

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#102

Fide, the organization that makes the rules, has givent the rule that now we can castle vertically

MadhaviAviator

Dec 9, 2023

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#103

But how would you do vertical castling. And what if a pawn promotes to a rook on some other file and rank, but the king hasn’t move, the king can still castle according to these rules?

Sir_TrashPanda

Dec 9, 2023

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#104

lfPatriotGames

Dec 9, 2023

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#105

MadhaviAviator wrote:

But how would you do vertical castling. And what if a pawn promotes to a rook on some other file and rank, but the king hasn’t move, the king can still castle according to these rules?

You wouldn't. Castling is only allowed on the first rank between the king and rook and neither having already moved. A promoted pawn to a rook on the 8th rank wouldn't be the first rank.

There are probably some chess variants where castling vertically is allowed though. But it's something you should probably never try in a regular tournament. Your opponent will probably call the arbitrator over and you'll be famous throughout the tournament venue for a couple days.