How to castle in 960?

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Avatar of OCTOPUS_d6

I have a Daily 960 game in progress so I can't get any advice but we both are unclear how we would castle with this configuration.  Can someone give us some pointers but still have us not breaking rules please?

Here's a link to the game;  https://www.chess.com/game/daily/978789030

Again:  Please say nothing about the game - only how, with this setup, what would it take to castle both directions.

Avatar of MrChatty

You just drag and drop your king behind or on one of your rooks to castle

https://support.chess.com/en/articles/8614060-how-do-i-castle-in-chess960

https://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-castle-in-fischer-random-chess

Avatar of smiley_face10

Castling in 960 has the exact same rules as in regular chess. It's the exact same queenside/kingside setup except the king can hop as many squares until it reaches the castling square it's supposed to be on. Also the same rules like how the path needs to be clear in order to castle.

Avatar of OCTOPUS_d6

Thank you for helping. But I don't see how I could castle 'queenside' at all. At least on the king side, I can see moving the Knight out and then switching Ra1 to c1 and the king to b1, right?

Avatar of OCTOPUS_d6

I moved the Knight out but it won't let me castle Kingside no matter how I drag the king or the rook. I'll keep reading, thank you.

Avatar of fenrissaga

On the "queenside " the knight on the B file and the rook on the d file are blocking from castling if they're gone then you can indded castle, on the kingside .The queen on the E file and both Bishops on the F and G file are bloçcking the way, once gone you can castle on this side too. the knight on the H file could stay, he doesnt interfere.

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You're welcome