Castling Chess Puzzles

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Hi everyone, Can anyone give me any puzzles involving castling? I stumbled upon one a while back, but I forgot how it went. Anyways, please attach a puzzle involving castling if you know one. Thanks!

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Hmmm sry idk any if I did I would tell u I also am new I just started 6 minutes ago =/

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Here's a problem in which castling is one of the possible solutions:

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One of my favorite games of all time involves mate by castling. It's very problem-like in its execution:


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And yet another problem-like game featuring mate by castling, only this one doesn't use the back-rank motif:



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^-^ Idk I'm a new

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Thanks all!

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Jerry, you got it, that's the one I had in mind! Also, I think there is some problem involving castling queenside, does anyone know of any?

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This is an interesting miniature. White played 18.Kd2# but another option was 18.0-0-0#

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Cool, though it would be even better if 0-0-0 was only way to mate

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Around the turn of the 20th century there was a raging debate among problem enthusiasts whether castling was an appropriate move in a problem. I think the resulting agreement was that castling in a problem lessens it's value.

Here are some games in which mate was delivered by 0-0-0 :

This one I have no source info about.





     In "The Art of Chess Combination"  (1936) Eugène Znosko-Borovsky, playing Black, gives this position from a simul at Dundee in 1930.




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The third comment (mine) had a puzzle with castling as a FORCED way to mate :)

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yep very good snail :P

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lol #snailmate

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Why did you use 3 black knights? I know it is possible to have 3 knights but we hardly ever see those positions. I mean why didn't you put for example a rook on d2 instead of 2 knights? :P

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Involves castling in a different way. I forgot who made this one; I think Paul Erdos? EDIT: Nope, Samuel Loyd, 1859.

(2+4) White to move, mate in two.

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whats casling?

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Riten wrote:

Why did you use 3 black knights? I know it is possible to have 3 knights but we hardly ever see those positions. I mean why didn't you put for example a rook on d2 instead of 2 knights? :P

If you think about it, the king must be blocked INDIRECTLY, so if you use two knights and a rook on d2 (supported), then black simply plays Rd1 after 0-0 !

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