Cute puzzle! But sorry, the rules you posted are incorrect. Rook should be in it's original position AND doesn't moved yet, you missed the second condition. Rook at d8 is definitely not at it's original position. If you read some rules where second condition is omitted - it is some low quality copypast with error.
What would you say is the original position of the e8 Rook?
It certainly hasn't been anywhere else?
They added the rule that the Rook has to be on the same rank as the King
after this problem
Cute puzzle! But sorry, the rules you posted are incorrect. Rook should be in it's original position AND doesn't moved yet, you missed the second condition. Rook at d8 is definitely not at it's original position. If you read some rules where second condition is omitted - it is some low quality copypast with error.
Soon after this the rule was altered to only allow for rooks on the same rank as the king (not same file)
I didn't know that, in russian language the rule sounds very strict, it couldn't be applied to any other rook besides starting 2 rooks. I am apologizing again for my bad english.
Well I only know 3 words in Russian. No, a pair of political terms from history, and the word for fun (vodka). 
Anyways, I wasn't referring to the CURRENT rule. This puzzle was made in the early 1900s, or so I think.
I believe you passed a check through a black pawn yes? =) And the king and rook doesn't neccesarily have to be placed their xD Well maybe it does, never mind =(.
I believe you passed a check through a black pawn yes? =)
Sharp eye, the pawn on d5 wasn't there in the original I think
Ironically I just saw this puzzle on Wikipedia 5 minutes ago for the first time, and here it is again.
Ironically I just saw this puzzle on Wikipedia 5 minutes ago for the first time, and here it is again.
Lol, the site I found it on was a couple pages into a google search but it sited wiki as a reference (which my teachers would faint with disgust at).
how did you even manage to take your own queen?? WTF
I believe you passed a check through a black pawn yes? =) And the king and rook doesn't neccesarily have to be placed their xD Well maybe it does, never mind =(.
That's not a check, the rook can go through a square under attack, unlike the king
I believe you passed a check through a black pawn yes? =) And the king and rook doesn't neccesarily have to be placed their xD Well maybe it does, never mind =(.
That's not a check, the rook can go through a square under attack, unlike the king
Oh yes forgive me, your right o>O I always thought of it as any square inbetween the two pieces.
I ran into this position today. At the time of its conception FIDE rules stipulated that castling can take place between a king and rook that both have not moved, the king is not in check, the king does not castle a check to castle, and the space between the king and rook is unoccupied.
Avert your eyes and use your imaginations! Under the previously defined rules, the following move becomes possible! I now give you permission to scroll down.
3. 0-0-0-0-0-0#!!