CASTLING

Castling

Castling is a special move in the game of chess involving a player's king and either of the player's original rooks. It is the only move in chess in which a player moves two pieces in the same move turn. Castling consists of moving the king two squares towards a rook on the player's first rank, then moving the rook to the square over which the king crossed. Castling can only be done if the king has never moved, the rook involved has never moved, the squares between the king and the rook involved are unoccupied, the king is not in check, and the king does not cross over or end on a square in which it would be in check. Castling is one of the rules of chess and is ...

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castling

Noun

  1. An abortion, or a premature birth.
  2. The second or third swarm of bees which leaves a hive in a season.
  3. A miniature cast or mould.
  4. One that is cast.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A move in which the king moves two squares towards a rook, and the rook moves to the other side of the king; the action of the verb to castle.


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