The Chess Thread---

[Guest]

No worries.

Castleing on the kingside? 0-0

Does castl(e)ing have an e...? Hmm?

 

[GMT]

H5-H4, dont know.

 

[Guest]

The answer is no - it has no e.

Wikipedia to the rescue.

Castling is a special move in the game of chess involving the king and either of his original rooks. Castling consists of moving the king two squares towards a rook, then moving the rook onto the square over which the king crossed.

Castling is a relatively recent European innovation in chess, dating from the 14th or 15th century. Thus, the Asian versions of chess do not have such a move.

Castling is in most non-English speaking nations known as 'Rochieren/Rochada', whilst 'queenside/kingside castling' is in those countries referred to as 'long/short castling'

 

[mean mr.mustard]

There's an asian version???

 

[GMT]

that's interesting, so on the queens side its still only 2 for the king, puttin gthe rook on the queens spot.

 

[Guest]

OK - got to move the h pawn out one too then.

H2-h3

 

[GMT]

e7-e5

 

[Guest]

MMM - I think most people play a standardised chess nowadays but once upon a time the Asians weren't castling I suppose....the Europeans invented that little number and kept it all to themselves for a while.. One of the greatest grandmasters of all time is an Indian - Vichy Anand.

GMT - yeah the rook goes on d1 - the queens square - if you castle on the queenside.
Nice place to have a rook.

 

[mean mr.mustard]

Are the pieces shorter??

 

[GMT]

My old fella has some funny ideas about all sorts of things so it comes as no suprise, but he always told me as a kid that only royalty went on royal squares when castling, yet another thing he was wrong about lol.

 

[Guest]

Hmm? Let's see...


f3-g5..?

 

[GMT]

lol mmm

 

[GMT]

g8-h6, like I'd let you do that

 

[Guest]

Didn't think so...

g5-e4

 

[cannable]

ROFL mmm

 

[GMT]

this queens doing a lot of sidesteppping, d6-c6

 

[mean mr.mustard]

man this beats TV

 

[GMT]

i just knocked my king over getting comfy and read back to make sure i hadn't moved him, just saw bucks pic, starting feel it very apt.

 

[Guest]

d2 - d4

 

[GMT]

f8-d6