Each player may 'castle' once during a game if certain conditions are met. Castling is a special move that lets a player move two pieces at once - his King and one Rook. In castling, the player moves his King two squares to it's left or right towards one of it's Rooks. At the same time, the Rook involved goes to the square beside the King and toward the centre of the board (examine the

picture to see both Kingside castling and Queenside castling). In order to castle, neither the King or Rook involved may have moved before. Also the King may not castle out of check, into check or through check. Further there may not be any pieces of either colour between the King and the Rook involved in castling.

Castling is a very important move because it allows you to place your King in a safe location and also allows the Rook to become more active. The top animation is of a Kingside castling and the bottom animation is a Queenside castle.

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