Re: News to me...

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From: Martin Norb{ck
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 00:00

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Cybil H. Gaster (chg2266@is.nyu.edu) wrote:
: 
: Recently I was playing with an actor in my show when he did a most 
: peculiar thing...he moved his king 2 spaces and justified it with the 
: comment that he believed that the king could move 2 spaces its first 
: move.  I have never heard of the king moving more than one space except 
: to castle.
: 
: Also, in regards to castling, can you castle through check?  I know you 
: can't castle if you are in check.
: 
: I so want to know the rules and if this "news to me" is correct.
There was a rule a long time ago, before castling was invented, that said
that you could move your king two spaces on it's first move. This was later
changed into castling.

/norpan

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