Castling Castling Castling is a 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, and it is the only move aside from the knight's move where a piece can be said to "jump over" another. Castling consists of moving the king two squares towards a rook on the player's first , then moving the rook to the square over which the king crossed. Castling may only be done if the king has never moved, the
Atomic chess king (without the other blowing up), or if one player can occupy the squares next to his king with pieces (or pawns) forcing the opposing king away, it is a win. The variant of atomic chess played at the Internet Chess Club is one that does not enforce check at all, making legal any move, even one leaving the king to be captured directly in the next move. In all variations of atomic chess, a player wins by exploding the king of the opposite color without exploding their own king. This is usually done by capturing a piece on a