Castling king side – before and after King side – Initial position The moves of these two pieces are considered to be only one move and so are carried out together, although by convention the king is moved first. the rook would then move to the opposite side of the king shown by a red circle (d1 or f1 respectively). First the king would move their king to either the chosen squares marked in green (c1 or g1). In this diagram the white king can castle king or queen side. Possible castling moves Possible castling moves diagram This means the rook moves two squares if castling king side and three squares if carried out on the queen side. Then the same rook moves to the opposite side of the king. The player moves their king twosquares towards their chosen rook. The king side is on the right hand side of the chess board and is shown in blue, the queen side is the left hand side and is shown in red.Ĭastling may be performed both king side and queen side providing that all necessary chess rules and restrictions are observed (see here). There are a number of special rules relating to when castling can be performed which we will look at next, but first we need to make sure that we understand some chess terminology.Ī chess board may be considered to be divided into two halves, queen side and king side (see diagram). It can be considered a special move because it is the only time in the game of chess when a player may move two of their own pieces at the same time. Castling is a special move in chess, involving the player’s king and one of their two rooks (aka castles).
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