[Retros] Are the King and the Rook pieces or what?

[A J Mestel]

PS I forgot to mention the BK is on f3. Sorry. J

On Thu, 31 Jan 2008, A J Mestel wrote:


> You could not make me castle rather than play Kf1 if I accidentally played

> 1 Kg1. However, if I played 1 Rf1 and stopped (pressed my clock) I don't 

> think I would be allowed to rectify my mistake saying I meant to castle.

>

> If I play Kg1 and press my clock that counts as an illegal move and I must 

> make any K move, including 0-0-0 I suppose.

>

> So here's my contribution:

>

> W Ke1 Rh1 Qd4 Rg5 I play 1 Rf1 (intending to castle) but the game is over

> because it's mate...or is it? My move isn't complete, but how do you know 

> that? I don't have to press my clock after a mating move, but until I do

> my move isn't complete...

>

>  Every now and again they change the rules so that you have to move your 

> king first when castling, but then they change it back.

>

>   Jonathan

>

>

>

> On Wed, 30 Jan 2008, raosorio at fibertel.com.ar wrote:

>

>>  Dear retrofirends,

>>

>>  Many thanks for the clever discussions on this point. These are very

>>  useful to

>>  clarify my mind in the project which I'm involved toghether with Sergio

>>  Orce and

>>  Jorge Lois (Peña del Mate de Ayuda, Argentine Chess Club).

>>

>>  this project would be to define "Minimal Deviation from the Rules" (MDR)

>>  as an extended

>>  space for compositions where a last (and just last ) illegal move in the

>>  diagram is

>>  accepted. This illegal move would be of MDR type (say, geometrically

>>  correct) and

>>  the problems would create puzzles and paradoxes to find that move and its

>>  consequences.

>>  all the above strcictly contained in the CODE.

>>

>>  A furhter question on the castling case. I the wK is standing on e1 and a

>>  wR on h1, castling

>>  is legal and posible but the player conducing the white side moves the

>>  King to g1 and that's

>>  it, he stops there. This move is illegal, but it's also a half legal move.

>>  Is white forced to move

>>  the king freely or he's forced to castle?

>>

>>  Best,

>>  Roberto

>> 

>>

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