My son asked me how to castle on chess.com the other day, and I found that I couldn’t do it the way I normally do. Picking up the king and trying to move it to c1 just caused it to move to d1 instead, every time. I tried walking backwards and redoing a few different moves before this, and that all worked, but it just refused to let me castle by moving the king. Neither the king nor the rook had moved yet, and there was no potential or existing check involved, so what gives? Is there some other rule I’m just not aware of?
Sorry I didn’t get a shot of the board as well, I thought I had but I can’t find it on my phone now.
Edit: Missed the bishop. Option 2 it is, then.
google castingThe king can’t castle through/into another piece’s line of sight, you have to remove that bishop on a3 somehowyou can’t castle through check.
Looks like you have to cross the attack path of his bishop. Can’t castle if that’s the case. That should be how you do it otherwise.
You can’t castle through check
In case you haven’t figured it out already, there’s a bishop on a3 that attacks c1, so you’re not able to castle to that square.
