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To: kawhill

It’s always amused me that the move is called castling, but the chess geeks seem to get bent when the piece isn’t called a rook. 😊

I went to college with a kid who’d played in tournaments from what sounded like an early age (been too long to remember numbers) and when a grand master was in town for, I guess, a clinic? a lecture? and set up one of those mass tournaments where he was the opponent for everyone else, this fellow student was the only one who was able to put up a fight. He almost yelled “rook!” into my face when I tried that.


11 posted on 08/16/2025 6:35:17 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: SunkenCiv

“the chess geeks seem to get bent when the piece isn’t called a rook”

Feel free to call it a castle. Knight or horse are both fine with me.

Just don’t order white wine with your steak. :)


16 posted on 08/16/2025 9:48:02 AM PDT by ChessExpert (Infidels of the world unite against the evil that is Islam.)
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