Can you castle in chess, after you've been in check?

Question

I was just wondering...

Answer 1

Yes, if you meet all the other conditions, it does not matter if you have been in check.

But, consider:

If when you were in check, you moved your king, you will not be able to castle, even if you move your king back to his starting square.

If you used another piece to block, you will still be eligible to castle (again you still have to meet all the qualifying conditions).

Answer 2

Yes, but not while you are in it.  Usually that means that you will have had to move your rook or king to get out of it anyhow, even though you may have delayed it by blocking the attack temporarily.

Answer 3

Yes, as long as you did not move your king to get out of check.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castling

Answer 4

You can't castle only if you're king has moved or an opponent's piece(s) range of movement pierces the castling movement

Answer 5

I like Ishwarri's answer

Answer 6

Yes but you can not move it if you have moved your king or rook

Answer 7

Castling may only be executed if the following conditions apply:

1. Neither the King nor Rook involved have move so far during the game.

2. The King is not currently under threat.

3. None of the squares which the King moves across are under threat.

4. The square that the King will land on is not under threat.

You may, however, castle is the King has been in check previously.