Chess question about castling.?

Question

I'm not 100% sure on this rule.

Can you castle when your rook is under attack, but by castling, your King does not pass through check? Such as a bishop on the long diagonal?

I'm leaning towards "yes", that's an allowable move, but my opponent thinks otherwise.

Answer 1

Yes you can castle when the rook is attacked, but not the king, whether it's his original square, castled square, or the one he passes over. Your "yes" is correct.

Answer 2

Here are some Q and A about castling.

When are you not allowed to castle?

There are a number of cases when castling is not permitted.

Your king has been moved earlier in the game.

The rook that castles has been moved earlier in the game.

There are pieces standing between your king and rook.

The king is in check.

The king moves through a square that is attacked by a piece of the opponent.

The king would be in check after castling.

Can you castle, if your king has been put in check in an earlier move but is not currently in check, and the king has not been moved?

Yes. Having been in check earlier in the game does not prevent you from castling, as long as the conditions mentioned above are fulfilled.

Or, in a longer form:

Can a king castle after having been in check

Can a player castle if his king was checked earlier in the game? (when the player was checked, he responded by placing another piece between his king and the opponents attacking piece; he did not move the king.) Put another way, does being checked automatically disqualify a player from castling later in the game? (Remember, the king has not moved,the opposing piece was simply blocked by another piece.)

The player can still castle in this situation. The rules of chess state that castling is illegal, when the king or rook has moved earlier, and when in or through check. Having been in check which was removed by interposing another piece, or by taking (not with king or rook that is involved in the castling, of course) the checking piece does not prevent the player from castling later.

Is it allowed to castle which a rook that is attacked or goes through check?

While castling (on the queen side) ,can I castle if my rook passes through check. I'm allways reading that the king may not castle out of ,(through),or into check. I know the rules allways specify ,the king cannot pass through check,but can the rook pass through.

The rook can pass check, or better worded, through an attacked square. I.e., when all conditions that allow castling are met (rook and king have not moved, squares between rook and king are empty, king does not castle from, through, or to check), then castling is allowed, and it is of no importance whether the rook is attacked or goes via an attacked square.

Answer 3

Yes but the pieces between the 2 cannot have moved and you can't Castle out of check

Answer 4

sure,if by castling your king does not pass through or is placed in check by castling it is allowed

Answer 5

Here are the rules:

it must be that king’s very first move

it must be that rook’s very first move

there cannot be any pieces between the king and rook to move

the king may not be in check or pass through check

Answer 6

The answer to your question is yes you can castle when your rook is attacked.  This occurs so rarely that even grandmasters have been known to question the rule.  The only condition on the rook is that it can not have moved prior to castling.

Answer 7

I'm pretty sure that you can.

Answer 8

Yes you can but not when your king is

Answer 9

In the situation you described, the answer is yes.

There is no prohibition against a Rook castling, even when it is under attack.

Castling is TEMPORARILY prohibited if:

1)  The King is in check (you can't castle out of check)

2) Any of the squares between the King and the target Rook are occupied, either by your own or enemy pieces

3) Any of the squares that the King must pass over between the King and the target square are under enemy control (you can't castle "through" check)

4) The destination square for the King is under enemy control (you can't castle "into" check)

Castling is PERMANENTLY prohibited if:

1) The King has moved.  You can not castle once the King has moved, even if he subsequently moves back to his original square.

2) If a Rook has moved, you can not castle with THAT Rook. However, the option is still open for you to castle with the OTHER Rook, provided that Rook has not moved prior to castling, and provided that the move itself is still legal (i.e. doesn't violate any of the other rules listed here).  

Castling with a particular Rook is prohibited  once that Rook moves, even if it subsequently returns to its original square.

But yes, a Rook can castle if it is under attack, as long as it hasn't moved prior to that, and as long as castling is legal (with regards to the King) in the given position.