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Rules of Chess: Castling FAQ. Frequent asked questions about castling.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]

Pierre L. Ullman wrote on Sat, Sep 19, 2009 06:25 PM UTC:

In playing black with my Excalibur set, I turned on the board after making
the following moves to explore the Center Game:
1. e4, e5
2. d4, e5xd4
3. Qxd4, Nc6
4. Qd2, Nf6
5. Nc3, Bb4
6. Be3, d5
7. e4xd5, Nxd5
8. Bxh7, Nf6
9. Be3
At this point I turned on the computer, setting up the game's
continuation by pressing 'on/clear,' then 'new game,' then the king
button, then 'mode,' and indicating the locations of the pieces according
to the directions.  I then set 'side' for black to move first, pressed
'clear,' set the level at 32, and pressed 'clear' once more.  I
attempted to castle but the computer did not allow it.  The only reason was
that h7 had been taken, but there is nothing to this effect in the rules of
chess.  Could you explain why the makers of Excalibur have configured the
game in this manner?