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Rules of Chess: Castling FAQ. Frequent asked questions about castling.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Michael Nelson wrote on Tue, Jan 27, 2004 02:17 PM UTC:
There are two advantages provided by castling:

1. The King is safer near the corner behind a wall of pawns.

2. Brings the Rook towards the center where it can get into the action
more easily.

King and Rook move normally on subequent turns. 

There is no such move as 'uncastle', but some people use this term to
describe a series of Rook and King moves that restore the position of Rook
and King before castling.