From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2005-06-10T23:40:37+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Chess Variants (I) (#35)

On Jun 10, 2005, at 9:35 AM, Gavin Kistner wrote:

> On Jun 10, 2005, at 7:07 AM, Ruby Quiz wrote:
>
>> Some people are also unaware that you can castle to queenside, but  
>> you can as the rules show.
>>
>
> As castling involves moving two pieces with one move, how is it  
> traditionally specified?
>
> Do you simply specify to move the King to the appropriate square,  
> and (because it is a distance-two move with a rook in the right  
> spot and all other criteria met) it is allowed and the rook is  
> moved at the same time?

You nailed it.  That's exactly how it's done in most of the software  
I've ever seen.  Or, if you were using notation to specify moves  
castling is written:

O-O   (kingside)
O-O-O (queenside)

James Edward Gray II