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What is castling in chess ? what are the necessary conditions for doing that ?​

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What is castling in chess

  • Castling is a move in the game of chess in which a player moves the king two squares toward a rook on the same rank and moves the rook to the square that the king has crossed. It is the only move in chess in which a player moves two pieces in the same move, and it is the only two-square king move.

what are the necessary conditions for doing that ?

  • a chessboard and chess pieces