There's also a record for greatest number of castlings, listed as three! Wiki confirms that the third castling was illegal. Re castling there is also the unexpected rule that the king and castle must be on the same rank; the reason for this is that prior to this rule being instituted in 1973 it was theoretically possible to "castle vertically" using a pawn at e8 promoted to a rook, which would then technically have "never moved!"
15 July 2008
Chess records
There's also a record for greatest number of castlings, listed as three! Wiki confirms that the third castling was illegal. Re castling there is also the unexpected rule that the king and castle must be on the same rank; the reason for this is that prior to this rule being instituted in 1973 it was theoretically possible to "castle vertically" using a pawn at e8 promoted to a rook, which would then technically have "never moved!"
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