I got a pair of questions from a Canadian chess governance person, on our chess federation's website:
1)"Do any of these sites have "no castling" chess? I guess you could agree with your opponent before the game that you can't castle."
2)"Can you think of any positions in which castling would be the only legal move (illegal in a no-castling variant)?"
I'd add that former world chess champion Kramnik has tried "no castling" chess (whatever this CV is officially called) against an engine, maybe to see what it plays like when out of it's book (if not programmed for it yet) - I would think that taking away castling rights might favour White a bit in general, as he often gets to develop and attack first.
I got a pair of questions from a Canadian chess governance person, on our chess federation's website:
1)"Do any of these sites have "no castling" chess? I guess you could agree with your opponent before the game that you can't castle."
2)"Can you think of any positions in which castling would be the only legal move (illegal in a no-castling variant)?"
I'd add that former world chess champion Kramnik has tried "no castling" chess (whatever this CV is officially called) against an engine, maybe to see what it plays like when out of it's book (if not programmed for it yet) - I would think that taking away castling rights might favour White a bit in general, as he often gets to develop and attack first.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Castling_Chess