Thanks Lev. Here is what I just posted in regard to my governance friend's second question:
"Regarding your second question, even if a player is on the edge of being mated in some random position where he's down to almost nothing but an unmoved king and rook, if castling were legal then so would be moving the king sideways one step, I'd think."
Thanks Lev. Here is what I just posted in regard to my governance friend's second question:
"Regarding your second question, even if a player is on the edge of being mated in some random position where he's down to almost nothing but an unmoved king and rook, if castling were legal then so would be moving the king sideways one step, I'd think."