H.G. wrote "...the No-Castling initial position could be reached from the FIDE setup. Not in the way you mention, because you could not get the Pawns back on 2nd rank, but by Nf3-Rg1-Rh1-Ng1 (repeated for the other three Rooks)..."
I cannot argue with that, though somehow many people seem to be treating No Castling Chess as if it were a legit variant. Meanwhile, here's a link to an event in India with it being played, with 89% decisive games played in it:
H.G. wrote "...the No-Castling initial position could be reached from the FIDE setup. Not in the way you mention, because you could not get the Pawns back on 2nd rank, but by Nf3-Rg1-Rh1-Ng1 (repeated for the other three Rooks)..."
I cannot argue with that, though somehow many people seem to be treating No Castling Chess as if it were a legit variant. Meanwhile, here's a link to an event in India with it being played, with 89% decisive games played in it:
https://en.chessbase.com/post/the-first-ever-no-castling-chess-tournament-results-in-89-decisive-games