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How to pronounce castling in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms castle
Type of chess move
Derivation castle

Examples of castling

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Once in every game, each king is allowed to make a special move, known as castling.
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The rook also participates, with the king, in a special move called castling.
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Along with the king, the rook is involved during the king's castling move.
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The modern castling rules were worked out only in 1561 by the Spanish priest Ruy Lopez.
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The king has also a special move which is called castling and involves also moving a rook.
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Short was notably combative with the black pieces, here demolishing White's rash queen's side castling.
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Castling is a special move in chess that allows for the king's defense by sending a rook into battle.
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Gelfand's provocative queen's side castling gave him a dangerous attack where both black rooks invaded Carlsen's defences.
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Castling is not a permissible response to a check.
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More examples
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  • A large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack
  • (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
  • Interchanging the positions of the king and a rook
  • (castled) embattled: having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement; "a crenelated molding"
  • A castle (from Latin castellum) is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble. ...
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  • Castle is a Caldecott Honor award-winning book by David Macaulay published in 1978.