Except in castling - but even then, the King moves two spaces, and it's the rook that then leaps. And there are only two possible places the King can move to when castling.That's a very odd sentence.
As you know, the king is able to move only one square at a time.
He is unable to leap anywhere.
(EDIT: This is a chess question if anybody's puzzled.)
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Except in castling - but even then, the King moves two spaces, and it's the rook that then leaps. And there are only two possible places the King can move to when castling.
I'd like to see the full sentence, and context which explains these leaping Kings.
<Sigh> Thanks."The 13th century castling was quite an advanture, with the king ablo to leap to all sorts of unlikly places."
So What does it mean?<Sigh> Thanks.
"The 13th century castling was quite an advanture, with the king ablo to leap to all sorts of unlikly places."
It means that the places to which the King could leap in a 13th century chess game would seem unlikely to those of us who only know the current rules.So What does it mean?
Or consult Wikipedia: Castling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It is shortly explained there.You'd better ask a 13th century chess player.