Artificial castling
A sequence of moves which brings the King and Rook from their initial position to the squares which they would occupy after a natural castling.
See also: Uncastling.
Alias: Fake castling.
Chepizhny, Viktor
Feenschach, 1962
h#3* (9+4)
1...Kf2
2.e1=R
Rf1
3.Re5
Kg1#
1.exd1=B
Se4
2.Bg4
Sg3
3.Kf3
0-0#
Artificial castling in the set play.
Liskovets, Valery
Phénix, 1998
h#3 2.1... (4+3)
1.Kd7
Ba3
2.Rd8
Bd6
3.Kc8
Sb6#
1.Ke7
e6
2.Rf8
Bf6+
3.Ke8
Sd6#
Artificial castling in the actual play, true castling in the tempo-try:
1.?? Ba3 2.0-0-0+ Bd6 3.?? Sb6#
1.?? Ba3 2.0-0-0+ Bd6 3.?? Sb6#