Artificial Castling

Artificial castling is castling by hand: the king walks to safety in several moves, usually after the rook has already gone. It costs time, but it avoids the tactical targets that real castling can create — and sometimes the hand-made king position is simply better. The examples weigh the tempo loss against the safety gained.

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Uhlmann, Wolfgang — Larsen, Bent Candidates qf1 · 1971.??.?? · 0-1
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Utemov, Vladimir — Dreev, Alexey URS-sf Russia-ch · 1989.??.?? · 0-1
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Epishin, Vladimir — Dreev, Alexey Tilburg · 1994.??.?? · 1/2-1/2