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Feature request - chess960 castling buttons

Hi, I know that in 960 you castle by dropping your King on the Rook, but it seems a lot of people don't know this.

Maybe an idea to show 2 buttons, one for castling King side, and one for castling Queen side.

Each button is only enabled when castling on that side is valid, and pressing the button would do the castling.
nice idea.

the mainproblem is not that people dont know how to castle, it is often very difficult to say how the castling looks like after done. so many players try to not castle so quickly and wait till the endgame where castling often hasn´t got to be precisely positional.

A small lecture about chess960 rules would be pleasant. Maybe in the "chess basics" section for every variant?
ok, i watched the video in the variant intro, and it seems to make my point :)

In the video, IM (!) Fins doesn't know how to castle in the current 960 Lichess interface :)
yep, see the video in thibault's link, around 20:00 minute mark
(game 3)
Adding a button because some people don't know the rules?
Do you also want an "en passant" button?

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