Editing Castling (section)

===Chess without castling===
Writing in 2019, former world chess champion [[Vladimir Kramnik]] proposed a variant of chess without castling. This variant would reduce king safety, theoretically leading to more dynamic games, as it would be considerably harder to force a draw and the pieces would be forced to engage in a mêlée.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chess.com/article/view/no-castling-chess-kramnik-alphazero|title=Kramnik And AlphaZero: How To Rethink Chess|last=Kramnik (VladimirKramnik)|first=Vladimir|website=Chess.com|date=27 November 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-05}}</ref> In 2021, former world champion [[Viswanathan Anand]] defeated Kramnik 2½–1½ in a no-castling exhibition match under classical time controls.<ref>{{cite news |title=No-Castling Chess: Anand holds Kramnik, wins Sparkassen Trophy |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/no-castling-chess-anand-holds-kramnik-wins-sparkassen-trophy/articleshow/84525668.cms |access-date=27 July 2021 |work=The Times of India |date=18 July 2021}}</ref>