In fact, here is a very recent game illustrating the point. I also want to
call your attention to move 21 where Svidler uses the W pawns to help
secure his own King postion. This is an important technique in race
positions usually overlooked by our less experienced players and
worth the look.
Ganguly Surya Shekhar (2531) - Svidler Peter (2690) [B63]
Bled 2002 Bled (3), 28.11.2002
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6
8.Qd2 Be7 9.0-0-0 0-0 10.f3 a6 11.h4 Rd8 12.Be3 Qc7 13.Qf2 Nd7
14.g4 b5 15.g5 Nce5 16.h5 b4 17.Ne2 a5 18.Kb1 a4 19.Nbd4 Nc5
20.g6 b3 21.gxh7+ Kh8 22.Rg1 Bf6 23.Qg2 Bb7 24.Bg5 Bxg5 25.Qxg5
f6 26.Qe3 bxc2+ 27.Nxc2 d5 28.h6 g6 29.Qf4 dxe4 30.Qxf6+ Kxh7
31.Rxd8 Rxd8 32.Ned4 exf3 33.Rg5 Be4 34.Qxe5 Qxe5 35.Rxe5
Rxd4 36.Kc1 Rd5 37.Rxd5 Bxd5 38.Kd2 Kxh6 39.Ke3 g5 40.Nd4 g4
41.Kf4 Kh5 42.Nc2 Kh4 43.Ne3 g3 0-1
-ww-
Here is are some of the main issues...
when you castle queenside your king is one tempo away from
being 'comfortable' by getting more out of the center, but the rook is
already posted on a strong central file...so in a way the net effect is
no change in tempo....opposite situation with kingside: king is already
on a 'safe' square but may need to centralize rook. Some of the
issues are 1) do I have time or do I even need time to get the king
over another square 2) ditto for the rook 3) am I more exposed on
the queenside so that castling there is dangerous 4) by castling queen
side am I castling on the OPPOSITE wing as my opponent thus
creating a strong psssibility of PAWN STORMS...AND IS THIS GOOD OR
BAD FOR ME