9 times out of 10 I castle KS.
The wing pawn on the QS castle is often a weakness & you lose a tempo sometimes moving you K across.
I sometimes choose to castle QS if by doing so the rook covers an open or 1/2 open file. This is a common strategy & makes good sense.
(sorry if my post doesn't - I've had a couple 😉)
Originally posted by wormwoodI'm not sure what you mean by that?
the basic advantage of castling short instead of long, is that it takes one move less.
Castling queenside is less common for several reasons:
1) There is one extra piece (the queen) in the way of the king and rook, so it's more difficult to clear the path between them.
2) The king ends up on c1 or c8, where it does not defend the queen's rook pawn which is generally still on a2 or a7. This means that you often have to waste another move moving the king to b1 or b8.
3) It is often said that it easier to attack a king which has castled queenside because there is "a larger area to attack". I've never know quite what this means, but something similar is stated in many beginners' books.
Originally posted by SquelchbelchYou've castled queenside against me in 2 out of 2 games.
9 times out of 10 I castle KS.
The wing pawn on the QS castle is often a weakness & you lose a tempo sometimes moving you K across.
I sometimes choose to castle QS if by doing so the rook covers an open or 1/2 open file. This is a common strategy & makes good sense.
(sorry if my post doesn't - I've had a couple 😉)
Why am I so lucky?
Originally posted by Fat Ladywhich means castling takes one move more than castling kingside. as far as I can see, it's the only basic difference if we ignore the position. in isolation, taking a tempo less must be an advantage, right?
1) There is one extra piece (the queen) in the way of the king and rook,
It really does depend on what's happening on the board.
Castling Q-side has aggresive undertones because the Rook
is brought to a central square in one move - this is countered
by the King after 0-0-0 being exposed on the diagonal.
When 0-0-0 always (if you can spare the time ) shift the King along to b1 or b8.
Many a check along the open diagonal has ruined a game.
I'm sure every experienced player here can post a game lost
to a check after 0-0-0 (Fat Lady most likely has dozens).
I have one that was still pops into my head even when I'm not
thinking about chess - oh the pain...
Good advice that - but you won't heed it. Nobody does. I didn't.
Then one day, after you have 0-0-0 BANG! you miss
check on the exposed diagonal - lesson learned.
Castle on the side you think your King will be safer on.
and remember,
"Castle because you must - not because you can." Richard Reti
Originally posted by chejrwAnother disadvantage of castling QS is that the c-pawn is only protected by the king. (With KS castling, the f-pawn is protected by both the king and rook.)
Is there an advantage to castling on the kingside rather than the queenside?
My chess club teacher at school always is disappointed when he cant castle kingside.
So with QS castling, you have to evaluate the disadvantages of needing to protect the a- and c-pawns adequately with the possible advantage of getting to put your rook on an open file. Also, sometimes castling QS is required to escape a potential or existing enemy attack.
Originally posted by greenpawn34I don't think I've lost a dozen games of any sort in my entire thirty years of playing chess, let alone dozens to a check after castling long. The last time I lost a game was six years ago when I was knocked over by a car on my way to a match and had to play the entire game whilst in a coma, and even then I nearly swindled him in time trouble.
I'm sure every experienced player here can post a game lost
to a check after 0-0-0 (Fat Lady most likely has dozens).
Usually I only castle queenside as black and that's because I've used my kingside pawns to attack after white has castled kingside. By castling queenside I'm able to quickly bring my queen's rook into play putting additional pressure on the opposing king.
One other thing, I just defeated my GNU-4.0 for the first time ever and it castled queenside. Just sayin'.
Originally posted by schakuhr...& one of those went fabulously well for me 🙄
You've castled queenside against me in 2 out of 2 games.
Why am I so lucky?
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