Queenside castling

Are there any openings that generally lead to queenside castling for white?

there are probably many, but as far as I know, sicilian dragon is one of them.

Originally posted by LordofADown
Are there any openings that generally lead to queenside castling for white?

Dragon, mainline of the Najdorf, the old main line of the Carokann are 3 I can think of

www.redhotpawn.com/gamesexplorer might help 🙂

-Lolle

take a look at the veresov, with a d4, Nc3 and a Bg5, it is available 9after the Queen moves, of course)

How about the opening I invented- the English Sheep?
1. Nc3!

lol, thanks guys

Originally posted by LordofADown
Are there any openings that generally lead to queenside castling for white?

I'm not sure if it was Maroczy who said it, but it kind of goes like, "there is a certain danger in castling queenside."

I only really tend to castle QS if if has some immediate advantage such as checking the opponent's K or taking the open or 1/2 open d-file.
I much prefer KS castling because with 0-0-0 the K is nearer the center & the wing pawn is undefended so it's often not such a great move.

I just castled long in a game in progress in fact:
Game 3728852

Do you find any benefit from being able to attack with the Kingside pawns without endangering your King?

Thanks for the help 🙂