@congruent saidTo castle or not to castle, that is the question.
Want to play me 20 games for $1million dollars and you don't castle? You will lose the 20 games as well as the million dollars.
Play games rated 300+ Elo above your rating on livechess sites and then not castle.
Whether it's nobler in the mind to suffer the
forks and skewers of our outrageous blunders,
or to take hold of that tactics book we've not
yet opened and by doing the daily grunt work - end them! 😲
La fortune sourit à ceux qui sont persévérants
The OP's post (now deleted) was basically on the lines of "I'm 1300, I can take on anyone, I don't castle and don't see the need to".
Edit here is one of his games checkmated with King at E8... moral of the story 😂 castle
At 1200-1400, his opponents may not know chess strategy, chess tactics as well as 1600-1800 players but he would soon be found out.
@congruent
I do realize the foolishness of the question I raised. That is why I deleted the original post. The theory and principle behind castling can never be questioned. Every grandmaster emphasizes its importance, who am I to question a grandmaster on chess strategies? I appreciate the input and setting me straight, though it took a couple more defeats to open my eyes
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@congruent saidThanks for the offer
@Venda you can post your games if you want help with analysis, looking at openings etc.
I could do that,but the majority of my errors are as mentioned before.
I just wanted to make a move and see a + or - afterwards,but of course this is using engines so it is probably cheating
@mc31363 saidThe moral of the story is this:
@congruent
I do realize the foolishness of the question I raised. That is why I deleted the original post. The theory and principle behind castling can never be questioned. Every grandmaster emphasizes its importance, who am I to question a grandmaster on chess strategies? I appreciate the input and setting me straight, though it took a couple more defeats to open my eyes
https://tinyurl.com/early-castle