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Kingside castling v Queenside castling

5 years ago · Quote · #1
crippendorf

Is it better to castle on the kingside or on the queenside?
5 years ago · Quote · #2
narkizopoint

Hate to be overly simplistic but it depends on where your opponent is aiming/threatening your king. That being said, the vast majority of my castling is Kingside. It is faster because it takes one less move and doesn't require you bringing out your queen early.
5 years ago · Quote · #3
Creg

Beginners should aim to castle kingside. I believe the vast majority of master games (90%?) castle kingside anyhow. As you improve you will begin to learn when queenside castling makes more sense.
5 years ago · Quote · #4
Serif

Castling queenside has the advantage of the rook attacking the center straight away, but I don't think either way is better then the other. As said above it depends on how your opponent is situated.
5 years ago · Quote · #5
Hugh_T_Patterson

I prefer Kingside Catling for the simple reason that it is easier to pull off due to the lack of the Queen. However, if I have an opportunity, I'll try to force my opponent to Casle Queenside so that he or she looses tempo. It really comes down to be a situational call. Castle, where you have the greatest opportunity to.
4 years ago · Quote · #6
rich

I like to castle queenside sometimes, because it can put the Rook on a open fail. But both ways is OK depends on really were the pieces are.
4 years ago · Quote · #7
alisaleh

Kingside Catling is more save because of less space around king . in the other hand in some games Queenside castling allows player to push kingside pawns against the oponent,s king side
4 years ago · Quote · #8
TraglorfBob

alisaleh wrote: Kingside Catling is more save because of less space around king . in the other hand in some games Queenside castling allows player to push kingside pawns against the oponent,s king side
For this reason, Queenside castling is often used to lead to an aggressive, attacking game. One example of such an opening would be the following:

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