EARLY CASTLE

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Avatar of xyzamit
Is early castling good or bad? Should we castle early or after development!? I've faced some problems with early castling , the opponent tires a attack on my king, which sometimes destroys my king /king side safety!! So what to do??
Avatar of ANOK1

treat each game on its merits , youve experienced the early attacks you are aware of the possible pitfalls , if the position is similar be flexible

Avatar of MickinMD

Castling early is generally a good idea because it makes your King safer and it links your Rooks.

You generally don't castle early if you are behind in development and you need to develop and threaten to stay even.

You generally castle on opposite sides if you have plan to attack with a Pawn Storm and have an overall advantage in these three things:

1. Your attacking pawns are closer to his castle pawns than his attack pawn are to you.

2. You have fewer of your pieces in front of your attacking pawns than he has, the piece slow down the attack.

3. You have fewer of your pieces in front of his attacking attack pawns that he has in front of yours: he'll waste more tempos moving them out of the way.