Attack!

Which attack would you prefer? A king side attack or a queen side attack? I would opt for a king side attack as it creates alot of pressure on the king!

Yeah, a kingside attack is hardly putting much pressure on a king who has castled on the queenside.

My mistake i didn't mentioned the castling position, as most of peoply like castling on kingside(o-o), so if they castle o-o which attack would you prefer?

I like to attack on my opponent's side.

Seems the topic was not sense full enough. 

 :D

Or perhaps we could think of "kingside" as literally, the side the king is on.

Yea Elubas you got me right.

What if both the queen and king were there? 

Who cares where the queen is?? It's not like she has a permenant residence, like the king. A good queen doesn't just sit in the same spot!

A good king doesn't sit in the same spot for ever either (usually)

Well, not forever but...

Well, I mean...there's no comparison. What's a Q-side attack going for? Win a pawn? Get a slight endgame advantage? Pick up an exchange? You can have all those things and still lose to a counterattack on the King-side.

I love it after a game when someone says that they were winning until you mated them.

On the flip side a queenside attack can often succeed with few pieces on the board, but since mating a king is harder than mating a pawn, less pieces hurt the chances for one attacking the kingside.

Given a choice it's usually best to attack in the centre.

I always go for the whole enchilada.

For a while, I thought I wanted to play aggressively, attacking on the kingside. To that end, I played such openings as the Bird's and the Dutch, both of which feature kingside attacks, often supported by a fianchettoed bishop on the queenside.

The problem with that is, you weaken you own kingside to do it. It creates a game where you are basically throwing a wild haymaker... if it lands, great, your opponent goes down. If not, you are overextended, weak, and dead meat.

I actually prefer to play on the Queenside now, with the English, Accelerated Dragon, etc. I can fianchetto my king's bishop, safely castle, and then launch an attack.

Just because the king isn't usually there doesn't make a queenside attack less deadly. A breakthrough is a breakthrough, and can just as easily happen on one side as another.

Yea its true that for a king side attack we weaken our king side also. So if we be successful in our king side attack than its great, but if opponent defends well than our king is in real trouble!