To castle or not... I'm for castling. Why? Rooks are connected and better king safety because of pawn wall. Non-castling is an option but until you become an advanced player, stick to the basics.
Castling early?
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If you do not castle, you are practically playing without 2 rooks...Because if you do not castle the only way to connect rooks is to play Ke2 or Kd2, which is a horrible move in the middle game, but good move in an endgame.
Depends on the position. If I am safe for a few turns and feel I can improve my position more fully I will wait. But it won't be for long.
Some players never castle. They reach the endgame and simply move their king. The idea is to castle when it is ideal or necessary. It is up to you to decide.
xxvalakixx wrote:
If you do not castle, you are practically playing without 2 rooks...Because if you do not castle the only way to connect rooks is to play Ke2 or Kd2, which is a horrible move in the middle game, but good move in an endgame.
False. There are thousands of games where a king moves in the middle game. It's even necessary in some positions.
Castling does the most for your defense. Obviously, it's suicide in certain positions to castle into an on-going attack, but leaving your king in the center jeopardizes your positional integrity. Top level players generally like to control the center of the board which would leave the enemy king right in the line of fire. It's no suprise that this will lead to your king being chased around as your opponent pulls ahead in development.
Castling is a major priority but you must also know which side and not wait till your opponent has already developed too far. Early castling gives you the best chance to secure your king and unite your rooks making breaches very costly for your opponent. If you find that castling causes you to loose, then you are probably not paying attention to the entire position.
I know I am not experienced and it may have been said BUT I find it's best to wait to castle until a couple moves before its a must. As well I find its best to attack to a point you know where the opponent is castling. Or force them to castle one side or the other by attacking key pawns on opposite side.
There are other things to do before all of that in a game.
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Go nuts and castle queenside every game if possible !
Estragon wrote:
Do not castle early, but even more, do not castle late. And there are times when not castling is best.
So you should castle only at the exact proper moment, if at all.
You mean delivering checkmate by castling, thats the exact proper moment indeed.
MrKornKid wrote:
I know I am not experienced and it may have been said BUT I find it's best to wait to castle until a couple moves before its a must. As well I find its best to attack to a point you know where the opponent is castling. Or force them to castle one side or the other by attacking key pawns on opposite side.
Was that to me royal?
Sometimes it is important to take control of a square or attack a piece. Or you may want to trade your piece that has nothing to do with your plans for a piece that is about to attack. You may have to defend a pawn due to pawn exchanges. The list goes on with things to do before your above comment.
Sometimes an attack on the king is point less as you do not have the time to have a full attack. Or worse your attack was doomed to run out of gas against the king.
hey chess is stategic game so it depend on your opponent attack that casling is done earlier or not