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punchy_mcbam
Oct 1, 2017
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After castling, my preference is to have 3 pawns lined up on the 2nd (or 7th) rank. Then I move the pawn on the outside file (A or H) forward 1 rank to give the king an escape hatch if needed later in the game. My king generally sits behind the middle of the 3 pawns.
I know this sounds pretty standard, what are some other preferred set-ups out there for protecting your king?
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Ageiswisdom
Oct 1, 2017
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#2

punchy_mcbam wrote:

After castling, my preference is to have 3 pawns lined up on the 2nd (or 7th) rank. Then I move the pawn on the outside file (A or H) forward 1 rank to give the king an escape hatch if needed later in the game. My king generally sits behind the middle of the 3 pawns.
I know this sounds pretty standard, what are some other preferred set-ups out there for protecting your king?

I put it in my pocket.

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Pikelemi
Oct 1, 2017
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#3
I use to swap kings early in the game
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Lagomorph
Oct 1, 2017
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#4

Dont forget the king is an active piece too. Depending on what your opponent has left on the board it can be useful to bring him to f1/f8 later in the game to stop a rook coming down the open e-file to e1/e8

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RookSacrifice_OLD
Oct 1, 2017
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#5

Cheat! Move your king to g0 (or g9 if you're black) so it can never get checked!

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Monie49
Oct 1, 2017
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#6
Fianchetto the Bishop
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universityofpawns
Oct 1, 2017
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#7

If I can trade enough pieces off the board and end up position or pawn up....sometimes I don't castle at all....some games I even let the opponent trade the queens off and recapture with King if I'm up a pawn and can still defend. I know my weird style isn't for everyone, but sometimes it is an advantage to have a central King later.

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Lagomorph
Oct 2, 2017
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#8
Monie49 wrote:
Fianchetto the Bishop

 

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