USCF grandmaster James Eade states in Chess for Dummies (please don't think I'm accusing you of anything; the high school team that won state here in Illinois was required to read it) that: An attack on the wing (side of the board) should be met with an attack on the center, thus dividing the opponents focus and forces.
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Perhaps this is too vague, since every game is different--
--but...I tend not to do well when, after I have castled, my opponent initiates an early onslaught of kingside pawns. If my opponent has not yet castled, what's my best plan--to advance my kingside pawns forward as well, to attack somewhere else on the board, or just to wait the attack out? Should I do something to guard the g5 square (if I'm playing black...but I don't like h6, because once hxg5, my h file is unprotected and my opponent can easily line up a rook there), or should I just be prepared to move my f6 knight when my opponent's pawn gets to g5? Can anyone recommend some games I could look at where such an attack is successfully met?