Prefer short castle or long castle?

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lol

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This is not short, it is gigantic...

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lol

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I just hit 1669 bullet tongue.png

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nice

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Short castles are harder to pick up but they're also lighter..... six of one;  half dozen of the other.

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I prefer whichever one gives me a strategic advantage.

Playing the London for example, I may easily go 0-0 or 0-0-0 or not even castle at all.

Or as the Modern defense goes, I’ll typically castle 0-0 or not at all.

100% depends on what opening I’m using and what’s best for that specific position.

Having a preference is a good way to play a position poorly and cost the game.

Now, if you just play for fun and don’t really care about wins or losses then have at it with your preferred method.
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I do like to play 0-0-0+

Of course, most people see it coming and prevent it. But I tend to castle long more often.

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I usually castle at the same side as my opponent, unless my opponent has all his pieces firing at that side.

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It’s almost impossible to create a chess game which is “perfect”, so I won’t be showing lines…

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PLAYERIII wrote:

I usually castle at the same side as my opponent, unless my opponent has all his pieces firing at that side.

 

Cute way to say you play boring 

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Long castling usually is for attacking games and then pawn storm which is good fun,

But I'm a wimp and prefer short castle for a safe game 

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I'm a Sicilian Najdorf player, so I often just leave my King in the center, or defer castling until the middle game (after move 35, in some cases).

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long

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As black I usually short castle but with white i like to king castle to free up the king side pawns to attack their king who has short castled