You can also fianchetto.
Should I Castle Early?
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Mar 12, 2020
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That totally depends on the given position. Generally, casting very early reduces your options and may give the opponent a clear target. If there is no hurry to castle (because there is no sufficient threat and you don't need to activate your Kins's rook yet), just don't hurry. Maybe there are better moves. Castling is a move like any other. The recommendation to castle early is just a specialization of the more general "complete your development" rule. It doesn't mean that there are no exceptions, and certainly doesn't mean that you should castle as early as possible.
Mar 12, 2020
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#4
I general castling early is the best. Rarely you can try to don't give additional information to your opponent when you can castle to both sides.
Mar 12, 2020
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#5
This might not be very relevant for class players, but sometimes delaying castling can be part of a brilliant strategy that wins you the game. I remember a Najdorf game by Fischer where he got the typical weak d6 pawn and finally and non-schematically went Kd7, supporting the pawn and help controlling the c file.
Mar 12, 2020
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#6
That all being said, you are unlikely to face opponents who exploit early castling effectively at your level.
Thank you @michechess89 and @Sred!
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When I was following the Kasparov Deep Blue/Junior games, I heard someone mentioned that if you are not sure of your opponent you can fianchetto to buy time and develop your pieces before committing to an attack. Looks like he opted for the "Gary Attack" against Deep Junior and castled long later.
StockUpForEaster wrote:
When I was following the Kasparov Deep Blue/Junior games, I heard someone mentioned that if you are not sure of your opponent you can fianchetto to buy time and develop your pieces before committing to an attack. Looks like he opted for the "Gary Attack" against Deep Junior and castled long later.
King Indian Attack wont give you any advantage of winning chance ( unless your opponent blunder).
In here, deep blue is very ancient 24 years old programming, with 2900 rating and blunder the move 33....Qb5?? that cause the game.
Today Stockfish is 3500+ in decent 4-8 cores cpu hardware ( including smart phone ) and can easily see it within a few seconds.
Hello. I've heard the saying "Castle early and castle often". I usually follow that rule but someone once told me that if I castle too early that it is easier to checkmate me (I still won though). To castle early or not to castle early? That is my question.