I would not be offended by either castle, but then again, I have a fairly thick skin.
Would castling queen side be more offensive than castling on the king side?
I don't think you can do that, can you?
You can castle queen side if there are no pieces in the way or you havent moved the rook or king you are castling with. Same thing as the king side.
I would not be offended by either castle, but then again, I have a fairly thick skin.
No not like that lol. I meant in terms of defence and attack
I wouldn't necessarily say either has a stong preponderance of attacking or defending characteristics, at least not in my limited experience. The only thing I would say is that KS is quicker, so it might be perceived as being more defensive since you're usually hiding the king before you start up with the rest of your plans. But, as I'm learning with all things in chess, it always depends on the rest of the board.
But the king would have to move in order to get close enough to do that! Haha pull that move on noobs in real life and they think you're cheating!
You still only move the king 2 spaces.
I am generally never find it offensive, no matter how my opponent castles...
Damn, someone else beat me to it...oh well
Qside is usually considered more offensive and less safe - the king doesn't cover the a-pawn, and is more exposed because of the open diagonal c1-h6. On the good side, it pulls the rook straight to the d-file making for some nice "getting the rook to the open file" kind of moves at times. I like castling Qside, myself, when it makes sense of course.
Castling on the queenside is more aggressive, and I do that all the time when my opponent castles on the kingside to attack him or her with my pawns as a sort of battering ram. I also find it useful to castle opposite sides.
As a rule, I would say either castling opposite or not at all would probably give you the most offensive options...
When you're castled opposite your opponent (kingside if tehy go queenside, or queenside if they go kingside) the games tend to get highly tactical pretty quickly as both sides can just launch all out pawn-storms and throw everything at the other king if they want to. And often, if you're being attacked, the best defense is to find a way to land some punches of your own.
But neither side is inherently more "offensive" or more "defensive" than the other. Like most things related to this game, the specific nuances of a given position hold as much sway as any general rule.
So I have been wondering, would castling on the queen side be a more offensive move than castling on the king side?