Depends on position
King in the centre means he can retreat in all directions but also he can be attacked from all directions. I think, castling is good to organise the rocks effecitvely and get them active.
But that is my humble opinion as a beginner
But that is my humble opinion as a beginner
'I seem to have some success down here in the 1500s just keeping an eye out for the critical, now or never, time.'
~ Strategies used at low levels aren't applicable t' high levels, 'n fer all intensive purposes, don't matter. Every strategy in every game be good at a low 'n/or casual level. Therefore, 'tisn't worth sayin' 'tis good. At 1500, ye can win wit' the Grob, that doesn't make it good.
Ye havin' success wit' a bad strategy be fine—keep doin' yer thing, if that's wha' ye wants—but ain't relevant when we can look at master games 'n see that they castle as soon as possible, thus, castlin' ain't overrated.
~ Strategies used at low levels aren't applicable t' high levels, 'n fer all intensive purposes, don't matter. Every strategy in every game be good at a low 'n/or casual level. Therefore, 'tisn't worth sayin' 'tis good. At 1500, ye can win wit' the Grob, that doesn't make it good.
Ye havin' success wit' a bad strategy be fine—keep doin' yer thing, if that's wha' ye wants—but ain't relevant when we can look at master games 'n see that they castle as soon as possible, thus, castlin' ain't overrated.
Shadow1414,
Your logic is impeccable and your accent is amazing...
Your logic is impeccable and your accent is amazing...
Castling is for wimps :)
I prefer to run my King out like a madman. Makes for more exciting games
I prefer to run my King out like a madman. Makes for more exciting games
@Tuck_Fheory said in #16:
> Castling is for wimps :)
> I prefer to run my King out like a madman. Makes for more exciting games
and also for your 800 blitz and 1300 rapid ...
> Castling is for wimps :)
> I prefer to run my King out like a madman. Makes for more exciting games
and also for your 800 blitz and 1300 rapid ...
Here is a specific example. Also anciliary to this topic is the factor of "luck". Albeit, chess is a rational and logical game with no room for luck, but in this example, I think I got lucky in the sense my king was in the center and more active. That is the only reason why I won despite the advantage being even-stevens throughout the game.
If one assumes, that all the pieces will be canceled and queens equalized for an endgame, then the king at the corner may be at disadvantage.
I used to play correspondence with this dude and a friend who almost always never castled, had higher rating than me and convincingly beat me numerous times. And he made no pretense of it and I knew it beforehand that he won't castle, but apparently he became 'master' at that position or using weird pawn blockades to protect his king at the center. (This makes me wonder if there are any players who chiefly specializes in Bird's opening or even worse Samurai opening... Once I read somewhere that there was a player who would always choose black.) So the whole perfect information of game theory did not help me at all.
Anyway, I am not an expert player. I guess it all boils down to finding one's own voice and playing style.
If one assumes, that all the pieces will be canceled and queens equalized for an endgame, then the king at the corner may be at disadvantage.
I used to play correspondence with this dude and a friend who almost always never castled, had higher rating than me and convincingly beat me numerous times. And he made no pretense of it and I knew it beforehand that he won't castle, but apparently he became 'master' at that position or using weird pawn blockades to protect his king at the center. (This makes me wonder if there are any players who chiefly specializes in Bird's opening or even worse Samurai opening... Once I read somewhere that there was a player who would always choose black.) So the whole perfect information of game theory did not help me at all.
Anyway, I am not an expert player. I guess it all boils down to finding one's own voice and playing style.
httpscolon//lichessperiodorg/FX0cfE7K As far as I can tell, 18 O-O was a fine move, preserving a notable advantage. It seems to have taken many subsequent mistakes to get Sinkholl to the disaster at move 50. As late as move 34, Sinkholl could apparently have retained some advantage with 34 Rb4 instead of 34 Rd1. Perhaps, this is a game to keep in mind in connection with the value of being castled: 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 Bg4 4 dxe5 Bxf3 5 Qxf3 dxe5 6 Bc4 Nf6 7 Qb3 Qe7 8 Nc3 c6 9 Bg5 b5 10 Nxb5 cxb5 11 Bxb5+ Nbd7 12 O-O-O Rd8 13 Rxd7 Rxd7 14 Rd1 Qe6 15 Bxd7+ Nxd7 16 Qb8+ Nxb8 17 Rd8# lichess.org/study/xAo78qLb/truC6WoM
Interesting but if often happened to me in my OTB days that I would castle as black only for the opponents to throw everything forward and I would have to stave it all off defending. That didn't mean I always lost, but it was uncomfortable, and when I did lose that way it was painful.
So I made a rule that I should not castle until my opponent had also castled. That seemed to work. But I doubt it was the right strategy for everyone.
So I made a rule that I should not castle until my opponent had also castled. That seemed to work. But I doubt it was the right strategy for everyone.