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Questions relating to castling
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Why is castling seen as making the king so safe?
A typical motif in chess (particularly with opposite side castling) is a pawn storm where the attacking side pushes its pawns forward in order to open lines around the enemy king. … Taking all of this together in many cases hiding the king behind pawn chains on the side of the board after castling is usually a good idea for king safety. …
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Short castle in Trompowsky
A few thoughts:
Leaving the king in the centre or long castle are not attractive either with all the open lines and pinned knight on c6
The g file is open but it is not easy for white to make use of …
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What are some common tactics that arise when black has played h6?
In my experience, your second idea, sinking a knight in g6, is not very common. Some more ideas:
piece sacrifice on h6 for two pawns and an open king
piece sacrifice on g5 (not forced but tempting) …
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What is the fastest vertical checkmate for both castlings?
mate in seven for queenside castling:
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1. e4 d5 2. d3 dxe4 3. Nc3 Kd7 4. Bh6 Kd6 5. dxe4+ Ke5 6. Qh5+ Kd4 7. …
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Why was castling bad for white in this game, and engine strongly prefered trading queens?
Castling (9. 0-0) is not a very bad move. …
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