Is castleing in chess always the best move I win many games and I hardly use it I think it is a wasted move?

Yea I think it stalls your attack and I only really do it as an offensive manuver. Asked by Moneymix 46 months ago Similar questions: castleing chess move win games wasted Games & Leisure.

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Not always It really depends upon the game. One thing castling does is to move your king out of the center towards the corner of the board. If you opponent has a lot of power focused on the center area where your king is, it can be a good move as he will have to spend some time repositioning.

But you can't do it too early before he commits his pieces. (Or too late, for that matter as the game will be over. ) Another thing it does is to get a rook to the center of the board quickly.

This is most beneficial during mid- or endgame when the center pawns are not in the way. Usually the player that controls the center of the board is in better position. So, once again, it just depends upon the game.

Sometimes you just don't need too. And timing is crucial. Too early and it is wasted at best and ends up trapping your king in the corner at worse.

But done correctly, it can be a very powerful move. I can only suggest you keep playing and practicing and try it out now and then and see how it works for you. Also, try to play someone better than you.

I played someone 2 games a week for a year and managed a draw on one of them -- lost every other one. But because of this my chess skills greatly improved. Hope this helps..

Certainly not always the best move -- it's a tactic, not a goal. But often it is a good defensive move -- ..... sometimes to get away from an attack in the center, sometimes as a way of securing your King on one side before advancing with the pawns on your other side. Perhaps that latter is what you mean by "offensive manueuver" (rather than as a means of centralizing and connecting your rooks)?

Who do you play against? If you play against the same people all the time, you might have your perspective on this tactic narrowed by "groupthink" -- but if you play a lot against Chess software set to be a little better than you are, you will see different strategies occurring. It's not good to play against people who are too much better than you (you can't understand why they are doing things) or too much worse than you (they let you get into bad habits by not punishing them).

It's best to play against people (or Artificial Opponents) who are at about your level or up to, say, 100 points higher.

No it's not always best, but it can be a very good move because .... Much of the early game in chess is all about setting up your pieces, to maximize defense and freedom of action for your pieces. Every move counts. The faster you can get set up, the better off you will be, generally speaking.

The reason castling is often a good move is that it does several things at once. It protects the king (and gets it out of the way of your other pieces), and it also brings a rook into useful play. By doing several things at once, you can gain valuable time against your opponent.So no, castling is not always the best move, but it is often a very useful thing to do.

It does not usually "waste" a move; to the contrary, it can often GAIN efficiency for your game.

I suppose not. But it is awfully handy. Moreover, it's efficient.

You get 2 moves in one, giving you a very nice tempo boost. Bringing out a rook and tucking away your king all in one move simply doesn't equate well with "wasted move". Grandmasters use it quite a bit, especially since its key to hypermodern games, which are built around a heavily fortified king defense (where you let the middle go!

). I like to wait until the last minute to castle, so as not to give my opponent a clear target too early, but at the same time, it can be a bad idea to wait too long. You give your opponent opportunity to disrupt the caste (by forcing your king to move, or setting up the board so that it becomes difficult to castle on a particular side opposite the one with a weakened the pawn structure).

As for your comment about "showing weakness", this isn't Texas Hold 'Em. You really don't need to bluff. Just play well.

I would recommend you play better players more often and the role of castling will become more clear to you. It helps to have someone that's good enough to tutor you some..

It can help in some situations. Back when I played chess, I would occasionally castle "king side" as a defensive move. If you played strategially up to that point, what it does is hide your King in the corner, with three pawns in front and the Rook beside, which is a neat little protective fortress.

Anything that approaches from the side, the Rook will clean up. Anything that comes from the front or diagonal will either capture a Pawn first (and be open to attack from your King, at the very least) or possibly be captured by a Pawn. A Knight, with his weird L-shaped move, is a way through the "fortress," so that’s something to watch out for, but I have to admit, I like the tidy defensive screen that this provides.

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