Now if I understand the video the way to remember whether to castle or not is simple. If it prevents you from attacking the opponents king then don't do it. If it puts your king in danger don't do it.
Speaking of that I was playing chess against my mom and she set up a trap where if I castles I would get into a mate in one which was smart but I just castles the other direction
There is a 5th time I can think of not to castle: You have traded queens and the king is safer in the middle sometimes it is good to keep your options open too.
Worth noting: castling is typically understood to have two functions, not one. Besides king safety, the other goal is to connect rooks, or if that's not in the position, to get the rook out of the corner and closer to the center where it can be more effective. Kf8 at 6:41 preserves king safety but the rook on h8 will need to find a way to play, probably by opening the h-file. I have not doubt NM Lopez knows all that, just thought I'd add the point.
i would normally agree but his goal in the position was to be as solid as possible, plus in that postion h5 gets a tempo on the queen and you can get the rook out that way.
I do have a question about that situation, why (if black' castles) wouldn't white just play bisschop h6? It seems like a good move to me but probably isn't.
I can think of one more situation when you shouldn't castle. 5. Don't castle if your apartment is on fire. The king will still be in danger, push your family away from the door, lock the door to ensure the king doesn't get trampled and get him outside.
6. Don’t castle if you’re planning on deploying the Tennison Gambit, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile variant. It’s useless and just delays your attack.
8. Don't castle when many of ur opponents minor pieces are attacking ur king. This way, u would trick ur opponents into thinking that u have a trap set up
7: If there's an Cobalt-208 bomb at the chess board and near your king, you shouldn't castle, as it gives more powerful explosion as the rook is loyal to the Tsar Bomba, and it will disregard the rook
Plays chess but every piece operates like a different piece. E.g. Bishops are knights, knights are queens, queens are pawns, pawns are rooks, and rooks are bishops.
@@ajnodurft-faught2039 I have seen a variant where you move a piece and the piece changes. So, pawn turns into knight, knight turns into bishop, bishop turns into rook, rook turns into queen, queen turns into king and then king turns back into a pawn.
1. You have already made weakening pawn moves on that side of the board 2. If you are going to come under attack by a pawn storm 3. When your king is actually just safer staying in the centre 4. If it is going to prevent you from attacking on that side of the board
Automatic castling has always been a sign to me that the person I'm playing with isn't *playing* the game-- they're just following a 'chess walkthrough'.
I had once ended up in a situation where my king was defending a threatened piece (a bishop, I believe). I accidentally misclicked and castled, which completely broke my defence. I feel this is the most difficult misclick to do.
@@anamorfoplasis Ah, I see! Yes, that would be very advanced. Extremely risky. I was just thinking of the more normal situation where you can't spare the tempo to castle.
On a sidenote to "reason #4". Not castling is also forcing black (in this case) to chose between attacking the king in the centre or or attack the queenside. If he attacks the centre you still got the queenside castle to hide, and if he attacks queenside, you just dont castle into the attack.
You covered two of my favorite openings in this video. The French and the last example would be the samisch if Black goes with KID. Good video and keep up the hard work!
Been watching your channel a ton lately, and I'm amazed how much value you dish out every video. I watch a lot of chess youtubers and I just don't feel they share as much valuable information per video as you. Who knows, maybe I'm just a total noob. Either way, super appreciative of your channel.
Castling is a great way to activate your rooks and move your king out of danger. However if you have a strong attack and you’re relatively confident that you can play forcing moves that will make your opponent play defensively, you can sometimes have more tempo by focusing on the attack. If you succeed in closing the centre and protecting it, you only want to redirect your king once you’re confident that you can also protect that side. Also, don’t be afraid to sometimes castle queenside if you have developed those pieces and are being attacked on the king side. I think lots of people take the principle too literally about castling early because it can be tricky to develop your queenside as quickly.
I love Chess Vibes! Very good content. Can you please do a video on chess strategies and tips when you CAN'T castle. In other words, your opponent just traded queens on d1 and you had to recapture with your king, taking away castling rights. Are there good strategies to follow when this happens. Thx!
Ive been going into hippo style openings for white and black, starting with modern, larsen attack, pirc, etc into hippo style, and a lot of times i castle really late, or not at all, and my king is still protected with this type of opening for me. Im around 900 rapid 1800 puzzles, 28 survival, 1150 daily, and just started playing in november last year. Been seeing a lot of improvement thanks to your channel. Thank you for the info. Best chess channel by far imo!
I’m surprised no one mentioned well 6th reason not to castle is when the King is protecting a piece. I have seen that in many many club games. Usually at the lower scale of the ratings but again blunders are the mishaps on the chess board!
im 4x your rating but kinda agree. when black castles early and you dont as white then it becomes quite difficult for white to create attack but i can attack or develop any side of the board
4. You're in a position where every tempo counts (e.g. you're mounting a crushing attack on your opponent's king before he gets the chance to castle) ─ in this case, castling often wastes a tempo and gives your opponent time to regroup. 5. In the endgame, king safety is no longer a concern, and the king is just more active and, as a result, useful closer to the centre. Note that just because the queens are off the board doesn't mean you're in an endgame, and, conversely, just because queens are on the board doesn't mean you're not in an endgame.
Today, I just had someone castle against me in a game but that castle allowed me to fork both of their rooks with a pawn. I still can't figure out why they thought that was a good idea.
Yes! I love the king side pawn storm with no castle! Also, I love to say fee-un-KET-toe. That Italian ch is a like the ch in school. And, the plural of tempo is tempi, like Tempe, Arizona ... TEM-pee.
A lot of computers nowadays are opting not to castle, instead move the king over one and pushing the A/H pawns with their rook behind (in specific situations obviously)
Thank you as always to share your great knowldge to us , I have read in a book that there is one more time Castle may not be needed when there are eearly exchange of queens. (because that time main threatening peice is out from the board and game pace become slow )
I usually castle more to get the rook in the center fast than to defend the king, it happens that I already moved all the pawn on one side and I still castle to throw the rook straight into the action
As a general rule, I tend to castle early as that is the orthodoxy, and I have often beaten opponents who did not castle in time. But sometimes I have lost to opponents who anticipated the castling habit and targeted that area. Sometimes I weakened the position by an injudicious pawn move. G3 or F3. Sometimes I have escaped an attack by castling queenside when the opponent expected kingside castling.
A new challenger has arrived! Just like when you unlock Captain Falcon. I'm happy to come across a new chess channel, subscribed faster than a cheetah on the Autobahn. By the way, the i in "tempi" is the same as the i in "piano", it's not "temp-eye" just like it's not "pie-ano". Also Giuoco is pronounced "jee-Oko".
Sir, I contest your correction, sir. I'm not Italian but I think "jee-Oko" is a bit off. For English speakers I think something like "djyoko" works best. I believe the Italian is something like this: www.vocabolaudio.com/it/giuoco
@Asher Brauner I should've made sure I knew what I was saying or otherwise said nothing. I guess the hard g sound bugged me for some reason. Now that I think of it, I don't enjoy the fact that I was nitpicking on how he says the terms. He's a much stronger player than me, so I should just sit down and listen. And that's crazy though, I didn't know the U sound came up like that. I appreciate the input.
@@tuddgrimley8532 Thanks for the pleasant response. I would say, though, that there is some correlation between a chess teacher knowing how to pronounce the international terms and that teacher being top notch. The more time one spends with more elite players and coaches, the more one hears words like "tempi" pronounced as the general chess community does so. The fact that NM Lopez missed a few suggests he is not as knowledgeable as some other well known chess personalities and therefore it raises hesitation as to whether his chess knowledge is really top notch. Naturally he's far better than many of us who get the sounds right, but -- we all have things to learn.
Sometimes u shouldnt castle because it can cost mid game when u need both rooks attacking 2 rooks, you can get checkmated if u move both of you rooks out.
At 3:52 I'm questioning why he didn't trade pieces knight and bishop attacked the one pawn and we know the bishops and slightly better than knights so I'm wondering why KG5 the BG5 isn't an option??
Greetings from Guatemala, and happy fourth of July. I started playing chess online several months ago. For several reasons, I like playing 10-minute games, rather than slower or faster time controls. At first I was having trouble getting into a middle game with a decent playable position, and my rating was going down each week. Then I started playing closed systems - not exactly the Hippopotamus, but much like the Hippopotamus. And I play that closed opening system as both white and as black. I know the general rule in chess is to castle early. It seems to me that in my closed games, it was safe for me to delay castling. Your excellent video clearly shows when it is bad to castle, but what about the question - when is it safe to delay castling? I seems to me that delaying castling can potentially have several advantages - Sometimes I initiate a series of trades that puts me in an endgame position, where having the king in the center can be an advantage. Other times it seems that I often win games by waiting until my opponent castles. I can then castle on the opposite side, and have fun practicing and getting better at - lining up my rooks and queen, pushing my pawns forward, and placing my minor pieces on good squares, for an attack on my opponent's king. Though I lose a lot of games on time, I win enough games each week, that my rating has gone up significantly over the last month, since I started playing closed games. I plan on using my own version of the woodpecker method to learn to play faster and better. So again, my question is - when is it safe to delay castling in closed games?
Delaying castling is a very good idea and I do this frequently to try to get a better idea of what my opponent is going to do. The key point is that you just need to make sure that you don't somehow get "stuck" with your king in the center. So if your opponent can cut off the castling route with a bishop, or somehow open the center with tempo and put you in check before you can castle, that is when it becomes risky to not castle. But if those things can't happen, then delaying castling is a good idea a lot of the times. Hope that helps!
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And also when most of things are done...like it is 28th move and position is totally opened already... Am I right!? Edit: 4:00 in this position, where should black castle?🤔🤔 Or he do need to castle now? What will be good for him?
If it was me I'd probably just keep attacking and not castle right away. Maybe later I would castle queen side and try to get rooks to attack white's kingside.
With the last one, the Yugoslav attack is my favorite weapon against the Sicilian (mostly because it's traumatized me a lot even just as a Najdorf player) and in that opening you just want to castle queenside at some point and do g4 h4 h5. ...I've lost an unfortunate number of games to h4 h5 stopping my attack cold as I simply don't have the control over g4 necessary to bust open the position anymore, but that's not related to castling.
As an intermediate player, that seems to be a very helpful tip. In a lot of situations I found out I can not attack the opposite king easily, but here we are when i castle sometimes i take away an opportunity away from myself.
0:20 when you've weakened your pawns on that side (2:17 fianchetto exception) 2:45 if you could be vulnerable to a pawn storm (especially with tempo) 5:44 when your King is safer in the centre (e.g. closed pawn centre) 7:45 if it stops you from attacking their castled King (typically with a pawn storm)
There's another example, although it's similar to number 3: castling in front an open file, or worse, 2 open files. If your opponent's a and/or b, or g and/or h pawns are gone, you don't want to castle there, or it will be very easy for your opponent to just put a rook on these files and hammer your castle.
I'm not sure if that variation for white has a name, but the main opening is the Pirc and that f3 setup is just something I like to use. Hope that helps!
I usually play h3, but I play g3 after castling if my opponent has a dark squared bishop, that way he can't put it in the g2 diagonal and back rank mate me
Consider the 90 positions in 9LX where you have to move a rook on 1 side to castle on the other side. What to do about castling then when you can't seem to keep your 'poker face' up re the video 'When to DELAY Castling in Chess!!' (5lVvs0JB5ME) ? See 'How many Chess960 positions exist in which castling on 1 side does not require moving the rook on the other side?' On Chess Stack Exchange
I frequently try to castle late/second so I can castle opposite side of my opponent and then pawn storm the opponent's king. Doesn't always work, but I still like the tactic.
Castling late can sometimes get you in trouble. For example: Some gambits. If you accept such a gambit; your opponent usually develops greater movement, space, and time advantage. So, you could get in trouble if you Castle late. You could possibly be castling into a checkmate.
I realized I've often castled simply for its own sake, not because it would make my King more secure. I get cornered when my opponent directs all their resources to that corner! So I prefer to keep my King relatively close to the center where I have some mobility options but well defended.
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Now if I understand the video the way to remember whether to castle or not is simple. If it prevents you from attacking the opponents king then don't do it. If it puts your king in danger don't do it.
Castling directly into a mate in 1 is probably a bad strategy…
Castling into a check is also probably bad
@@hkm239 You cannot castle into a check
@@yurrie5008 Yeh, that's the joke
@Nishkarsh you cant
Speaking of that I was playing chess against my mom and she set up a trap where if I castles I would get into a mate in one which was smart but I just castles the other direction
There is a 5th time I can think of not to castle: You have traded queens and the king is safer in the middle sometimes it is good to keep your options open too.
Not 'safer' in the middle but more active ;)
Isn’t this reason 3?
In the exchange the side that takes the queen with the king can no longer castle which is generally a disadvantage
Good thought!
6th is in 4 player chess since you are moving very close to an opposing player
Worth noting: castling is typically understood to have two functions, not one. Besides king safety, the other goal is to connect rooks, or if that's not in the position, to get the rook out of the corner and closer to the center where it can be more effective. Kf8 at 6:41 preserves king safety but the rook on h8 will need to find a way to play, probably by opening the h-file. I have not doubt NM Lopez knows all that, just thought I'd add the point.
i would normally agree but his goal in the position was to be as solid as possible, plus in that postion h5 gets a tempo on the queen and you can get the rook out that way.
@@user-rk7rl7tm5w Fair
I do have a question about that situation, why (if black' castles) wouldn't white just play bisschop h6? It seems like a good move to me but probably isn't.
@@baksteenspook1560 At 6:41, if ...0-0, then Bh6 is playable; but I think isn't too special, because a move like Ng6 really slows white's attack.
@baksteenspook Ng6
I can think of one more situation when you shouldn't castle.
5. Don't castle if your apartment is on fire. The king will still be in danger, push your family away from the door, lock the door to ensure the king doesn't get trampled and get him outside.
6. Don’t castle if you’re planning on deploying the Tennison Gambit, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile variant. It’s useless and just delays your attack.
@@GRBtutorials7. Don’t castle when the king will have no breathing room and could die due to lack of oxygen and carbon dioxide poisoning
@@SG2048-meta You breathe heavily because knight checkmated you?
8. Don't castle when many of ur opponents minor pieces are attacking ur king. This way, u would trick ur opponents into thinking that u have a trap set up
7: If there's an Cobalt-208 bomb at the chess board and near your king, you shouldn't castle, as it gives more powerful explosion as the rook is loyal to the Tsar Bomba, and it will disregard the rook
Another completely useful lesson. When you teach, you make every word count. Keep posting!
3:13 what a genius way to develop a bishop!
😂😂
Bishop moves that shouldn't even exist!
bishop battery
Plays chess but every piece operates like a different piece. E.g. Bishops are knights, knights are queens, queens are pawns, pawns are rooks, and rooks are bishops.
@@ajnodurft-faught2039 I have seen a variant where you move a piece and the piece changes. So, pawn turns into knight, knight turns into bishop, bishop turns into rook, rook turns into queen, queen turns into king and then king turns back into a pawn.
@3:20 "nobody pushes pawns forward like this"
I declare myself guilty
me too man me too
1. You have already made weakening pawn moves on that side of the board
2. If you are going to come under attack by a pawn storm
3. When your king is actually just safer staying in the centre
4. If it is going to prevent you from attacking on that side of the board
so the take away.... this is turning out to be a really great chess channel
Would also add if the queens are exchanged early,and the game moves quickly towards the endgame.
Automatic castling has always been a sign to me that the person I'm playing with isn't *playing* the game-- they're just following a 'chess walkthrough'.
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Good point
I had once ended up in a situation where my king was defending a threatened piece (a bishop, I believe). I accidentally misclicked and castled, which completely broke my defence. I feel this is the most difficult misclick to do.
Ah yes, the old "mouse slip" (along the lines of the "finger slip"). Technology gives us new ways to lose at chess, doesn't it?
A 5th reason: You have a tactic that's worth keeping your king in the center (at least temporarily).
I suppose if you have that kind of tactics, you don’t learn anything from an NM.
@@anamorfoplasis Eh, even beginners sometimes pick up gambit lines that don't leave enough tempo for them to castle.
@@Mothuzad I misunderstood your comment first time. Thought you mean the King itself is a part of the scheme.
@@anamorfoplasis Ah, I see! Yes, that would be very advanced. Extremely risky.
I was just thinking of the more normal situation where you can't spare the tempo to castle.
@@Mothuzad Ke2
By far my favourite chess channel and most useful clearly outlined advice
Well, its a bad idea to castle when playing for the Bongcloud.
I don't think anyone watching this vid would even know bongcloud
@@Silverpig420 n o
@@Silverpig420 everyone knows the bongcloud
On a sidenote to "reason #4". Not castling is also forcing black (in this case) to chose between attacking the king in the centre or or attack the queenside. If he attacks the centre you still got the queenside castle to hide, and if he attacks queenside, you just dont castle into the attack.
Thanks again for the rounded content so well presented.
You covered two of my favorite openings in this video. The French and the last example would be the samisch if Black goes with KID. Good video and keep up the hard work!
The French is your favorite, but that's not a good way to advance or become a better player.
Been watching your channel a ton lately, and I'm amazed how much value you dish out every video. I watch a lot of chess youtubers and I just don't feel they share as much valuable information per video as you. Who knows, maybe I'm just a total noob. Either way, super appreciative of your channel.
I appreciate that!
Your channel is such a huge vibe and I love your videos!! You are my favorite chess RUclipsr!!
Should have included Greek gift stuff. It’s unsafe to castle if they have a bishop sacrifice tactic.
Love the content. Learned alot from this channel
Castling is a great way to activate your rooks and move your king out of danger. However if you have a strong attack and you’re relatively confident that you can play forcing moves that will make your opponent play defensively, you can sometimes have more tempo by focusing on the attack. If you succeed in closing the centre and protecting it, you only want to redirect your king once you’re confident that you can also protect that side.
Also, don’t be afraid to sometimes castle queenside if you have developed those pieces and are being attacked on the king side. I think lots of people take the principle too literally about castling early because it can be tricky to develop your queenside as quickly.
I love Chess Vibes! Very good content. Can you please do a video on chess strategies and tips when you CAN'T castle. In other words, your opponent just traded queens on d1 and you had to recapture with your king, taking away castling rights. Are there good strategies to follow when this happens. Thx!
If you let your opponent play ....Qxd1+ Kxd1 in the opening, then your openings suck and you're most definitely a chess beginner under 1000 elo.
Another situation is if the king is the only guard of a piece.
Such a nice explanation. He is certainly going to bang on near future. keep up the good work.
4 times not to castle: mate in 1, mate in 2, mate in 3, mate in 4
Ive been going into hippo style openings for white and black, starting with modern, larsen attack, pirc, etc into hippo style, and a lot of times i castle really late, or not at all, and my king is still protected with this type of opening for me. Im around 900 rapid 1800 puzzles, 28 survival, 1150 daily, and just started playing in november last year. Been seeing a lot of improvement thanks to your channel. Thank you for the info.
Best chess channel by far imo!
Aloha from Hawaii!
Are you a new channel? You're definitely blowing up soon.
I’m surprised no one mentioned well 6th reason not to castle is when the King is protecting a piece. I have seen that in many many club games. Usually at the lower scale of the ratings but again blunders are the mishaps on the chess board!
castling is always bad! The king is a valuable piece and it should be a part of the attack, not hid away in some corner! trust me i'm nearly 400 rated
im 4x your rating but kinda agree.
when black castles early and you dont as white then it becomes quite difficult for white to create attack but i can attack or develop any side of the board
What if casting comes with checkmate?
(Fr tho O-O-O# would be satisfying)
4. You're in a position where every tempo counts (e.g. you're mounting a crushing attack on your opponent's king before he gets the chance to castle) ─ in this case, castling often wastes a tempo and gives your opponent time to regroup.
5. In the endgame, king safety is no longer a concern, and the king is just more active and, as a result, useful closer to the centre. Note that just because the queens are off the board doesn't mean you're in an endgame, and, conversely, just because queens are on the board doesn't mean you're not in an endgame.
Today, I just had someone castle against me in a game but that castle allowed me to fork both of their rooks with a pawn. I still can't figure out why they thought that was a good idea.
Bad castle: Don't castle by touching the rook first.
Yes! I love the king side pawn storm with no castle! Also, I love to say fee-un-KET-toe. That Italian ch is a like the ch in school. And, the plural of tempo is tempi, like Tempe, Arizona ... TEM-pee.
A lot of computers nowadays are opting not to castle, instead move the king over one and pushing the A/H pawns with their rook behind (in specific situations obviously)
Great content man. Keep it up!! Super helpful.
Thank you as always to share your great knowldge to us , I have read in a book that there is one more time Castle may not be needed when there are eearly exchange of queens. (because that time main threatening peice is out from the board and game pace become slow )
Good advices and very well presented.
#5 When you want to play the Fried Fox Defense
Wow nice info🔥👊
I usually castle more to get the rook in the center fast than to defend the king, it happens that I already moved all the pawn on one side and I still castle to throw the rook straight into the action
6:24 why would h4 be a problem, because it's evidence of a pawn storm?
Thank you for this video. I have found it helpful.
6:51 you could also move the left rook to protect the pawn the the queen was attacking, because of this the rook will be protecting the pawn.
As a general rule, I tend to castle early as that is the orthodoxy, and I have often beaten opponents who did not castle in time. But sometimes I have lost to opponents who anticipated the castling habit and targeted that area. Sometimes I weakened the position by an injudicious pawn move. G3 or F3.
Sometimes I have escaped an attack by castling queenside when the opponent expected kingside castling.
A new challenger has arrived! Just like when you unlock Captain Falcon. I'm happy to come across a new chess channel, subscribed faster than a cheetah on the Autobahn. By the way, the i in "tempi" is the same as the i in "piano", it's not "temp-eye" just like it's not "pie-ano". Also Giuoco is pronounced "jee-Oko".
Sir, I contest your correction, sir. I'm not Italian but I think "jee-Oko" is a bit off. For English speakers I think something like "djyoko" works best. I believe the Italian is something like this: www.vocabolaudio.com/it/giuoco
@Asher Brauner I should've made sure I knew what I was saying or otherwise said nothing. I guess the hard g sound bugged me for some reason. Now that I think of it, I don't enjoy the fact that I was nitpicking on how he says the terms. He's a much stronger player than me, so I should just sit down and listen. And that's crazy though, I didn't know the U sound came up like that. I appreciate the input.
@@tuddgrimley8532 Thanks for the pleasant response. I would say, though, that there is some correlation between a chess teacher knowing how to pronounce the international terms and that teacher being top notch. The more time one spends with more elite players and coaches, the more one hears words like "tempi" pronounced as the general chess community does so. The fact that NM Lopez missed a few suggests he is not as knowledgeable as some other well known chess personalities and therefore it raises hesitation as to whether his chess knowledge is really top notch. Naturally he's far better than many of us who get the sounds right, but -- we all have things to learn.
Sometimes u shouldnt castle because it can cost mid game when u need both rooks attacking 2 rooks, you can get checkmated if u move both of you rooks out.
I generally don't tell any beginner to "castle" I refer to it as "King Safety" it just makes it easier
At 3:52 I'm questioning why he didn't trade pieces knight and bishop attacked the one pawn and we know the bishops and slightly better than knights so I'm wondering why KG5 the BG5 isn't an option??
One time I castled then a knight forked my king and queen, I am a fucking idiot.
5. You're approaching the endgame and your King is more useful in the centre (to leap into action, capture pawns, etc)
Greetings from Guatemala, and happy fourth of July. I started playing chess online several months ago. For several reasons, I like playing 10-minute games, rather than slower or faster time controls. At first I was having trouble getting into a middle game with a decent playable position, and my rating was going down each week. Then I started playing closed systems - not exactly the Hippopotamus, but much like the Hippopotamus. And I play that closed opening system as both white and as black. I know the general rule in chess is to castle early. It seems to me that in my closed games, it was safe for me to delay castling. Your excellent video clearly shows when it is bad to castle, but what about the question - when is it safe to delay castling? I seems to me that delaying castling can potentially have several advantages - Sometimes I initiate a series of trades that puts me in an endgame position, where having the king in the center can be an advantage. Other times it seems that I often win games by waiting until my opponent castles. I can then castle on the opposite side, and have fun practicing and getting better at - lining up my rooks and queen, pushing my pawns forward, and placing my minor pieces on good squares, for an attack on my opponent's king. Though I lose a lot of games on time, I win enough games each week, that my rating has gone up significantly over the last month, since I started playing closed games. I plan on using my own version of the woodpecker method to learn to play faster and better. So again, my question is - when is it safe to delay castling in closed games?
Delaying castling is a very good idea and I do this frequently to try to get a better idea of what my opponent is going to do. The key point is that you just need to make sure that you don't somehow get "stuck" with your king in the center. So if your opponent can cut off the castling route with a bishop, or somehow open the center with tempo and put you in check before you can castle, that is when it becomes risky to not castle. But if those things can't happen, then delaying castling is a good idea a lot of the times. Hope that helps!
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Thanks for this such useful video!!
Well presented; thank you for sharing.
Very instructions and insightful!
My strategie was always castle on the same direction as my opponent or away from where there's an large concetrations of pieces and attacks
@3:43, this is the kind of thing I would fall into, especially in faster games
This was very ussful! Thank you!
I know one, when there isn't anything protecting the line with the king and 3 pawns are blocking the king, they can mate using a castle or queen
Thank you! Although i have not learned english well, this video was very useful for me
"there are some times when castling is bad" like for example when your queen is hanging unprrtected
the bankrank checkmate is most probarly for earlies cuz after that they bring the rooks out and nothing blocking the king
6:30 And that’s exactly why I almost always castle on the king’s side. The queen’s side is just too risky
In the example at 6:09, how is black castling "perfectly playable"? Can't white follow up with Bh6 and win a rook exchange?
Black could play Ng6 preventing the mate (and avoiding g6 which would lose the exchange as you said), forcing White's bishop to retreat.
And also when most of things are done...like it is 28th move and position is totally opened already... Am I right!?
Edit: 4:00 in this position, where should black castle?🤔🤔 Or he do need to castle now? What will be good for him?
If it was me I'd probably just keep attacking and not castle right away. Maybe later I would castle queen side and try to get rooks to attack white's kingside.
With the last one, the Yugoslav attack is my favorite weapon against the Sicilian (mostly because it's traumatized me a lot even just as a Najdorf player) and in that opening you just want to castle queenside at some point and do g4 h4 h5. ...I've lost an unfortunate number of games to h4 h5 stopping my attack cold as I simply don't have the control over g4 necessary to bust open the position anymore, but that's not related to castling.
Such a good video, I once castled into danger and ACTUALLY lost by force in 8 moves. And I never did that again XD
I love move f4 either before or right after castling kingside in king pawn positions
You also shouldn't castle with a queenless middlegame. It will be an endgame your king needs to play an active role in the center
5th example: it is endgame and there are no threats to king so you keep it more active
Thanks for the tips
As an intermediate player, that seems to be a very helpful tip. In a lot of situations I found out I can not attack the opposite king easily, but here we are when i castle sometimes i take away an opportunity away from myself.
0:20 when you've weakened your pawns on that side (2:17 fianchetto exception)
2:45 if you could be vulnerable to a pawn storm (especially with tempo)
5:44 when your King is safer in the centre (e.g. closed pawn centre)
7:45 if it stops you from attacking their castled King (typically with a pawn storm)
Your closing music is 🔥
I like to do Queenside castle more since I always feels like I am buffing my Queen with some rook ammo(or reinforcement)
but requires one extra move of King to be safe else queen can trap in to check or or checkmate (it happened to me )
There's another example, although it's similar to number 3: castling in front an open file, or worse, 2 open files. If your opponent's a and/or b, or g and/or h pawns are gone, you don't want to castle there, or it will be very easy for your opponent to just put a rook on these files and hammer your castle.
i love this guy he deserves all the best
Thanks for another great video.
07:59 what is the system/opening you are playing as white there?
I'm not sure if that variation for white has a name, but the main opening is the Pirc and that f3 setup is just something I like to use. Hope that helps!
@@ChessVibesOfficial Thanks, no problem.
3rd situation French defense white sometimes plays the black squared bishop to h6 as the pawn is pinned by queen but that's bad cuz knight f5
On 7:15 I think you would get checkmated bishop to H3 then queen to G2
I remember when i played against my grandfather in chess castled and lost.
Thanks a lot , very beneficial.
7:13 This isn't a castle. It's a prison
I usually play h3, but I play g3 after castling if my opponent has a dark squared bishop, that way he can't put it in the g2 diagonal and back rank mate me
Great lesson, thanks
0:30 You should have thought b4 playing g3
(get it? b4 in that position is...)
Black castles king side in very few of French defense variations. (Tarrash and some variations of early advance)
Consider the 90 positions in 9LX where you have to move a rook on 1 side to castle on the other side. What to do about castling then when you can't seem to keep your 'poker face' up re the video 'When to DELAY Castling in Chess!!' (5lVvs0JB5ME) ?
See 'How many Chess960 positions exist in which castling on 1 side does not require moving the rook on the other side?' On Chess Stack Exchange
thanks
Thank you Randall!
I frequently try to castle late/second so I can castle opposite side of my opponent and then pawn storm the opponent's king. Doesn't always work, but I still like the tactic.
How do you pawn storm?
Castling late can sometimes get you in trouble. For example: Some gambits. If you accept such a gambit; your opponent usually develops greater movement, space, and time advantage. So, you could get in trouble if you Castle late. You could possibly be castling into a checkmate.
@@cronosx6174 You can't castle into checkmate because you can't move into check.
@chessvibes great video!
2:22 “Fianchetto” the ch makes a k sound!!! 😂
very instructive
I realized I've often castled simply for its own sake, not because it would make my King more secure. I get cornered when my opponent directs all their resources to that corner! So I prefer to keep my King relatively close to the center where I have some mobility options but well defended.
Great video! Do you recommend castling when playing London?
Yeah most of the time castling would be good in the London 👍
Thanks. It's great to have some rules-of-thumb rather than analyzing each situation from basic principles.
Good Tactical Advice for Novice and experienced players.
Awesome video!