Queenside Castling
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How should I best go about castling queenside?
I like to open with the queenside pawn, then immediately bring out the queenside knight & bishop. This seems like it should lend itself best to castling queenside; I also like the potential for attack that queenside castling brings. But no matter how I move my queen out of the way so I can castle, the engine marks it as a mistake or an inaccuracy.
What is the best way to castle queenside, and are there any lessons or videos where I could learn more about this?
Thanks! 😊
Nov 15, 2023
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#2
The issue isn't necessarily where the pieces move, but rather if the position calls for castling kingside or queenside (or not at all!) in that position. If you do decide to castle queenside, then it is no different than any other plan in chess where each position will require pieces on the squares you believe are best for your plan.
I actually made a video on this topic months ago. I also have some several examples in the video, so you can follow along and "quiz yourself" which side you would castle on and then I explain why this is correct or not 
Nov 15, 2023
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#3
You don’t castle queenside in the jobava or veresov(you play one of those for sure) if you really want to castle queenside, go for the london set-up. Qc2 and you can castle.
Nov 16, 2023
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#4
Premeditating which direction your king is going before even knowing how your opponent opens the game is only something the unintelligent would do.
For example, let's say you are White. Castling queenside occurs more often when opening e4 (Najdorf English Attack, Classical French, Classical Caro-Kann, etc) than when opening 1.d4 (Rubinstein QGD without 7...c5) or 1.c4, etc, but castling queenside for White is pretty dumb against say, the French Winawer. If you play the White side of the Classical, you also have to deal with the White side of the winawer.
As Black, again, going to depend on White. If White opens 1.b4 or 1.c4, two moves I tend to play, castling queenside for Black is almost never intelligent!
Premeditation is always dumb!