Do you like games where you're castled on opposite wings better?

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AdorableMogwai

I find games where I'm castled on an opposite wing as my opponent a lot more exciting and fun. Often in games where I'm castled on the same side as my opponent I get all my pieces out and then think "now what?"  I never have that problem with opposite wing castled gamed where each side can go after the king directly.

What are the openings that lead to opposite wing castled positions most often?

SJFG

I know that in some variations of the Sicilian white often castles queenside and black castles kingside.

AdorableMogwai

I'm a Sicilian player myself and always play the Dragon variation, in the Yugoslav or Rauzer attack white castles queenside, and I love it when that happens, I don't even mind when I lose those games because they end up being so fun.

However, people don't go into the Yugoslav attack enough for my liking, at least at my level peopel hardly ever go into open Sicilians at all, instead they usually bring their bishop out to c4. That's why I'm wondering if there are other openings that will lead to opposite wing castling more often.

TheGrobe

I definitely find them sharper. Nothing like a good pawn storm.

I'm not a Sicilian player, but I do like the Yugoslav when I face it for this reason.

At the same time, a nice closed game with both sides castling on the same side and plenty of time to think suits my style a little better.

That is, unless my opponent's stronger than me, in which case neither seem to work.

VULPES_VULPES

I'm not a big sicilian fan, but I sometimes castle queenside whilst the opponent kingside in the Duras gambit (I think is the name) as black.

Yes, I like weird openings that noone else knows.

SJFG

In the 1. e4 d5 opening, black sometimes castles queenside (at least against me in my few games against 1...d5).

AdorableMogwai

Are there any openings for black against 1. d4 that often lead to castled on opposite wings positions?