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As a rule you only start pushing king side pawns for the attack after you have completed the development of your pieces and you control the center.
Even when attacking, you should always pay attention to possible counterattacks and make defensive moves when appropriate.
Play slowly and carefully. A slight slip may turn a won game into a lost game.
Here is an example
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1044020
I'm no expert, but I was able to clear my opponent's Pawns on that side, and even though I was behind in major pieces, I rallied the King and Queen and 2 rooks behind, and around, my 3 passed Pawns and was able to march my king all the way into the 8th rank. My opponent resigned. Made a couple of Queens and it is the 1st time that I've been able to actually put that into practice after the fellow that I studied with told me how easy it is to get your Rook behind a Pawn and march right down to make a Queen. Right! I see a wing attack on the king's side as an endgame strategy.
If you wanna push your kingcastled pawns why castling there at all? maybe close the center and leave the king in center or longside castle.
But lest assume you both kingside castled. When can you push the pawns ahead of your king? When you have much more gunfire on that side of the board and you wanna open lines. However often its a slow plan and can be punished if the center is open. You can sacrifice a piece rather than spending 5 moves with the pawns....
I am a 1300-1400 rated player on chess.com I really struggle with deciding the perfect moment to start pushing the king side pawns for the attack. And of course bad timing can and has https://vshare.onl/ resulted in me getting check mated. Do you have any recommendations for videos to watch to improve in this? Would love to get your guidance!
I got this,....
You cannot gain the advantage by attacking. If you attack without already holding the advantage, you will only succeed in weakening your own position.
Attack is a technique that is used to convert an already existing advantage (eg: King safety) into another form (eg: mate or decisive gain of material) which is easier for you to exploit.
So... to answer your question on "When to start pushing the K-side Pawns?" : You do it AFTER you have gained the advantage by superior maneuver.
I can empathise with this. There's a bit of a misunderstanding at this kind of rating which leads players to believe that a castled king is safe so players who know how to attack it have a significant advantage. I can't answer your question any better than: when there are no better moves to play. That is, if you can't find a line which has a realistic prospect of resulting in a material advantage for one player or the other then it's a good time to consider advancing pawns.
I am a 1300-1400 rated player on chess.com I really struggle with deciding the perfect moment to start pushing the king side pawns for the attack. And of course bad timing can and has resulted in me getting check mated. Do you have any recommendations for videos to watch to improve in this? Would love to get your guidance!