When should one castle in chess?

Question

Hi, I'm new to chess and i never knew of the castling move before....i just read about it and my question is, when does one use it?

thanks

Answer 1

I haven't played chess in years, so I can't help with the strategy of castling (although I remember not using it a whole lot). But, you can castle any time:

1. before you move either the king or the rook involved in the maneuver (i.e. once you move your king, you cant castle).
2. there must be no pieces on the same row between the rook and king.
3. you cannot castle if the maneuver results in the king being in check
4. you cannot castle if the maneuver goes through a square that an opposing piece would put the king in check if he would ordinarily move into.
5. the entire maneuver counts as one move.

The procedure is as follows:
1. move your king 2 spaces toward the rook you wish to perform the castle maneuver
2. move the rook to the space next to the king on the other side of where the rook came from (see examples below for better illustration)

So...if you castle to the right, the king moves over 2 spaces to the right and the rook is placed on the square directly to the left of the king.

pardon my ascii art...

castling to the right (white player...king's side)
before...
ooooKooR

after...
oooooRKo

castling to the left (white player...queen's side)
before...
ooooKooR

after...
ooKRoooo

Does this help?

Answer 2

When or how? The when is the same as for all chess moves. When it is the best move on the board. Knowing the best move is the essence of chess mastery and accordingly difficult. Castling normally happens early in the game but not always and sometimes never. Do you know the difference between king side and queenside castling?

Answer 3

Castling counts as a unmarried circulate yet is composed of transferring 2 products. The king strikes 2 squares and the rook on that section hops over the king and lands real next to him. No different piece can circulate on the comparable time. you need to consistently circulate the king first, in any different case your opponent ought to declare that your circulate is completed once you have moved your rook. A 2-sq. circulate by potential of your king first makes it sparkling which you're castling - because of the fact that that's the only social gathering whilst the king can circulate 2 squares.

Answer 4

im pretty sure that you use it when your king is in danger and no one else can make a sacrafice for the king. when that time comes, u switch a castle/brook and the king(but you cant move the king or brook at all to use the move)

Answer 5

within the first ten moves