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Subject: Re: On which side would you castle?

Author: martin fierz

Date: 01:07:32 12/09/04

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On December 08, 2004 at 22:32:52, Will Singleton wrote:

>[d]r3k2r/pppqb1pp/1nn1bp2/4p3/8/2NP1NP1/PP1BPPBP/2RQ1RK1 b kq -

good question! after i brief glance, i would say that black is two tempi down in
a color reversed dragon if he castles long (one for being black, one for
Nd5-b6). however, IIRC then the move Nb3 is sometimes played on the white side
of the dragon too.
i suspect that black has gone slightly wrong here already, and that castling
queenside will lead to a mutual king-attack where white is faster, while
castling kingside will lead to an inferior position anyway; white has nice play
on the Q-side. as a human, i would rather choose castling Qside because it gives
mutual chances (although more for white) rather than Kside which gives white all
the chances. i suppose Qd7 was not too accurate a move.

cheers
  martin



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