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Both players castling queenside – rare?

Posted: Mon May 28, 2018 3:29 pm
by Kevin O'Rourke
“It is common for both players to castle kingside, and rare for both players to castle queenside” :? Found this so called fact on Wikipedia. Hadn’t noticed this myself but now I think about it, it’s probably the rarest set up out of the 4 possible both side castling options. Should still be lots of games where it happens.

Re: Both players castling queenside – rare?

Posted: Mon May 28, 2018 4:03 pm
by Matt Mackenzie
Neither players castling might be rarer than any of those?

Re: Both players castling queenside – rare?

Posted: Mon May 28, 2018 4:37 pm
by LawrenceCooper
Kevin O'Rourke wrote:
Mon May 28, 2018 3:29 pm
“It is common for both players to castle kingside, and rare for both players to castle queenside” :? Found this so called fact on Wikipedia. Hadn’t noticed this myself but now I think about it, it’s probably the rarest set up out of the 4 possible both side castling options. Should still be lots of games where it happens.
1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3/d2 dxe4 4 Nxe4 Bf5 is the line that immediately springs to mind.