- Or king's rook. The rook that is on the
kingside at the
start of the game.
Sometimes abbreviated "KR".
kingside Or king's side. The side of the
board (half-board)...
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called kingside castling, and
castling with the queen's rook is
called queenside castling. In both
algebraic and
descriptive notations,
castling kingside is...
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strongly influences both players' ****ure actions. White,
having pushed a
kingside pawn,
tends to hold the
initiative on that side of the board. However,...
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envisions an
attack in the
middlegame on White's
kingside; however, it also
weakens Black's
kingside to an
extent (especially the e8–h5 diagonal). Like...
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follows with
either ...b5 and
queenside play, or ...f5 and an
eventual kingside attack. Meanwhile,
White attempts to
expand on the
opposite wing. The resulting...
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board after ...Bxc5.
White usually tries to
exploit the
extra space on the
kingside,
often playing for a
mating attack.
White tries to do this in the Alekhine–Chatard...
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characteristics because of the
propensity of the
kings to
castle on the
kingside. Pawn
structures often transpose into one another, such as the isolani...
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either with
Black attacking White's
kingside with
manoeuvres of rook lifts, or with
White attacking Black's
kingside with the push f2–f4, in
which case...
- White's
kingside pawn structure,
opens the e1–h4
diagonal against White's
uncastled king, and
opens the g1–a7
diagonal against White's
potential kingside castling...
- flank,
which may
occasion 2...dxc4.
White may
couple this plan with a
kingside fianchetto (g3 and Bg2) to
create pressure on the
light squares in the...
