Do NOT Castle in These 6 Situations

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You're probably aware of one of the basic chess opening principles that you've to castle your king as early as possible. While it is correct, generally speaking, there are 6 most common situations/positions where you should NOT castle. In fact, castling in such positions is a huge blunder or a bad mistake.
Even one of the best chess players in the world, Magnus Carlsen, blundered a checkmating trick by castling. From this video lesson, you'll learn the strategic and tactical reasons behind why you should not castle in these positions.
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► Chapters
00:00 6 Situations When Castling is WRONG
00:10 Even Magnus Carlsen BLUNDERED By Castling
00:53 Situation-1
01:57 Situation-2
03:06 Situation-3
03:50 Situation-4
05:57 Puzzle of the day
06:08 Situation-5
06:58 Situation-6
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[@BobChess]

6:05 The puzzle solution is very simple: Rh1+ forcing the capturing of the king and then, you follow it up with Qh4+ and white can't stop Qh2# in the next move.

[@CosmicChessGVS]

Yeah

[@lezty]

Took about two seconds to spot

[@davidjames149]

capturing of the king? no, it forces the capture of the ROOK

[@BobChess]

Castle for safety : ❌ Castle for checkmated: ✅

[@twentyrothmans7308]

Sometimes, you can really annoy your opponent because he's expecting you to castle.

[@R.Akerman-oz1tf]

Not to mention "long" is also an option.

[@henczzz2035]

You sound like the opponent I hoped fall into Greece gift

[@redhawk4357]

Especially fun if they're taking time to make moves to prevent you from castling when you dont even want to 😂

[@im_cute_quotes]

Sometimes it backfires

[@henczzz2035]

@@im_cute_quotes skill issue

[@Z_H_G]

1:55 '' their position is fine nothing to worry about '' Fried Liver Attack: am i a joke to you?

[@kaleyikan]

for real

[@user-ej7sr3ow8b]

For the puzzle, the move should be sacrificing THE ROOOOOK! by playing Rh1+, white must play Kxh1 which is the only legal move, then black plays Qh4+ (Qh5+ and Qh6+ don't work since the queen will be taken by the e2 bishop and e3 queen respectively) to force the king back to g1, and finally Qh2 will be checkmate because the queen is defended by the pawn and the white king has nowhere to run

[@keithwhittington1322]

Igor, just wanted to thank you for lessons. Much appreciated.

[@CosmicChessGVS]

Thanks for this video. It helped me a lot

[@jackphiri-bk9wj]

thanks Igor for this lesson..please prepare another one on castling.

[@user-kr3ml7it4e]

I love your informative vids

[@AAVASH123-fz2ny]

you helped me a lot and i also got 1 .hats of to this man

[@michaglio1044]

great videos Igor!

[@davidlamarca899]

Great video with precious informations👏

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

👏

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

► Chapters 00:00 6 Situations When Castling is WRONG 00:10 Even Magnus Carlsen BLUNDERED By Castling 00:53 Situation-1 01:57 Situation-2 03:06 Situation-3 03:50 Situation-4 05:57 Puzzle of the day 06:08 Situation-5 06:58 Situation-6

[@uwu69420uwu]

6:05 He sacrificed... *THE ROOOOOOOOOK!!!*

[@user-hr9pj4bg6p]

Puzzle solution 1. Rh1+ Kxh1 2. Qh4+ Kg1 3. Qh2#

[@JerryCricketGaming]

I just accidentally not castled (so blundering the move) but won in the end, so I'm rethinking the entire castling paradigm. Thanks for making this video!

[@thebuffman5597]

6:07 "HE SACRFICIED THE ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK!"

[@robertpaul8542]

Nice Instructive video ❤

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

❤

[@NickZ-zu8jf]

I totally agree with you. Short castle can be dangerous. Sometimes I prefer king stay in center.

[@avijatsinharoy8944]

Rh1+,king takes,Qh4+,king slides back and Qh2# Pretty common rook sac puzzle on lichess

[@ScorpusMugnes]

Thanks for your Emails messages they really remind me what to do each morning.😁😁😁😁

[@worsethanjoerogan8061]

We've all castled into checkmate at least once. For me, more than once

[@thebuffman5597]

My general rule for castling: 1. Don't do it if you haven't moved your pawn before there. 2. Don't long castle I swear, i checked many highest level analyses, for some reason those positions LOSE a LOT. Just push the edge pawn forward and do short castles mainly. If you do that, it's a pocket defense that will last long.

[@NickZ-zu8jf]

I would add two situations. First is if you have momentum on attacks your opponent side and you dont want to castle to let your opponent gain a tempo back. Second is like what you said in 5 but add that to keep the rooks on the side to support a pawn push of your own.

[@AlpControl]

@1:20 situation 1 happens in some lines of your beloved Rousseau Gambit ;-)

[@rogerpaul8918]

R - R8 +

[@rexoni2512]

And he sacrifice the ROOOOOOKKKKK!!!

[@eclecticexplorer7828]

One of his easiest "puzzle of the day" offerings. Qh4, followed by Qh1. White has only two useless interpositions between the rook and the queen to delay the inevitable.

[@cikonianiggra1415]

Very useful. Puzzle: R a1+, then Qh4+. Thank you for your work.

[@richardkeller4892]

This is helpful to defend and to get into position for forced checkmates. Now just have to remember all of them.

[@NJDJ1986]

@1:14 even when the white's queen is off the board, black castles, & either white's knight or bishop still captures pawn on f7, rook recaptures, both knight & bishop sacrifice just for a rook & a pawn!

[@aidapex71]

First time seeing Ke2 is a great move

[@MZIH]

6:08 sac the roooooook

[@okamisansempai557]

Nice strategy

[@stonee402]

6:06 I noticed that a funny forced checkmate move is rookh1 white is forced to take, qh5+ which is check whites only square is g1 and black can checkmate with queen h2

[@harrycrab1677]

in situation 2 does the greek gift still work if the knight goes straight to e7 instead of around to d7

[@adventureboy444]

To summarize, don't castle when you have a potential of getting attacked or entering the endgame.

[@kingexcess10]

black Rh8 to h1 check, white KxRh1, Qg5 to h4 check. Kg1, Qh4 to h2 checkmate.

[@NoNameOp247]

Your content is incredibly engaging and informative! It's surprising to see that your views, likes, and subscribers don't reflect the quality of your videos. Keep up the great work, and hopefully, your audience will continue to grow as more people discover your channel

[@jean-yvesPrax]

Thank you ! On situation 1 however, the white is actually playing italian game, the move of the white Queen seems brillant, and I was wondering how I could never see that before... answer is : this never happens !!! because wtf the black knight is doing on e7 ??? He's always on f6 protecting the h7 ! and then the black castle is more thant appropriate.

[@damirfux2265]

2:40 I literally had that situation a few days ago where I deliberately took the bishop just to explore what would happen, after the knight going to g5 I didn't go back to g8 but instead I went to Kg6, the opponent was probably shocked (it was online so I didn't see him), he tried to play some moves but couldn't find the way to checkmate me (I think I have even sacrificed my knight), but after a few more moves the opponent resigned... so it is possible to win this situation, especially if you're playing against a low rated player 🙂 BTW answer to the puzzle is Rh1

[@davidbatchelder85]

sack the rook h1 King takes, queen h4 check king moves and then queen h2 checkmate

[@wonderwind2716]

1. Rh1+ K*h1 2. Qh4+ Kg1 3. Qh2# By the way, I wonder if 1. Qh4 also wins

[@yeshagoyal2966]

1:55 everyone sacrifices the knight as white in that position other than super gms and beginners

[@samuels9374]

Sacrafice the rook!!! Rook h1 king takes Followed by queen h3 King to g1 Queen h2 checkmate

[@kasondelwao3371]

6:01 The winning move is rook to h1

[@christopherstokes9393]

0:11 - Caro-Kan't!

[@josephhautzenroeder7512]

Never castle into checkmate…unless the checkmate is on your opponent!

[@mannycastel5997]

rh1 check,kxr +qh4 check ,kg1 +qh2 check mate

[@eugenemansvelt5953]

1:56 into video White Q to F3 threatens check mate and to take Black's bishop

[@user-pk1nu4gc8n]

In Situation 6, after white plays bishop h6, can't black just play queen f6 and just play normally?

[@scionescire]

Rh1 and Qh4

[@NayanaSenadeera-jj9hl]

RH1

[@ExtraditionLawFirm]

👍

[@anemptychannel3484]

The puzzle was so easy. I found Rh1 in like 3-5 seconds.

[@Epidombe]

Don’t worry, I’ll forget all odds these tips and do it in all six

[@WalacaVencano]

6:06 Black to play and win. ... Rh1+!! Kxh1 Qh4+ Kg1 Qh2#

[@rasoolomidakhsh4685]

Rh1

[@stepniak18]

The solution to puzzle of the day is... SACRIFICE THE ROOOOOK!

[@ultimatejoshua1082]

Puzzle solution - Sacrifice THE ROOK!!

[@adwaitharun2108]

rh1 is forced mate in 3

[@amcds2867]

Rook check, Queen check, Queen checkmate.

[@spghose2437]

I still can E3 night by d2 queen in the third case...dosen't make sense...

[@Beery1962]

Puzzle: Rh1+, Qxh1, Qh4+, Kg1, Qh2#

[@Jez2008UK]

Kxh1, not Qxh1.

[@Beery1962]

@@Jez2008UK Yeah. typo.

[@enochaimak1827]

Rh1 kxh1 Qh4 Kg1 Qh2 checkmate

[@adrianlindberg6112]

sacrifice the ROOOK

[@KarthiKeyan-fs9sj]

Queen A4

[@eugenemansvelt5953]

I mean take Black knight on D5

[@cosminiliescu8012]

😮

[@Zamiroh]

Ra1 qa4 qa7

[@MASDesigns_]

H4

[@rainerwahnsinn9585]

...Rh1+ Kxh1 Qh4+ Kg1 Qh2++

[@KarthiKeyan-fs9sj]

Queen H4

[@dieserbiggi7690]

Thought the same, but found the flaw in this one after a while ... if you do that, White will capture with his f2 pawn leaving a space for the king to escape.

[@ManosErikosKlapsakis]

Rh1+, Kxh1, Qh4+, Kg1, Qh2#

[@alessandrorossi1294]

Rook H1!!

[@user-sm7ik8vn4x]

Rook sac

[@nicolaeciuca2532]

Too easy puzzle

[@miqueljoancomarti]

Rook sacrifice! Rh1+, Kxh1, Qh4+, Kg1, Qh1#

[@Libertifer]

(Qe5) Rh1+ Kxh1 Qh4+ Kg1 Qh2#

[@Charizard_YT2009]

In that puzzle black should keep his queen on h4 and after that if balck move any peice queen h1 is a checkmate if this is correct then plz pin me ❤

[@ericemmanuelkii3969]

Rh1+ Kxh1,Qh4+ Kg1, Qh2#

[@ZimbabweNursesandDoctorsVerifi]

First to watch thanks Igor

[@frankbeerbaum5593]

Rh1+ Kxh1 Qh4+ Kg1 Qh2#

[@lezty]

I don't think I Learned anything new from this video 1400

[@davidhead7725]

Rh1ck-KxR, Qh5ck-Kg1, Qh2mate

[@lacyelmwood7386]

Rh1+ Kxh1 Qh5+ Kg1 Qh2#

[@ankitjain0611]

rh1+ kxh1 qh4+ kg1 qh2#

[@shahp0204]

rh1 kxh1 qh5 kg1 qh2#

[@jawadabdulrazak1452]

Rh1+,kxh1 qh4+ kg1 qh2#

[@RaymondBCrisp]

-- Rh1 KxR Qh4+ Kg1 Qh1++

[@billheynes]

Hey Igor, just reached 1000 mainly down to following you video kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGGpen2bhb2gnc0si=De2IpmNenjNccS9V (French Defence) for a few months. I have 77% win rate on black using this. FYI I use this against all white openings. thanks! Ju8st need a similar opening for white (55% win rate) ie something I can use every time. Thanks for the content

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Wow! Pretty cool. There is a lot of videos about Bishops's Opening that you can use for White. Here it is. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5OWgYqffsd8gNU

[@FaroukSameh]

R H1 + K * R Q h4 + K g1 Q h2 #

[@mrsherlock4182]

Rh1+ Kxh1 , Qh4+ Kg1, Qh2#

[@thatscaptainsir.2974]

Rh1+ Kxh1 Qh4+ Kg1 Qh2#