Chess Zen
“Castle because you want to or because you must, but not because you can.”
-- Harry Nelson Pillsbury
Generally speaking, it is good to castle early, as early as you can, but Irving Chernev invokes this quotation for the Ruger - Gebhard (1915) game, when Gebhard opts to castle when he arguably should have moved to break up the formidable center that Ruger had developed. A pressing issue should not be evaded in favor of a needless castling just because it is so easy and generally the right idea. First, put out the fire!
[Source: Irving Chernev, “Logical Chess: Move by Move”]
-- Harry Nelson Pillsbury
Generally speaking, it is good to castle early, as early as you can, but Irving Chernev invokes this quotation for the Ruger - Gebhard (1915) game, when Gebhard opts to castle when he arguably should have moved to break up the formidable center that Ruger had developed. A pressing issue should not be evaded in favor of a needless castling just because it is so easy and generally the right idea. First, put out the fire!
[Source: Irving Chernev, “Logical Chess: Move by Move”]