WEBVTT 00:01.420 --> 00:07.840 Hi there in this lecture, I want to introduce you to the concept of castling, why it's useful, and 00:07.840 --> 00:09.760 then we'll go on to the rules of casting. 00:10.150 --> 00:13.550 So why would casting be useful in chess? 00:15.340 --> 00:21.070 Well, kings used to be kept in castles and real world battles. 00:21.670 --> 00:28.900 Kings are kept safe in castles, and the castles themselves are often heavily fortified, defended. 00:29.710 --> 00:33.460 And chess is a kind of war game simulation. 00:34.630 --> 00:38.130 The great fighters of the past, he did some zoo. 00:38.620 --> 00:41.740 You need to put yourself beyond the fates before going onto the attack. 00:42.640 --> 00:44.350 So the good fighters often do that. 00:44.350 --> 00:50.560 Otherwise there's a potential for backfire if you do go on the attack before putting itself beyond the 00:50.560 --> 00:50.950 face. 00:51.310 --> 01:00.250 So quite often games, for example, go like this 845 Efrain, 96, Bishop, CIFOR, Bishop, C5, differe 01:00.400 --> 01:04.150 these things and then White Castles Kingside here. 01:04.450 --> 01:13.360 It's on the Kingside because this Sindhis board is the king side and this side of the board is the queen 01:13.360 --> 01:13.570 side. 01:13.570 --> 01:17.020 And no one will reinforce these concepts and other little lectures. 01:17.740 --> 01:23.500 So White decides it's a good idea, it's a castle. 01:23.500 --> 01:28.630 And you do that by moving the king to squares and then moving the rook, not the other way round, because 01:28.630 --> 01:31.090 that could be treated as a move in its own right. 01:31.090 --> 01:35.530 If you did, this software would accept that as well online as a move in its own. 01:35.530 --> 01:42.580 Right now, you move the king to squares there that's there and then the right moves by itself usually, 01:44.290 --> 01:45.730 and the opponent could do the same. 01:45.730 --> 01:49.330 So Saini have six CIFOR and then the opponent counsels. 01:49.750 --> 01:55.720 So your king is tucked away in a literal castle of the chessboard was a metaphorical castle. 01:55.720 --> 02:01.270 The chessboard, like the old kings in those castles and in war, you know, you want to keep your kings 02:01.630 --> 02:02.290 safe. 02:02.740 --> 02:09.520 Generally you're valuable stuff safe and your king is your most valuable art piece. 02:09.520 --> 02:11.140 If you get checkmated, you lose the game. 02:11.140 --> 02:13.600 If you checkmate the opponent's king, they lose the game. 02:14.110 --> 02:20.530 So it's not a war principle in general that you want to put yourself beyond the feet before going on 02:20.590 --> 02:21.220 the attack. 02:23.500 --> 02:29.590 And cancelling plays a vital role, that's the way of counseling, and we're going to look into the 02:29.590 --> 02:34.260 how of of other lectures for when it's legally possible to count. 02:34.280 --> 02:37.410 But generally, you want to do this quite often. 02:37.420 --> 02:42.280 Some of the shortest games in chess happen when one side doesn't cancel. 02:42.280 --> 02:47.040 Their king is left exposed in the center for too long. 02:48.170 --> 02:54.500 So really, it's like your most precious piece and you really do want to counsel, and I hope this is 02:54.500 --> 02:59.720 just to look at the rules of counseling and other lectures, but, yes, it's about putting yourself 02:59.720 --> 03:02.210 beyond the feet before going on the attack. 03:02.210 --> 03:03.410 Counseling is important. 03:03.830 --> 03:09.270 And not only that, it's a way of bringing the rocks to the center as well. 03:09.770 --> 03:11.330 This rocks being brought to the center. 03:15.260 --> 03:15.880 Sounds good. 03:16.190 --> 03:17.520 We'll have more scope later. 03:18.290 --> 03:21.480 OK, so that's why you'd want to cancel. 03:22.090 --> 03:23.420 OK, let's so much.