Why Castle in chest?

Question

how does castling in chess protect your pawns???

Answer 1

Assuming the "chest" is a typo and this is a real question let me answer from painful experience.

I went through a phase where I "gained" a tempo by not castling.

Trust me, king security is well worth the false tempo gain.

(especially in the Dutch/Bird complex [the horror, the horror] never mind this if you have never heard of the Dutch defense.)

Answer 2

Castling is not intended to protect your pawns. Pawns are merely a device to be utilized to checkmate, or assist in the mating of your opponents king.  When castling one is usually safer, because the king is guarded by three pawns in front of him, and you might have fianchetto'd or have a Knight on c3 f3 or c6 or f6 which ever you decided to do.  

You're basically tucking away the king until it becomes safe for him to Travel toward the center of the board for the end game.

Answer 3

The point of castling is to secure your King put it in a position of safety and bring your rook into play.

Answer 4

Hello,

In my experience with chess I found out that it would not be wise to castle, because when you do your king only has three spaces to move. Your opponent only has to get their queen and rook there to checkmate your king.It also has very little affect on saving your paws, because you only have your king protecting them and the King is the weakest piece in the game.

Hope this helped you out,

Monica ;)

Answer 5

To protect your king.  Not your pawns.

Answer 6

I believe it's done to put the King in a better Defensive Position (as it's easier to defend from the Corner- than from two sides AND the front...).  :)