I normally castle on the kings side, mainly because the king side bishop and knight are so easy to clear out the way.
But, castling to the queenside does a much better job of centralising the Rook. When you castle king side the rook ends up on f1 (& often needs to be moved again anyway to clear the f2 pawn) whereas castling to the queen side moves the rook to d1 which is closer to the center and the d2 pawn often isnt in the way.
Thoughts on castling queenside, are there any "rules" or principles involved?
But, castling to the queenside does a much better job of centralising the Rook. When you castle king side the rook ends up on f1 (& often needs to be moved again anyway to clear the f2 pawn) whereas castling to the queen side moves the rook to d1 which is closer to the center and the d2 pawn often isnt in the way.
Thoughts on castling queenside, are there any "rules" or principles involved?