: the side of a chessboard containing the file on which the king sits at the beginning of the game
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Then Nepomniachtchi inexplicably pushed a pawn on his kingside that made his whole position fall apart.
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Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2021
Why waste a tempo on this as well as giving White a hook on his kingside?
—Chris Chase, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2018
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Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2021
Why waste a tempo on this as well as giving White a hook on his kingside?
—Chris Chase, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2018
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“Kingside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kingside. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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