King of the hill (part one)

King of the hill (part one)

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Hello and welcome back to my variant club! So today we will learn about king of the hill. 
The first thing you need to know is: PLAY NORMALLY. 

Relax. Pretend you aren't playing normal chess. Unless you are playing a weak opponent, playing differently from a standard game is going to end up in a disaster. By the way, this applies for all variants except chess960, bughouse and crazyhouse, but not as strictly. It won't end with a doomsday- scenario. Well, here's an example of what can happen if you don't play normally: (White is the one that does not play normally)

That's one example. Here's another one with white bludering:

Look what happened. Your position is ruined. But when playing on the attacking side against the person who doesn't play normally, you have to be careful too. Here's an example:

You, as black, just blundered the game away! White got his king to the center 4 squares! So you have to be careful. 

Wait, what's the time? Sorry, I gotta go. See you in the next lesson and I hope you've learnt something valuable!

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