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The goal of this variant is to put your king in one of the four squares in the center. So castling is just bad.

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Ghostqiuyu wrote:

So castling is just bad.

Ahem?? actually, its not!! even 2300 player (or the champions :) castle.

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if your a lichess member please join team: http://en.lichess.org/team/chesscom-members  a-and look at my KotH RATING (KING OF THE HILL) :)

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oh i didn't know

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Was it invented on lichess.org? crazyhouse, horde chess and others too?

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If there's no propane, then what's the point?

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CiDitO wrote:

Was it invented on lichess.org? crazyhouse, horde chess and others too?

No, it was not invented on lichess.org.

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Ok, thanks.

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Pretty much like chess. You should not hurry too much with the king.

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KotH appears to be the variant closest to normal chess. You've just got to play a normal game with only slight tactical adjustments by the looks of it. If you start marching your King out, you're just gonna get mated like in a normal game!

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What is crazy house?

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The variants Crazy house, King of the Hill, and 3 Check are on v3. To aces v3, go to the bottom of the page and click "Try the new Chess.com" or go to www.chess.com/switch

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DoOrDie71 wrote:

The variants Crazy house, King of the Hill, and 3 Check are on v3. To aces v3, go to the bottom of the page and click "Try the new Chess.com" or go to www.chess.com/switch

I was asking "what is crazy house", because I don't know this variant, but thanks anyway. 

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Look no further for the rules than here:

http://en.lichess.org/variant/crazyhouse

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Thanks :)

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It is not that easy to mate the king in the middle of the board, if a player can get his king to the third rank then it is very hard to defend against clearance sacs (i.e. with the queen), you have to have a supported piece to plug the gap.

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macrosgambit wrote:

It is not that easy to mate the king in the middle of the board, if a player can get his king to the third rank then it is very hard to defend against clearance sacs (i.e. with the queen), you have to have a supported piece to plug the gap.

One question, how many KotH games have you played?

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Hmmmmmmmm, the KotH still does not make any sense... 

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Infinitypie101 wrote:

Hmmmmmmmm, the KotH still does not make any sense... 

I did a video on KotH you can watch, maybe it will help.

https://youtu.be/7rGlLWyaISY

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Thank You!