can kings touch now?

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Can kings touch now? Has there been some weird rule change?
Avatar of Sir_TrashPanda

No.

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See this post:

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/where-to-place-kings-on-board-after-1-0-0-1-0-5-0-5#comment-27746072

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Kings touching ! ……sounds like a couple of weirdo’s ! 🙀
Avatar of Beeniiiii

Who tf thinks that kings can touch each other?

Avatar of CoreyDevinPerich
No
Avatar of Jaskier40

Ofc no. But the meme with Hikaru Nakamura and the king touch will be immortal imo.

Avatar of TheRosemaryWitch

No. Since kings cannot move into a square under attack, this prevents the kings from touching each other, since kings can move once in every direction if not made otherwise.

Avatar of Johnny_2_Cool

It ain't chess if the kings touch.

Avatar of EibSchocky

Nope

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They're like opposite poles of a magnet. A king cannot check a king.

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Iskander1234567 wrote:
In a game, kings can't move to an attacking square, but kings can checkmate!

They can be used in a mating net but not checkmate.

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I experienced about kings touching! It's in 4 Player and more variants. I experienced that I won when I ate my opponent's king with my king after probably eating my knight. It's in this kind of variant called "Chaturajj" I'm not lying.

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The 4 Player and Variants is with the button "Tournaments" and "Leaderboard" I'm not saying it's in the tournaments or leaderboard.

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Also that was a long time ago. I think it was February 2023 that time

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If it doesn't work, I think chess.com changed it

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Kings can touch now