King of the Hill Chess Online
Play King of the Hill free online — walk your king to one of the four centre squares to win instantly, or checkmate as usual.
- Family
- Modern chess variants
- Origin
- International
- Board
- 8 × 8
- Players
- 2
- Difficulty
- Beginner
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About King of the Hill
How King of the Hill works
All standard chess rules apply. The twist is that moving your king legally onto d4, d5, e4 or e5 wins the game at once. Checkmate wins too, so you have two goals to balance.
The centre becomes the battleground for the kings as well as the pieces. Trading pieces early tends to favour whoever can march their king forward first, while a well-timed piece attack can punish a king that leaves its shelter too soon.