King of the Hill Openings

Yernar Shambayev

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About this game

Statistics can say a lot. Especially when there's no clear theory. This application (which is based on more than 200 000 games of top players) is an attempt to better understand the one of chess variants - King of the Hill. The collected statistics (the first 15 moves) can help players choose the good strategy which will succeed.

What is King of the Hill chess?
From chess.com:
King of the Hill or "KOTH" is an exciting variant in which the goal is to get your king to the center of the board or "top of the hill":
- Games can still end in the traditional ways of checkmate, stalemate and time-out.
- The game can also end when a player moves their king to any of the four central squares..
- e4, d4, e5, and d5 are "top of the hill" squares, winning the game on the spot for either White or Black, regardless of the nature of the position.

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