Lichess King of the Hill
Welcome to the official King of the Hill Team!
We are the home of King of the Hill fans across Lichess. Join the team for tournaments and other community-driven King of the Hill events. Everyone is welcome to join!
Schedule
| Day | Time(UTC) | Tournament | Time control |
|---|---|---|---|
| Every day | 11:00 | Daily Bullet arena | 1+0 |
| Every day | 20:00 | Daily Bullet arena | 1+0 |
| Monday | 17:00 | Weekly Increment arena | 3+2 |
| Thursday | 16:00 | Weekly King of the Hill Team Battle | 3+0 |
| Friday | 17:00 | Weekly Elite (1700+) Arena | 1+0 |
| Saturday | 04:00 | Weekly Eastern KotH Team Battle | 3+0 |
| 1st Sunday of month | 17:00 | Monthly Rapid Arena | 15+0 |
KOTH World Champions
- @VariantsOnly (2023) Final
- @VariantsOnly (2024) Final
Learning material
- Rules
- KOTH study by CM Dumbeldore
- KOTH World Blog by Hill_Theory
- Why you probably suck at King of the Hill by flash3s
- How you can stop sucking at KOTH by flash3s
- Interactive puzzles on chessvariants.training
- Interactive puzzles on pychess.org
Top King of the Hill players
960 versions of King of the Hill can be played on Pychess. Every 1st Sunday of the month, King of the Hill 960 Shield takes place there.
Other Lichess official variant teams
Chess960 • Three-check • Antichess • Atomic • Horde • Racing Kings • Crazyhouse
Tournaments
| Eastern Lichess KotH Team Battle3+0 • King of the Hill • Rated • 5h | Battle of 122 teams Playing now | 23 | |
| Daily Bullet KOTH Arena1+0 • King of the Hill • Rated • 45m | Inner team | 0 | |
| Weekly Hyper KOTH Arena½+0 • King of the Hill • Rated • 30m | Inner team | 0 | |
| Daily Bullet KOTH Arena1+0 • King of the Hill • Rated • 45m | Inner team | 0 | |
| Monthly Rapid KOTH Arena15+0 • King of the Hill • Rated • 3h | Inner team | 1 |
Forum
Please kindly add team 67 https://lichess.org/team/the-chess-masters-of-67
Please my team https://lichess.org/team/satranc-youtube-chess-youtube
please add my team lichess.org/team/all-players-chess-team
Hi Sorry for the last minute message Hope u can still add my team name Bye bye year of 2025 Thank u so much
This one too, https://lichess.org/team/fun-chess-tournaments-rated-and-casual
Add my team too, https://lichess.org/team/crazy-house-chess-tournaments