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2 Each capture results in an "explosion" through which all surrounding
3 pieces other than pawns are removed from the board.
4
5p.
6 When a piece P captures an opponent figure on some square S, all pieces
7 sitting on a square reachable by a king move from S are removed, including P
8 itself.
9 The pawns, however, remain: they have to be taken directly to disappear.
10
11p.
12 Suicide is forbidden. Thus a king can touch the opponent king and become
13 immune to checks, like on the following diagrams: 1.Rxf5 is impossible.
14
15figure.diagram-container
16 .diagram.diag12
17 | fen:rnb5/pp4pp/2p5/N4pK1/3P2k1/8/PP4PP/5R2 a5,b7:
18 .diagram.diag22
19 | fen:8/p5pp/2p5/5pK1/3P2k1/8/PP4PP/5R2:
20 figcaption Left: before 1.Nxb7. Right: after capture.
21
22h3 End of the game
23
24p There are two ways to win, by decreasing strength order:
25ol
26 li Explode opponent king
27 li Checkmate opponent king
28
29p Explosions have priority: a checkmate followed by a king explosion loses.
30
31figure.diagram-container
32 .diagram.diag12
33 | fen:3rkbnr/pb1pp2p/npp5/q4ppQ/P1B1P3/NP5N/1BPP1PPP/R3K2R:
34 .diagram.diag22
35 | fen:3rkbnr/pb1pp2p/npp5/5ppQ/P1B1P3/NP5N/1BP2PPP/R6R:
36 figcaption 1.Qh5+ (left) 1...Qxd2# (right), black wins.
37
38h3 Balancing
39
40p.
41 White has a big advantage in this variant. In order to balance the odds,
42 you can select "Balanced" to let white choose any pawn (any color) to
43 remove before the game starts.
44 The game then continues normally, black playing first.
45
46p
47 | This was suggested (relayed?) and analyzed recently (2020) by a strong
48 | Atomic player (Gannet on Discord). See
49 a(href="https://discord.com/channels/686736099959504907/687076744095858762/762398439043498046")
50 | the messages
51 |  on Discord vchess server.
52
53h3 More information
54
55p.
56 Many resources can be found on the web (this variation is played on lichess
57 and FICS, among others).
58 This game was played first in 1995 at the German Internet Chess Server (GICS)
59 according to Wikipedia.