-p.boxed.
- Each capture results in an "explosion" through which all surrounding
- pieces other than pawns are removed from the board.
-
-p.
- When a piece P captures an opponent figure on some square S, all pieces
- sitting on a square reachable by a king move from S are removed, including P
- itself.
- The pawns, however, remain: they have to be taken directly to disappear.
-
-p.
- Suicide is forbidden. Thus a king can touch the opponent king and become
- immune to checks, like on the following diagrams: 1.Rxf5 is impossible.
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- .diagram.diag12
- | fen:rnb5/pp4pp/2p5/N4pK1/3P2k1/8/PP4PP/5R2 a5,b7:
- .diagram.diag22
- | fen:8/p5pp/2p5/5pK1/3P2k1/8/PP4PP/5R2:
- figcaption Left: before 1.Nxb7. Right: after capture.
-
-h3 End of the game
-
-p There are two ways to win, by decreasing strength order:
-ol
- li Explode opponent king
- li Checkmate opponent king
-
-p Explosions have priority: a checkmate followed by a king explosion loses.
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- .diagram
- | fen:r3kbnr/pp3ppp/3p4/4p3/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR:
- figcaption.
- After the moves 1.Nc3 d6?? 2.Nd5 e5 (forced to avoid king explosion)
- 3.Nxc7
-
-h3 More information
-
-p.
- Many resources can be found on the web (this variation is played on lichess
- and FICS, among others).
- This game was played first in 1995 at the German Internet Chess Server (GICS)
- according to Wikipedia.