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- | All captures result in an "explosion" through which all surrounding
- | pieces other than pawns are removed from the board.
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-h3 Specifications
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- li Chessboard: standard.
- li Material: standard.
- li Non-capturing moves: standard.
- li Special moves: standard.
- li Captures: explosions; see below.
- li End of game: king explodes, or standard; see below.
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-h3 Basics
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- | When a piece captures an opponent figure on some square S, all pieces sitting
- | on a square reachable by a king move from S are removed.
- | The pawns, however, remain: they have to be taken directly to disappear.
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- | fen:r3kbnr/pp3ppp/3p4/4p3/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR:
- figcaption After the moves 1.Nc3 d6?? 2.Nd5 e5 3.Nxc7
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-h3 End of the game
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-p There are two ways to win, by decreasing strength order:
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- li Explode opponent king
- li Checkmate opponent king
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-p Explosions have priority: a checkmate followed by a king explosion loses.
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- | Note: since suicide is forbidden, a king can touch the opponent king -
- | and become immune to checks.
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-h3 Credits
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- | 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.