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- | All captures result in an "explosion" through which all surrounding white and black pieces other than pawns are removed from play.
+ | All captures result in an "explosion" through which all surrounding
+ | pieces other than pawns are removed from the board.
h3 Specifications
h3 Basics
p
- | 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.
+ | 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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p Explosions have priority: a checkmate followed by a king explosion loses.
-p Note: since suicide is forbidden, a king can touch the opponent king - and become immune to checks.
+p
+ | Note: since suicide is forbidden, a king can touch the opponent king -
+ | and become immune to checks.
h3 Credits
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.
+ | 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.