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1 p.boxed.
2 Each capture results in an "explosion" through which all surrounding
3 pieces other than pawns are removed from the board.
4
5 p.
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
11 p.
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
15 figure.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
22 h3 End of the game
23
24 p There are two ways to win, by decreasing strength order:
25 ol
26 li Explode opponent king
27 li Checkmate opponent king
28
29 p Explosions have priority: a checkmate followed by a king explosion loses.
30
31 figure.diagram-container
32 .diagram
33 | fen:r3kbnr/pp3ppp/3p4/4p3/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR:
34 figcaption.
35 After the moves 1.Nc3 d6?? 2.Nd5 e5 (forced to avoid king explosion)
36 3.Nxc7
37
38 h3 More information
39
40 p.
41 Many resources can be found on the web (this variation is played on lichess
42 and FICS, among others).
43 This game was played first in 1995 at the German Internet Chess Server (GICS)
44 according to Wikipedia.