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   1 p.boxed
   2     | All captures result in an "explosion" through which all surrounding
   3     | pieces other than pawns are removed from the board.
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   5 h3 Specifications
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   7 ul
   8     li Chessboard: standard.
   9     li Material: standard.
  10     li Non-capturing moves: standard.
  11     li Special moves: standard.
  12     li Captures: explosions; see below.
  13     li End of game: king explodes, or standard; see below.
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  15 h3 Basics
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  17 p.
  18     When a piece captures an opponent figure on some square S, all pieces sitting
  19     on a square reachable by a king move from S are removed.
  20     The pawns, however, remain: they have to be taken directly to disappear.
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  22 figure.diagram-container
  23     .diagram
  24         | fen:r3kbnr/pp3ppp/3p4/4p3/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR:
  25     figcaption After the moves 1.Nc3 d6?? 2.Nd5 e5 3.Nxc7
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  27 h3 End of the game
  28
  29 p There are two ways to win, by decreasing strength order:
  30 ol
  31     li Explode opponent king
  32     li Checkmate opponent king
  33
  34 p Explosions have priority: a checkmate followed by a king explosion loses.
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  36 p.
  37     Note: suicide is forbidden. Thus a king can touch the opponent king -
  38     and become immune to checks.
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  40 h3 Credits
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  42 p.
  43     Many resources can be found on the web (this variation is played on lichess and
  44     FICS, among others).
  45     This game was played first in 1995 at the German Internet Chess Server (GICS)
  46     according to Wikipedia.