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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
  16
  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 More information
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  42 p.
  43     Many resources can be found on the web ("Google it"; this variation is played on
  44     lichess and FICS, among others).
  45     This game was played first in 1995 at the German Internet Chess Server (GICS)
  46     according to Wikipedia.