p.boxed | All captures result in an "explosion" through which all surrounding | pieces other than pawns are removed from the board. h3 Specifications ul 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. 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. The pawns, however, remain: they have to be taken directly to disappear. figure.diagram-container .diagram | fen:r3kbnr/pp3ppp/3p4/4p3/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR: figcaption After the moves 1.Nc3 d6?? 2.Nd5 e5 3.Nxc7 h3 End of the game p There are two ways to win, by decreasing strength order: ol li Explode opponent king li Checkmate opponent king p Explosions have priority: a checkmate followed by a king explosion loses. p. Note: suicide is forbidden. Thus 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.