p.boxed.
- Each capture results in an "explosion" through which all surrounding
- pieces other than pawns are removed from the board.
+ Each capture results in an "explosion" through which all surrounding
+ pieces other than pawns are removed from the board.
p.
- When a piece P captures an opponent figure on some square S, all pieces
- sitting on a square reachable by a king move from S are removed, including P
- itself.
- The pawns, however, remain: they have to be taken directly to disappear.
+ When a piece P captures an opponent figure on some square S, all pieces
+ sitting on a square reachable by a king move from S are removed, including P
+ itself.
+ The pawns, however, remain: they have to be taken directly to disappear.
p.
- Suicide is forbidden. Thus a king can touch the opponent king and become
- immune to checks, like on the following diagrams: 1.Rxf5 is impossible.
+ Suicide is forbidden. Thus a king can touch the opponent king and become
+ immune to checks, like on the following diagrams: 1.Rxf5 is impossible.
figure.diagram-container
- .diagram.diag12
- | fen:rnb5/pp4pp/2p5/N4pK1/3P2k1/8/PP4PP/5R2 a5,b7:
- .diagram.diag22
- | fen:8/p5pp/2p5/5pK1/3P2k1/8/PP4PP/5R2:
- figcaption Left: before 1.Nxb7. Right: after capture.
+ .diagram.diag12
+ | fen:rnb5/pp4pp/2p5/N4pK1/3P2k1/8/PP4PP/5R2 a5,b7:
+ .diagram.diag22
+ | fen:8/p5pp/2p5/5pK1/3P2k1/8/PP4PP/5R2:
+ figcaption Left: before 1.Nxb7. Right: after capture.
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
+ li Explode opponent king
+ li Checkmate opponent king
p Explosions have priority: a checkmate followed by a king explosion loses.
figure.diagram-container
- .diagram
- | fen:r3kbnr/pp3ppp/3p4/4p3/8/8/PPPPPPPP/R1BQKBNR:
- figcaption.
- After the moves 1.Nc3 d6?? 2.Nd5 e5 (forced to avoid king explosion)
- 3.Nxc7
+ .diagram.diag12
+ | fen:3rkbnr/pb1pp2p/npp5/q4ppQ/P1B1P3/NP5N/1BPP1PPP/R3K2R:
+ .diagram.diag22
+ | fen:3rkbnr/pb1pp2p/npp5/5ppQ/P1B1P3/NP5N/1BP2PPP/R6R:
+ figcaption 1.Qh5+ (left) 1...Qxd2# (right), black wins.
+
+h3 Balancing
+
+p.
+ White has a big advantage in this variant. In order to balance the odds,
+ you can select "Balanced" to let white choose any pawn (any color) to
+ remove before the game starts.
+ The game then continues normally, black playing first.
+
+p
+ | This was suggested (relayed?) and analyzed recently (2020) by a strong
+ | Atomic player (Gannet on Discord). See
+ a(href="https://discord.com/channels/686736099959504907/687076744095858762/762398439043498046")
+ | the messages
+ | on Discord vchess server.
h3 More information
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.