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'''Atomic Chess''',<br/>
a chess variant which applies the standard rules of chess, but [[Captures|capturing]] a [[Pieces|piece]] leads to an explosion with the effect that, in addition to the captured piece, the capturing piece and all non-pawns on neighboring squares are removed from the board. For [[En passant|en passant]], the center of the explosion is at the target square behind the pawn being captured. Captures that result in the explosion of the own king are illegal, and therefore a king can never capture any other piece, and it is possible to move the kings next to each other.
=Atomic Check=
In most variations of atomic chess, players must respond to being [[Check|checked]] in a similar way they would in traditional chess - by moving the king out of check, blocking the check, or removing the checking piece - but an exception exists when the checked player can win the game by exploding the checking player's king. The variant of atomic chess played at [[Internet Chess Club]] is one that does not enforce check at all, where leaving the own king to be captured directly in the next move is legal <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_chess Atomic chess from Wikipedia]</ref>.
=Engines=
* [[Atomystica]]
* [[Pulsar]]
* [[PyChess]]
=Publications=
* [[Sacha Droste]], [[Johannes Fürnkranz]] ('''2008'''). ''Learning of Piece Values for Chess Variants.'' Technical Report TUD–KE–2008-07, Knowledge Engineering Group, [[Darmstadt University of Technology|TU Darmstadt]], [http://www.ke.tu-darmstadt.de/publications/reports/tud-ke-2008-07.pdf pdf]
* [[Sacha Droste]], [[Johannes Fürnkranz]] ('''2008'''). ''Learning the Piece Values for three Chess Variants''. [[ICGA Journal#31_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 31, No. 4]]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=33464 Atomic Chess] by Stefan Roehrich, [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], March 30, 2001
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=52529 winboard and variant engines] by shaxmatist, [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], August 18, 2012
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=50498 UCI variants support] by [[Balint Pfliegel]], [[CCC]], December 15, 2013
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_chess Atomic chess from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.nicklong.net/chess/atomic/ Atomic Chess by Nick Long]
* [[Videos#AtomicRooster|Atomic Rooster]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Hearing_of_Atomic_Rooster Devil's Answer], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_of_the_Pops Top of The Pops], July 1971, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Crane Vincent Crane], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hammond_(musician) Paul Hammond], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Du_Cann John Du Cann]
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O75iSwHnx-Y|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
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'''[[Games|Up one Level]]'''
'''Atomic Chess''',<br/>
a chess variant which applies the standard rules of chess, but [[Captures|capturing]] a [[Pieces|piece]] leads to an explosion with the effect that, in addition to the captured piece, the capturing piece and all non-pawns on neighboring squares are removed from the board. For [[En passant|en passant]], the center of the explosion is at the target square behind the pawn being captured. Captures that result in the explosion of the own king are illegal, and therefore a king can never capture any other piece, and it is possible to move the kings next to each other.
=Atomic Check=
In most variations of atomic chess, players must respond to being [[Check|checked]] in a similar way they would in traditional chess - by moving the king out of check, blocking the check, or removing the checking piece - but an exception exists when the checked player can win the game by exploding the checking player's king. The variant of atomic chess played at [[Internet Chess Club]] is one that does not enforce check at all, where leaving the own king to be captured directly in the next move is legal <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_chess Atomic chess from Wikipedia]</ref>.
=Engines=
* [[Atomystica]]
* [[Pulsar]]
* [[PyChess]]
=Publications=
* [[Sacha Droste]], [[Johannes Fürnkranz]] ('''2008'''). ''Learning of Piece Values for Chess Variants.'' Technical Report TUD–KE–2008-07, Knowledge Engineering Group, [[Darmstadt University of Technology|TU Darmstadt]], [http://www.ke.tu-darmstadt.de/publications/reports/tud-ke-2008-07.pdf pdf]
* [[Sacha Droste]], [[Johannes Fürnkranz]] ('''2008'''). ''Learning the Piece Values for three Chess Variants''. [[ICGA Journal#31_4|ICGA Journal, Vol. 31, No. 4]]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=33464 Atomic Chess] by Stefan Roehrich, [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], March 30, 2001
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=52529 winboard and variant engines] by shaxmatist, [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], August 18, 2012
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=50498 UCI variants support] by [[Balint Pfliegel]], [[CCC]], December 15, 2013
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_chess Atomic chess from Wikipedia]
* [http://www.nicklong.net/chess/atomic/ Atomic Chess by Nick Long]
* [[Videos#AtomicRooster|Atomic Rooster]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Hearing_of_Atomic_Rooster Devil's Answer], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_of_the_Pops Top of The Pops], July 1971, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Crane Vincent Crane], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hammond_(musician) Paul Hammond], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Du_Cann John Du Cann]
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O75iSwHnx-Y|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
<references />
'''[[Games|Up one Level]]'''
