An animation showing examples of capturing pieces in
atomic chess. The game is played using the standard
rules of chess, but with the variation that all captures result in an "explosion" in which all surrounding white and black pieces, other than pawns, are removed from play. Some variations additionally remove rules concerning
check such that the king may be able to move into or remain in check. The game was introduced in 1995 by the German Internet Chess Server, based on rules one of its users collected from friends who played offline. Since then it has been implemented at
Chess Live, the
Internet Chess Club,
Free Internet Chess Server, and
Lichess.
Animation: Rhododendrites