[Event "Wild Wild West - Atomic Opening History: JoelH (1961) - battle (2003)"] [Site "German Internet Chess Server (GICS)"] [Date "April 2, 1996"] [White "JoelH"] [Black "battle"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1961"] [BlackElo "2003"] [TimeControl "5 0"] [Termination "White resigned, 0-1"] [Variant "Atomic"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Chronatog"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/QDGxSdxY/HzgZInZV"] [Orientation "white"] { First full atomic series recorded (6 games total) } 1. Nf3 f6 2. e3 d6 3. Ng5 fxg5 4. Qh5+ g6 5. Bc4 { JoelH took the Bc4 move he lost to as black against esha and tried it out here against battle. That's pretty much an illustrative example of how atomic theory developed in the earliest days. } { [%csl Gf7] } 5... e6 6. Qf3 Nf6 7. Bxe6 Qf6 8. Qxf6 Bg7 9. c3 O-O 10. f3 Na6 11. b4 b5 12. O-O Be5 13. g3 Bh3 14. Re1 Rxf3 { Beautiful sacrifice to crack open the f file for the win. White has no defense. } { [%csl Gf8][%cal Gf8f1] } 15. Re2 Rf8 0-1