[Event "Wild Wild West - Atomic Opening History: JoelH (1966) - battle (2000)"] [Site "German Internet Chess Server (GICS)"] [Date "April 2, 1996"] [White "JoelH"] [Black "battle"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1966"] [BlackElo "2000"] [TimeControl "5 0"] [Termination "Black resigned, 1-0"] [Variant "Atomic"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Chronatog"] [StudyName "Wild Wild West - Atomic Opening History"] [ChapterName "JoelH (1966) - battle (2000)"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/QDGxSdxY/UZfJSYal"] [Orientation "white"] { Game 5 of the first recorded atomic chess series. } 1. Nf3 f6 2. e3 d6 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bd3 d4 5. Bxh7 Bg4 6. d3 dxe3 7. f3 Qd4 8. Be3 Qe5 9. fxg4 Qf5 10. Qh5+ Qxh5 11. Bc5 { Black cannot stop the forced explosion, so he resigned. This was also probably the turning point in standard modern atomic opening development - many of the early games utilized the MrPink Opening (1.Nf3 f6 2.e3 d6) which is almost never played anymore today in favor of the Atomic Attack - Modern Defense (1.Nf3 f6 2.e3 d5!) which turns off the Bc4 move that had become such a standard in the early games as seen in the earlier games presented. } { [%csl Ge7,Gf8][%cal Gc5f8] } 1-0