[Event "Wild Wild West - Atomic Opening History: Atomix(C) (1846) - HASTUR (1799)"] [Site "German Internet Chess Server (GICS)"] [Date "November 21, 1996"] [White "Atomix(C)"] [Black "HASTUR"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1846"] [BlackElo "1799"] [TimeControl "5 0"] [Termination "White atomic-mated, 0-1"] [Variant "Atomic"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Chronatog"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/QDGxSdxY/W4HoFMWy"] [Orientation "white"] 1. Nf3 f6 2. e3 e6 3. d3 Nh6 4. h3 Ng4 5. hxg4 h5 6. Qf3 d5 { [%csl Gg3][%cal Gg3g6,Gg3c7] } 7. Qh3 { Atomix played the rather questionable 7.Qh3, but it was the first atomic computer after all and they were still working on developing its logic. 7.Qg3! would have been far, far superior because it threatens Qg6+ and winning for White, or Qxc7, scooping up the Q,N,B, and pawn for White's Queen. But that aside, apart from the odd 3.d3, this was a rather modern game that was played. } 7... Na6 8. d4 c6 9. a3 Bd6 10. Bxa6 Bg3 11. Kd1 b6 12. f4 Ba6 { [%csl Ge2] } 13. c4 dxc4 14. Rg1 Be2+ 15. Kd2 Be1+ 16. Kc2 Bd1+ { We've reached a beautiful middlegame being played by Black. Black wants to mate using the two bishops but he reached a classic atomic error. White promptly took advantage by playing 17.Rxe1! exploding both the Black Bishops and taking himself out of check. Black simply played Qc8, a nice move to try to salvage some cheese and White then played the rather mysterious 18.Qg3, 11 moves far too late. g6 was moved then another mysterious 19.Qh3?? was moved - essentially giving Black a free move. Qa6 promptly gave Black the game (apparently, White's atomic plies wasn't especially impressive at this point in time). A rather impressive game especially for its era - we're able to see a full game from opening, middlegame, to endgame. And it's all rather modern, several years before most of us would have considered atomic chess to have developed to this point. } { [%csl Ge1,Rd1][%cal Gg1e1] } 17. Rxe1 { [%csl Gd5][%cal Gh3e6] } 17... Qc8 18. Qg3 { [%csl Gg6] } 18... g6 { [%cal Gf4f5,Gg3c7] } 19. Qh3?? Qa6 20. Kd1 Qe2# 0-1