[Event "Rules of atomic: King explosion > check"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/Y9Aj5y3j/DluXatzP"] [Result "*"] [Variant "Atomic"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Illion"] [UTCDate "2017.08.16"] [UTCTime "21:49:02"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/Y9Aj5y3j/DluXatzP"] [Orientation "white"] { The goal in atomic chess is to remove the enemy king while your own king remains on the board. This can be done by checkmate (where you could hypothetically capture the king next move without your own king dying), or by directly exploding the enemy king. } 1. e4 e6 2. Qf3 f5 3. exf5 Bb4 { Black is threatening ...Bxd2#. } { [%csl Re1,Rc1,Bc2,Yd2,Rb4][%cal Rb4d2] } 4. Qf7+ { This is only a check. Black cannot play ...Kxf7 because the black king would die. However, black can (and here, must) explode white's king. } { [%csl Rd2,Rc1,Bc2,Re1][%cal Rb4d2] } 4... Bxd2# { 0-1, Black wins. } *