[Event "Rules of atomic: Captures"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/Y9Aj5y3j/gIvsi0CZ"] [Result "*"] [Variant "Atomic"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Illion"] [UTCDate "2017.08.16"] [UTCTime "21:50:18"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/Y9Aj5y3j/gIvsi0CZ"] [Orientation "white"] { Pawns and pieces that die in the captures are circled in red, pawns that survive are circled in blue. The centre of the explosion is circled in yellow. } 1. Nf3 f6 2. e3 d5 3. Nd4 Bg4 4. f3 Bf5 { The rule for captures: 1) the capturing unit and captured unit die; 2) any pieces [not pawns] in the 8 squares around the captured unit also die. [NB: En passant is an exception, covered separately] } 5. e4 { If black now plays 5...dxe4, then 1) the d5 and e4 pawns die; 2) the d4-knight and f5-bishop die. White's f3-pawn survives. } { [%csl Rd5,Bf3,Ye4,Rf5,Rd4][%cal Rd5e4] } (5. Ne6 { If black now plays 5...Bxe6, then 1) the bishop and knight die; 2) the pawns on d5, e7 and f6 survive. } { [%csl Bd5,Be7,Bf6,Rf5,Ye6][%cal Rf5e6] } 5... Bxe6) (5. Nb5 { If black now plays 5...Bxc2, then 1) the black bishop and c2-pawn die; 2) the knight, bishop and queen die. White's b2 and d2 pawns survive. } { [%csl Rf5,Bd2,Bb2,Rb1,Rc1,Rd1,Yc2][%cal Rf5c2] } 5... Bxc2 { Likewise, if white continues 6. Nxc7. } { [%csl Bb7,Rb5,Yc7,Rb8,Rd8][%cal Rb5c7] } 6. Nxc7) 5... dxe4 *