[Event "New to nuke: Opening queen tactics: \"Atomic Fool's mate\""] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/sRM1FScZ/7dehbuLv"] [Result "*"] [Variant "Atomic"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Illion"] [UTCDate "2017.08.23"] [UTCTime "20:29:19"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/sRM1FScZ/7dehbuLv"] [Orientation "white"] { When starting to play atomic chess, it's easy to miss all the consequences of making a capture, including which lines open up. Many beginner games finish as helpmates-in-one due to a bad capture. } 1. e4 (1. d4 Nc6 2. Nc3 Nxd4?? { Bad central captures can happen in any number of ways; beware! } 3. Qxd7#) 1... d5 2. exd5?? { Because in atomic chess the captured and capturing pieces both die, captures will always open the line the captured piece was on. Here the d-file opens for a win. } { [%csl Rd2][%cal Rd8d2] } 2... Qxd2# { The "Atomic Fool's mate" happens absurdly often unlike its normal chess counterpart; don't fall for it! } *