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13. September 2007, 02:28:31
Walter Montego 
Subject: (IYT) It's Your Turn's=> Atomic Chess version
Atomic Chess (CT)
Atomic Chess has similar rules to regular chess, except that at the beginning of the game you designate a piece to double as the 'atomic bomb'. You can detonate this piece/bomb at any time during the game, which will destroy that piece and all pieces in squares immediately adjacent to that square (both straight and diagonal squares). You can detonate a piece to get out of check. Detonating a piece counts as your entire move, so you cannot make any other moves on the turn that you detonate your piece.

If your opponent's king is in one of the detonated squares, then you win the game, otherwise you'll need to checkmate the king. The exception to this is if both kings are blown up at the same time, in which case the game is a draw. If you blow up your own king during a move, you lose the game. All other rules are the same-- castling and en passant are enabled in this game.

At the beginning of the game, you will be asked to 'place' the atomic bomb on a piece. Then your opponent will be asked to do the same, and the game will begin. The atomic piece stays on the same piece throughout the game, and if that piece is captured or destroyed, then you will not be able to detonate an atomic piece for the rest of the game, because your bomb is gone.

To detonate your atomic piece, click on the DETONATE ATOMIC PIECE link under the game board. Remember, this counts as your entire move, so you have to click this before clicking on anything else.
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Has anyone here played this version? I thought the version on BrainKing was the standard way to play it. IS this way of playing as good of a game? I imagine the play is a lot more like regular Chess than BrainKing's Atomic Chess is. :)

13. September 2007, 02:46:35
SKA 
Subject: Re: (IYT) It's Your Turn's=> Atomic Chess version
Walter Montego: Yes, I played this game before. I like it very much. But, since I don't play (IYT) It's Your Turn anymore...I'm hoping it would be a nice addition and I agree with you that it's more a regular chess than the current Brainking's version. :-)

13. September 2007, 03:20:49
Walter Montego 
Subject: Re: (IYT) It's Your Turn's=> Atomic Chess version
SKA: There's certainly room for both versions here. Just have to name one of them differently or call it version 2 or something. IYT's version could be called Atomic Bomb Chess, while leaving the BrainKing version as Atomic Chess.

Does the bomb in the IYT version blow up nearby Pawns too? It certainly is different having it possible to blow up both Kings for a draw too. Do the players know which piece their opponent has chosen to be the bomb?

13. September 2007, 03:45:33
nodnarbo 
Subject: Re: (IYT) It's Your Turn's=> Atomic Chess version
Walter Montego: it blows up any piece touching it even pawns.
no your opponent doesn't know which piece has been chosen. that's a lot of the strategy of the game. picking the piece to be atomic and making sure it doesn't get captured, because if it's captured it's the same as any other piece, it doesn't explode

13. September 2007, 05:31:22
Walter Montego 
Subject: Re: (IYT) It's Your Turn's=> Atomic Chess version
nodnarbo: It sounds like a good game. Is the play fairly even at the beginning as compared to how White dominates Atomic Chess here in the early going with Black walking a minefield until he can even things up?

14. September 2007, 22:58:53
andreas 
Subject: Re: (IYT) It's Your Turn's=> Atomic Chess version
Walter Montego: This game is also called "Beirut Chess", it was inveneted by Jim Winslow in 1991. I never played it, but looks like a fun!

13. September 2007, 05:32:59
SKA 
Subject: Re: (IYT) It's Your Turn's=> Atomic Chess version
nodnarbo: well, maybe 2 or 3 bombs could be a better strategy game, and if they all get captured then 'best of luck' on trying to check mate the king. I think captured the king is also another win, but I'm not sure, since I haven't played it in over a year.

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