Chronatog

A Life in Games

  • The 2024 Atomic World Championship

    Congratulations to Natso**** who defeated NeverOfZero in the second final to become the 2024 Atomic World Champion! He has acquired a fifth asterisk in the process and is now Natso*****. The final and clinching game was https://lichess.org/415kwKsi/black The 2024 Lichess Atomic World Championship began on 11 September 2024. The players that made it through registration…

  • The 2024 Atomic Chess World Championship Rules

    The rules for the 2024 Atomic Chess World Championship on Lichess (Registration in August, games begin September).

  • Silver Era of Atomic Chess (2000-2003)

    I consider atomic chess history to be divided into distinct eras, with their own related stories.  The second such era would obviously be the silver age of atomic chess, going by the traditional methodology of naming eras within history.  I date this period from between late 2000 throughout the end of 2003.  This period of…

  • The 1998 World Atomic Chess Championship

    A few years after atomic had been introduced to the internet chess community, there was a strong community developed of strong players (akin to the development of the bughouse community).  However, unlike bughouse — there was always a chance to truly know who the best player was and that was put into action during MEWIS’…

  • Vlasov and Atomix(C)

    For many people, when they search for information on atomic chess they’re bound to come upon Vlasov’s ATOMIC-HOMEPAGE.  The crowning achievement of this webpage is the innumerable people that have been introduced to atomic by reading that webpage.  But it’s also a bit empty and one is left wondering… Who exactly was Vlasov? Vlasov was an…

  • Atomic on MEWIS

    I haven’t been able to find as many files as I thought I had from MEWIS – but what little I do have is preserved here to share with others.  I’ve managed to secure an old atomic best list from MEWIS and the finger files of a few notable players from this period in atomic…

  • Atomic on GICS

    Atomic was introduced to the ICS world on November 27, 1995 on the German Internet Chess Server.  Needless to say, the birthplace of atomic was on GICS.  And it was on GICS that the infant game found its first years rich with games and players.  The first masters and eekers came into being at GICS. …

  • ICS Interview – siggemannen

    THE ICS INTERVIEWS SERIES – No. 012 – SIGGEMANNEN Interviewed March 2019 First published June 2019 INTERVIEWER Thanks for agreeing to be interviewed as part of the ICS Interviews series. SIGGEMANNEN Thank you for the opportunity to get interviewed! It feels nice to be featured among the more famous ICSers! INTERVIEWER When did you first start playing chess online?…