The 2023 Atomic WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RULES

The 2023 Lichess Atomic Chess World Championship 1. Scope 1.1 The Lichess Atomic Chess World Championship for 2023 is to open the registration period on 1 August 2023. The registration period will end at 00:00 UTC on 1 September 2023. The first round of matches will commence at 00:00 UTC on 11 September 2023 and continue […]

The 2022 Atomic World CHAMPIONSHIP

The list of participants (and their ratings/calculations) are listed below. Week 1 matches (officially) begin on Monday, September 12, 2022. You may play ahead if your opponent is known. https://challonge.com/2022awc Seed Players Perf Rating Perf Link Best Rating Game Link Seeding Rating 1 vlad_00 2651 https://lichess.org/tournament/g2YveawB 2563 https://lichess.org/fMywdPxn 2607 2 fast-tsunami 2436 https://lichess.org/tournament/dpEktlDj 2516 https://lichess.org/w1Rf3fsi […]

The 2022 Atomic WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RULES

The 2022 Lichess Atomic Chess World Championship 1. Scope 1.1 The Lichess Atomic Chess World Championship for 2022 is to open the registration period on 1 August 2022. The registration period will end at 00:00 UTC on 1 September 2022. The first round of matches will commence at 00:00 UTC on 12 September 2022 and continue […]

The 2021 Atomic World Championship

The list of participants (and their ratings/calculations) are listed below. Week 1 matches (officially) begin on Monday, September 13, 2021. You may play ahead if your opponent is known. https://challonge.com/2021awc Name Peak Rating Peak Link Performance Rating Tournament Link Seeding Rating vlad_00 2589 https://lichess.org/u1r1iXlo 2642 https://lichess.org/tournament/SqY6YizN 2615.5 fast-tsunami 2528 https://lichess.org/hEpLEYTw 2454 https://lichess.org/tournament/UE8lzORF 2491 pashpash 2377 […]

THE 2021 ATOMIC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RULES

Special Announcement for 2021 Note: To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Atomic Chess, I’ve decided to run two separate tournaments to celebrate this chess variant and community. Many players today may have never experienced the early days of a brand new variant. The thrill of discovery. Everybody on a level playing field. No opening book […]

The 2020 Atomic World Championship Rules

The 2020 Lichess Atomic Chess World Championship 1. Scope 1.1. The Lichess Atomic Chess World Championship for 2020 is to open the registration period on 1 August 2020. The registration period will end at 00:00 UTC on 1 September 2020. The first round of matches will commence at 00:00 UTC on 7 September 2020 and […]

Atomic Chess Pawnless Endgame Mate Studies

[First Edition : 25 July 2002][Second Edition : 15 March 2005][Second Edition Enhancement: 08 October 2008] An interactive LiChess study of the important critical positions is here. The purpose of atomic mate studies is to discover the smallest amount / combinations of material with which you can mate in atomic. There are several unique positions […]

Annotated Atomic Games

Annotation is not a skill that I naturally have – in fact, I tend to avoid annotating or even examining games for the most part. But if you want to improve, you’ll eventually have to look at some games and understand what went on within them and why the moves were made. As a sample […]

2019 Atomic World Championship Entrants (and Results)

Ratings subject to change as data comes in or is found. Rankings will all be ‘TBD’ until the list is finalized. For now, these are the order in which people have registered. Prelim Ranks Name Base Rating Performance Rating Seeding Rating 1* onubense 2450¹ (2427, 2828) 2540 2495 2* Xeransis 2300¹ (2404, 2623) 2476 2388 […]