Atomic on FICS
This section was first written on 21 June 2006 and I’m simply reposting the original text of that article here until I expand it at a later date. When Atomic was added onto FICS around Feburary 2003 after a long wait, I decided to make a duplicate account in order to play atomic on FICS […]
Atomic on ICC
ICC was the first major server to implement a version of atomic chess. However, their version of atomic chess differs from standard atomic rules. In ICC’s version of atomic chess, there are no checks. That might not seem like much, but it completely changes certain atomic chess endgames and openings. For example, K+R v K […]
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 […]
Golden Era of Atomic Chess (1995-1999)
I consider atomic chess history to be divided into distinct eras, with their own related stories. The first such era would obviously be the golden age of atomic chess, going by the traditional methodology of naming eras within history. I date this period from between late 1995 throughout the end of 1999 with a little […]
An Introduction to Atomic Chess
Atomic Chess has been played on various Internet Chess Servers (ICSes) since at least November 27, 1995 when Klaus Knopper collected the rules describing the game and the rules were introduced to the German Internet Chess Server (GICS) by connex. In the years that have passed since it was first introduced online, Atomic Chess has […]