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title: Hey! What happened to Atomic? Part #1 The Old Empire
description: I have been checking and examining old accounts and here is what I found.
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## #1 FM CasperyLiu

A great Atomic playing FIDE master

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![Screenshot 2025-12-16 7.43.25 AM.png](https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=png&h=0&op=resize&path=IlpEyyCCZidE.png&w=800&sig=75fcaa8c4785d6e6c107d7944d58eb6365814204)
![Screenshot 2025-12-16 7.43.52 AM.png](https://image.lichess1.org/display?op=noop&path=Rkvs3Vu-wut9.png&sig=35a0aa59442bcdb9b7993e342edd0e64a1eeae5a)FM Caspery Liu is one the lesser known Atomic Gods. Unlike any of the other accounts we will discuss in this blog he hasn't won any AWC's. However he did win an Atomic Shield Arena in 2023. Here is his last game in which he won the tournament:
https://lichess.org/bYc0td5S/black

## ***#2 LM*** Onubense

An Ancient Atomic God.

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![Screenshot 2025-12-08 7.38.21 PM.png](https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=png&h=0&op=resize&path=qzF9xW6Lj4Hx.png&w=800&sig=cb18c580731bdff34925726e2dabf49b2435eaea)
![Screenshot 2025-12-08 7.52.05 PM.png](https://image.lichess1.org/display?op=noop&path=rmxXrEMEhj5f.png&sig=c93ae2685f8502cdae56d9a9c1abb5b5d43a49b3)
LM Onubense stopped playing ~~Atomic Chess~~ about 5 years ago due to lack of motivation. Here's his last game:
https://lichess.org/N5q33KvS/black
If you check his games you can see that he usually played other Titled players. To this day he still plays, but sadly not in Atomic. But on a better note LM Onubense won the AWC in *2019*
Here is his last match in which he won the *AWC:*

https://lichess.org/iUszr4Tg

## ***#3 LM Fast-Tsunami***

Another Atomic playing LM![Screenshot 2025-12-09 2.18.42 PM.png](https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=png&h=0&op=resize&path=zaW7dvA2YGHj.png&w=800&sig=1fed23ff6cd416e1ebbce8e58ab53d117226f7f7)![Screenshot 2025-12-09 2.27.08 PM.png](https://image.lichess1.org/display?op=noop&path=y2lMpaTAUAww.png&sig=e3a0998b66a4e8ce9db3c0d1ef6d6708305bf3ba) I have only played this LM in a late 5+0 Hourly Atomic Arena here is the game:
https://lichess.org/R4RJGuzg#1
As you saw if I mouseslipped when I moved the king up to get out of the Knight's check. Eitherway back to @Fast-Tsunami he is known for many things one of them is how he won the AWC in 2021 by battling it out with the other finalist @Vlad\_00:
https://lichess.org/jAculBVc
To this day @Fast-Tsunami still plays Atomic sadly only in desolate tournaments or a couple of games in the shield. He said this is because he got bored with the opening theory. He has a [fan club ](https://lichess.org/team/lm-fast_tsunami-fan-club) if you'd like to learn more about this amazing LM.

## ***#4 GM Arka50***

An Atomic GM

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![Screenshot 2025-12-10 2.05.57 PM.png](https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=png&h=0&op=resize&path=Stz0qNV2cZRQ.png&w=800&sig=2901d668d7fa71885c82e0366e824354df050fd9)![Screenshot 2025-12-10 2.25.24 PM.png](https://image.lichess1.org/display?op=noop&path=3mGQE3Fhy44N.png&sig=0b7702045b570ed1ddca9f13d7583f63c2a535b3)GM Arka50 is known for having 3 AWC's he won won in 2017, 2018, and 2020. Here is the last game for the 2017 match:
https://lichess.org/DG8SerIR#89
Here is the game for the 2018 match:
https://lichess.org/4zgkPplr/black
And finally the 2020 match:
https://lichess.org/cDdLadmI#0

## #5 Vlad\_00

An Atomic Genius.
![Screenshot 2025-12-11 1.00.01 PM.png](https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=png&h=0&op=resize&path=yzhk_HPYz3Oz.png&w=800&sig=60a978572c3719ce4b6654bcfce1c5f5c48ff54b)![Screenshot 2025-12-11 1.00.30 PM.png](https://image.lichess1.org/display?op=noop&path=nYNYyaYKnhxw.png&sig=748276581c98f3f6a3b9817a90442fa117cf544e)Vlad\_00 was a great Atomic player he even got to 2589! Recently Vlad\_00 played for a while in the 2025 AWC then stopped playing. No one knows why he stopped except maybe NOZ. Either way Vlad\_00 won the AWC 2023. Here is the last match:

https://lichess.org/nL4ylRmF
Sadly he stopped playing, here is his last game:
https://lichess.org/XHfyqwA3/black

## Overview

Over all I've seen all these players stop Atomic. So, what happened to Atomic? *You* decide!

| Teilchen | LM Onubense | LM Fast-Tsunami | GM Arka50 | Vlad\_00 |
| -------- | ----------- | --------------- | --------- | ------- |
| Highest Rating: 3052 | Highest Rating: 2828 | Highest Rating: 2860 | Highest Rating: 2824 | Highest Rating: 2589 |

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