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Five Reasons Why You Should Try Atomic Chess

To my honest, although I don't like Atomic , I still think Atomic is quite interesting.

To my honest, although I don't like Atomic , I still think Atomic is quite interesting.

@YagizozerY_A_I said ^

I think it improves planning in the opening and mid-game, but the endgame becomes very boring.

Nah endgame mastery is complex: different two piece mates, mating with an extra pawn, opposite bishops, passed pawns etc... very interesting... see Illion’s atomic study

Okay, if you can send me the link, I'll take a look. I'd be very happy if you did.

https://lichess.org/study/wRLQk6Wq

@YagizozerY_A_I said [^](/forum/redirect/post/KLuZlWbA) > > > I think it improves planning in the opening and mid-game, but the endgame becomes very boring. > > > > Nah endgame mastery is complex: different two piece mates, mating with an extra pawn, opposite bishops, passed pawns etc... very interesting... see Illion’s atomic study > > Okay, if you can send me the link, I'll take a look. I'd be very happy if you did. https://lichess.org/study/wRLQk6Wq

Atomic community and opening research are the reasons why I still play atomic

Atomic community and opening research are the reasons why I still play atomic

As a beginner white is very fun to play and black is very annoying handle,there are tons of ways for attacking you have to memorize lines just to defend as black.

As a beginner white is very fun to play and black is very annoying handle,there are tons of ways for attacking you have to memorize lines just to defend as black.

"There are some in the community like Statham, but for the most part, there have been numerous genuinely kind people in the atomic community that want to help each other get better" What are you implying by Statham?

"There are some in the community like Statham, but for the most part, there have been numerous genuinely kind people in the atomic community that want to help each other get better" What are you implying by Statham?

Nice blog. The vid explains a lot. I never knew you looked like that.

Nice blog. The vid explains a lot. I never knew you looked like that.

"most active community in the world" - The classical chess community would like to have a word...

"most active community in the world" - The classical chess community would like to have a word...

@Jesse10 said ^

Love discovering and helping discover openings, keeps the game fresh

And what about disvoering?

@Jesse10 said [^](/forum/redirect/post/iqz9AVLg) > Love discovering and helping discover openings, keeps the game fresh And what about disvoering?

I hate atomic chess.

I hate atomic chess.