Beirut chess is achess variant invented by Jim Winslow in 1992.^[1][2] The game is played using the standardchess pieces andboard, with each side having secretly equipped one of theirmen with a "bomb"—which can be "detonated" at any time, wiping out all men on surrounding squares along with the bomb carrier.

Beirut chess follows all the rules and conventions ofstandard chess, with one difference: Before the game begins, each player secretly attaches a red dot to the bottom of one of their pieces (but not theking). This piece is called abomb carrier. On any turn, instead of moving, a player may say "Boom!" and overturn their bomb carrier. All pieces of either color on squares adjacent to the bomb carrier are removed from the game, as well as the bomb carrier itself.

There are two ways to win:

• Checkmate the opponent.
• Blow up the enemy king.

A captured piece may not be inspected to see whether or not it was a bomb carrier.^[3]

• Atomic chess – another variant based on detonations
• Chessence – another variant by Jim Winslow
• Stratomic – another variant based on detonations

Bibliography

• Pritchard, D. B. (1994). "Beirut Chess".The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants. Games & Puzzles Publications. p. 21.ISBN 0-9524142-0-1.
• Pritchard, D. B. (2007). "Beirut Chess". In Beasley, John (ed.).The Classified Encyclopedia of Chess Variants. John Beasley. p. 152.ISBN 978-0-9555168-0-1.

• Beirut Chess a simple program by Ed Friedlander(Java)

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