Atomic Bomb

Ser-h#4

Atomic Bomb (n=1)*

Sol. 1. Qxf2 2. b2 3. b1=AB 4. ABg3 (-Kh4, -Qf2; pb5 = K), Kc6 #

"ATOMIC BOMB. Invented by Nassouh bey Taher, Transjordan, April 1949; see also article by C. H. O'D. Alexander in the Sunday Times, 29th May, 1949. A pawn can promote to an Atomic Bomb, then [in the next move, I think] leap to any desired square, where it destroys everything [white and black men, in my opinion] around it in an area of (n) steps. It can only be played once. If it destroys the opponent's King [or its own, I suppose], the piece of next highest rank then becomes King [with that piece's, and not King's, powers, I would guess] (Anthony Dickins, A Guide to Fairy Chess, Dover Publication, Inc., New York 1969, Appendix E, p. 49).