Editing Atomic chess (section)

===Winning conditions===
In all variations of atomic chess, a player wins by exploding the king of the opposite color without exploding their own king. This is usually done by capturing a piece on a square adjacent to the opponent's king or putting a queen next to the king which results in checkmate since a king cannot take any piece.

In variations that require a response to being checked, it is possible to checkmate an opponent to win the game, creating a situation in which a king is directly threatened and cannot make a legal move. This is sometimes called "atomic checkmate".<ref name=blackburnrules/> It is likewise possible for the game to end in stalemate if a king is not directly threatened and no legal moves are possible.

When typical rules of check are not enforced, victory is only attained via the explosion of the enemy king. In these variations without check, the king may be forced into check and thus capture through [[zugzwang]].