Exchange (chess) to as a "recapture". Commonly, the word "exchange" is used when the pieces exchanged are of the same type or of about equal value, which is an "even exchange". According to chess tactics, a bishop and a knight are usually of about equal value. If the values of the pieces exchanged are not equal, then the player who captures the higher value of piece(s) can be said to be "up the exchange" or "wins the exchange", while the opponent who captures the lower value of piece(s) is "down the exchange" or "loses the exchange". Exchanges occur very frequently in chess,
Atomic chess at Chess Live and Internet Chess Club in 2000, Free Internet Chess Server in 2003 and Lichess in 2015. Rules of atomic chess are the same as standard chess with a few important differences concerning capturing, check, and winning conditions. In standard chess, the captured piece is removed from the board and the capturing piece takes its place. In atomic chess, a capture causes an "explosion" through which both pieces are removed from the board as well as all non-pawn pieces in the eight squares immediately surrounding the capture. Pawns are removed only when capturing, captured directly, or promoted. In