In atomic, if a player’s king is next to his opponent’s king, the opponent cannot explode the player’s king if it also explodes his own king. So if someone is in check, and their king is connected to their opponent’s king, do they have to move?

If they are in check they have to move. You should not have to move if the king is next to the other king, that is not check.

If your king is next the your opponents king and you can explode your king that is not allowed. You will have to find another position to take the king.

Is there something strange happening in your situation?

According to Wikipedia, when kings are connected, they are immune to check. This can also be confirmed at http://wiki.wildchess.org/wiki/index.php/Atomic

Do you have a game number for this?

I remember a couple games that I lost because of that. The most recent was http://www.chesspark.com/game/3807968/

It’s not the clearest example, as I lost because of time, but I should have been immune to check when our kings were connected.

   
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