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Atomic Chess! :-D

This is a fairly easy win by forcing the king to touch a white pawn. If it were black to move, he could play Rg1+ Kh2 <pass/any> Kh3 Rg2 Kh4 Rxg5#.
#32 again

27...Bxb4 is removing check, by exploding attacking rook.

According to that article in Wikipedia:
...... players must respond to being checked in a similar way they would in traditional chess—by moving the king out of check, blocking the check, or removing the checking piece—but an exception exists when the checked player can win the game by exploding the checking player's king.........

Exception is for case when king remains in check.

But in this case there is no exception - white just remove checking piece with move 27...Bxb4

so I am sure it is bug.

#34 Thank you. I have learned it.

I have a question. 44...Rg2 was not check. If it is 44...Qg2 instead of 44...Rg2. Is it checkmate or stalemate?

#36 Thank you for the moves.

#37 I'm sorry. It's the case removing the checking piece. It's bug.
Can't "R K vs. K" checkmate in Atomic chess?

for example
White Kf7, Rg6
Black Kh8

White to move
1.Rh6+ Kg7 or 1...Kg8 2.Rh8+ Kg7 etc.

Black king can move around white king.
I understand, that exploding enjoys precedence over check. So in check you can still explode your opponent's king.

However what happens when it is mate? So in a classical mate ( not blow up ), can you blow up your opponent's king? Or mate is mate, game over, no matter whether it is classical.

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