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Can other pieces capture a threatening piece and prevent a checkmate?

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Total beginner here. I have a board setup that an app I'm using to learn described as a "checkmate" -- see below (the white pawn just moved below the rook and is threatening the king):

If I were playing black, I know I cannot capture the pawn with the king, as I would placing my king in check.

But: Why can't I use the rook or the queen (right next to the threatening pawn) to capture the pawn and get out of the check?

For example:

1. Keep the king where it is.


2. Use the rook to capture the threatening pawn.

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Total beginner here. I have a board setup that an app I'm using to learn described as a "checkmate" -- see below (the white pawn just moved below the rook and is threatening the king):

If I were playing black, I know I cannot capture the pawn with the king, as I would placing my king in check.

But: Why can't I use the rook or the queen (right next to the threatening pawn) to capture the pawn and get out of the check?

For example:

1. Keep the king where it is.


2. Use the rook to capture the threatening pawn.

chess

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Total beginner here. I have a board setup that an app I'm using to learn described as a "checkmate" -- see below (the white pawn just moved below the rook and is threatening the king):

If I were playing black, I know I cannot capture the pawn with the king, as I would placing my king in check.

But: Why can't I use the rook or the queen (right next to the threatening pawn) to capture the pawn and get out of the check?

For example:

1. Keep the king where it is.


2. Use the rook to capture the threatening pawn.

chess

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Yes, you can capture the attacking piece with any one of your pieces, as long as you get out of the check.

But in this case, the king is also attacked by the rook. So, you are checkmate.

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  Dang it, I missed the rook at the bottom there completely. Nice.
  
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  @ToonKrijthe presumably the pawn got to where it is by capturing a piece (although why it wasn't captured before that point I can't explain )
  
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  The position would make some sort of sense if the pawn was previously on g6 and captured something on f7. Black pxg6 on the previous move doesn't fix the problem, since if white retakes with the rook on g1, either black will soon lose his queen or white can play qh5.
  
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This is called a double check. You're checked by both the pawn and the rook. Blocking, or capturing with a piece other than the king would only deal with one of those problems, so the only ways to deal with double check are to capture with the king (which you can't, here, because the pawn is protected) or to move the king (which you can't, because both squares you could move to are covered by the bishop).

Double checks are very powerful, because they can only be dealt with by moving the king, and you don't have to cover much to prevent the king from being able to do that.

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The pawn probably captured the other black knight there. I only say probably because ... (that's a puzzle for the newbies - more advanced players should immediately know).

If you like these kinds of situations (logical, but not necessarily optimal) do look up chess puzzle books by the mathematician and philosopher Raymond Smullyan. Extremely fun for the experts too.

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Yes, you can capture the attacking piece with any one of your pieces, as long as you get out of the check.

But in this case, the king is also attacked by the rook. So, you are checkmate.

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  Dang it, I missed the rook at the bottom there completely. Nice.
  
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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @lesssugar, no problem. At least it makes me think I'm awake on a sunday ;-).
  
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  The real question is how did you get into this situation. I almost think the rook was already there but the both of you missed it. By the way, I like it that you try to learn this game.
  
  – Toon Krijthe
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• 
  
  
  

  
  3
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @ToonKrijthe presumably the pawn got to where it is by capturing a piece (although why it wasn't captured before that point I can't explain )
  
  – Arcanist Lupus
  14 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  The position would make some sort of sense if the pawn was previously on g6 and captured something on f7. Black pxg6 on the previous move doesn't fix the problem, since if white retakes with the rook on g1, either black will soon lose his queen or white can play qh5.
  
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Yes, you can capture the attacking piece with any one of your pieces, as long as you get out of the check.

But in this case, the king is also attacked by the rook. So, you are checkmate.

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  Dang it, I missed the rook at the bottom there completely. Nice.
  
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  @lesssugar, no problem. At least it makes me think I'm awake on a sunday ;-).
  
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  The real question is how did you get into this situation. I almost think the rook was already there but the both of you missed it. By the way, I like it that you try to learn this game.
  
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  15 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  3
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @ToonKrijthe presumably the pawn got to where it is by capturing a piece (although why it wasn't captured before that point I can't explain )
  
  – Arcanist Lupus
  14 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  3
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  The position would make some sort of sense if the pawn was previously on g6 and captured something on f7. Black pxg6 on the previous move doesn't fix the problem, since if white retakes with the rook on g1, either black will soon lose his queen or white can play qh5.
  
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Yes, you can capture the attacking piece with any one of your pieces, as long as you get out of the check.

But in this case, the king is also attacked by the rook. So, you are checkmate.

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This is called a double check. You're checked by both the pawn and the rook. Blocking, or capturing with a piece other than the king would only deal with one of those problems, so the only ways to deal with double check are to capture with the king (which you can't, here, because the pawn is protected) or to move the king (which you can't, because both squares you could move to are covered by the bishop).

Double checks are very powerful, because they can only be dealt with by moving the king, and you don't have to cover much to prevent the king from being able to do that.

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This is called a double check. You're checked by both the pawn and the rook. Blocking, or capturing with a piece other than the king would only deal with one of those problems, so the only ways to deal with double check are to capture with the king (which you can't, here, because the pawn is protected) or to move the king (which you can't, because both squares you could move to are covered by the bishop).

Double checks are very powerful, because they can only be dealt with by moving the king, and you don't have to cover much to prevent the king from being able to do that.

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This is called a double check. You're checked by both the pawn and the rook. Blocking, or capturing with a piece other than the king would only deal with one of those problems, so the only ways to deal with double check are to capture with the king (which you can't, here, because the pawn is protected) or to move the king (which you can't, because both squares you could move to are covered by the bishop).

Double checks are very powerful, because they can only be dealt with by moving the king, and you don't have to cover much to prevent the king from being able to do that.

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The pawn probably captured the other black knight there. I only say probably because ... (that's a puzzle for the newbies - more advanced players should immediately know).

If you like these kinds of situations (logical, but not necessarily optimal) do look up chess puzzle books by the mathematician and philosopher Raymond Smullyan. Extremely fun for the experts too.

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The pawn probably captured the other black knight there. I only say probably because ... (that's a puzzle for the newbies - more advanced players should immediately know).

If you like these kinds of situations (logical, but not necessarily optimal) do look up chess puzzle books by the mathematician and philosopher Raymond Smullyan. Extremely fun for the experts too.

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The pawn probably captured the other black knight there. I only say probably because ... (that's a puzzle for the newbies - more advanced players should immediately know).

If you like these kinds of situations (logical, but not necessarily optimal) do look up chess puzzle books by the mathematician and philosopher Raymond Smullyan. Extremely fun for the experts too.

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