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HELP! Piece taken into check????

HELP! Piece taken into check????

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Can someone please help. What is the rule regarding taking a piece which then means that the the king is immediately in check??? I have never come across this before .Quite surprising, How rare is this?? thanks in anticipation.

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Originally posted by Mike Rice
Can someone please help. What is the rule regarding taking a piece which then means that the the king is immediately in check??? I have never come across this before .Quite surprising, How rare is this?? thanks in anticipation.
whose king is in check the capturer or the captured?

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Not sure if I understand. You cannot move your king into check. So if a piece is pinned then it can't capture a piece unless it is capturing the piece that is pinning it to the king.

Post an example?

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I Think this solves it, This is a game i am playing at the moment so cannot post this example. If i move my queen into a certain position then a pawn will take my queen, at the same time my opponents King will be immediately in check. I just want the rule .

No comments on the game please!! as it is still being played!!😕

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The rule is that if your king is in check then you must remove check immediately. Either by moving the king, taking the checking piece, or interposing a piece to block check. I'll not comment further as you're in progress.

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In this example the queen can safely capture the pawn on g3 because of the bishop pinning the f2 pawn.

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Originally posted by Mike Rice
I Think this solves it, This is a game i am playing at the moment so cannot post this example. If i move my queen into a certain position then a pawn will take my queen, at the same time my opponents King will be immediately in check. I just want the rule .

No comments on the game please!! as it is still being played!!😕
Here it is- if your opponent attempts to capture your Queen with a pawn move which then exposes his/her King to a check, then that capture is illegal and the site software will not allow it.

skeeter