Escape from check

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Move your king out of check

In this level, your king is in check.

How can you defend against this kind of threat?
There are three ways to defend against check:

  1. Escape with the king to a "safe square", where the king is no longer in check.
  2. Block the check.
  3. Capture the piece giving the check.

In this level you must escape to a safe square.

Examples

Black's rook on a3 delivers check to the white king.
White cannot legally escape to c4 (guarded by black's pawn b5), nor to d4 (guarded by black's bishop on b2).
Blocking the check with Bc3 would lose the bishop to Bxc3 or Rxc3+.
Therefore, White must escape with the king to c2: 1.Kc2.

Note

Other ways of defending against an attack of a piece, such as protecting or counter attacking, are not available when defending against check. Such moves are in fact not even legal moves, you always must move your king out of check.