King in check

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mcmircle
When I play puzzles sometimes the right answer is to move my Queen next to the king. The king never takes the Queen. I thought the king can take a piece if he moves one square in any direction and it gets him out of check?
Proton69420
The king may not be able to take the Queen for 2 reasons 1. The Queen is being protected by another piece 2. Taking the Queen results in the computer to be forced mated thus it moves away out of check.
mcmircle
Thank you. I guess I am not sure what force mating is. Can you explain?
soupysnake
Yes