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Can't Can other pieces capture a threatening piece and prevent a checkmate?

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

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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.

Total beginner here. I have a board setup that's described as a checkmate -- see below (the white pawn just moved below the rook and is threatening the king):

enter image description here

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.

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):

enter image description here

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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Can't other pieces capture a threatening piece and prevent a checkmate?

Total beginner here. I have a board setup that's described as a checkmate -- see below (the white pawn just moved below the rook and is threatening the king):

enter image description here

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.