user27674: [Event ""]
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[FEN "6rk/p5p1/1q2Q3/3p4/6P1/8/2b2PK1/4R3 w - - 0 1"]

I'm fairly new to anything more than the basics of chess and I'm currently working through Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess. I came across this on page 96 (frame 73) in which he asks whether white can mate in one move.
I was convinced the white rook could move to H1 to mate. However his answer was "white cannot mate". Why is this the case?

user24556: The bishop on c2 can be moved to h7 to block the check.

27674: <pre><code>[Event &quot;&quot;]
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[FEN &quot;6rk/p5p1/1q2Q3/3p4/6P1/8/2b2PK1/4R3 w - - 0 1&quot;]
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<p>I'm fairly new to anything more than the basics of chess and I'm currently working through Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess. I came across this on page 96 (frame 73) in which he asks whether white can mate in one move.
I was convinced the white rook could move to H1 to mate. However his answer was &quot;white cannot mate&quot;. Why is this the case?</p>
 24556: <p>The bishop on c2 can be moved to h7 to block the check.</p>
