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i still cant do level 11 even with the hint

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Since Black is in check, it obviously was White's move last, and, because the knight is pinnned by Black's queen, White must have been in check after Black's last move.  But in a legal game, White cannot have been in check _before_ that Black move.  Lbh arrq gb svaq cynprf sbe gur ebbx naq ovfubc fhpu gung, sbe nal bs Oynpx'f cbffvoyr cerivbhf zbirf, Juvgr jnf va purpx orsber gung zbir.  If you still have trouble, wait a day or two and I'll point out another consideration which might help.

The knight has just checked the black king, so it must have just moved. This means black's queen was checking white just before. So black must have just made a move that put the queen in that corner square. Make it impossible for the queen to have moved there.

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> So black must have just made a move that put the queen in that corner square.

True, but only because the position is such that none of black's other possible previous moves would have discovered check on white - well, without already having had white in check; black's bishop could have discovered check from the queen, but it would have had to itself had white in check to do so.  (I'm just trying to keep people from jumping to unwarrantedly general conclusions based on this special case.)