In chess can the king take an opponents piece when he is in check...or can the king only move out of check??

Question

Hiya...Im playing a game of chess online and something is bugging me...its been a while since i have played and i cannot remember that if the king is in check if he can take the opponents piece that is putting him in check or is he only allowed to move himself out of the way??

thanks in advance

Answer 1

 The king can take piece of opponents.But some times opponent will give a protect to that piece. That time we can not take opponents pieces.