Daily Coding Problem: Use Your Coding Skills to Check the Checkmate

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Use an algorithm to find out if the king on a chess board is on check
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Today’s problem was initially asked by Oracle. You are presented with a matrix representing the positions of pieces on a chess board. Given this matrix, determine whether the king is in check. If it is, during the next white turn the white piece will move there to capture the black king.