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perpetual check

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perpetual check
n
(Group Games / Chess & Draughts) Chess a consecutive series of checks that the checked player cannot avoid, leading to a drawn game
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Matthew Parsons also accepted a draw in an approximately even endgame, and captain Richard Boylan eventually drew through perpetual check in a contest which could have gone either way.
CHESS by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
Melbourne Cup Michael Eskander: 5 Tie The Knot, 6 Sky Heights, 7 Kayf Tara, 12 Laebeel (from 40), 15 The Hind, 20 Arena, Perpetual Check, Persian Punch, Travelmate, Inaflury, Intergaze, 33 bar.
Travelmate runs at Haydock before Cup by The Racing Post (London, England)
But with Kasparov threatening to promote one of his pawns into a queen, the computer was able to mount a counterthreat and create a scenario in which it could place Kasparov's king in a perpetual check.
DRAW SETS UP WINNER-TAKE-ALL CHESS FINALE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
 
 
 
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