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In chess and similar games, check is a condition that occurs when a player's king is under threat of capture on the opponent's next turn. A king so threatened is said to be in check . A player must get out of check if possible by moving the king to an unattacked square, interposing a piece between the threatening piece and the king, or ...
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A cross-check occurs from time to time in games. It is an essential tactic in winning endgames such as two queens versus one queen, or queen and pawn versus queen, where it is used to stop a series of checks from the opponent and force the exchange of queens.
Staunton style chess pieces. Left to right: king, rook, queen, pawn, knight, bishop. The rules of chess (also known as the laws of chess) govern the play of the game of chess. Chess is a two-player abstract strategy board game. Each player controls sixteen pieces of six types on a chessboard. Each type of piece moves in a distinct way.
(Check is not a move, it is a condition brought about by a move. Check is a condition on the board. "Black is in check." If check is a move not a condition, that sentence makes no sense. Similarly, to "get out of check" makes no sense if check is a move not a condition.) The edit is a disimprovement.
In the game of chess, perpetual check is a situation in which one player can play an unending series of checks, from which the defending player cannot escape. This typically arises when the player who is checking feels their position in the game is inferior, they cannot deliver checkmate , and wish to force a draw .
Three-check chess, also simply known as three-check, is a chess variant where a player can win by placing their opponent in check three times. Apart from this, standard rules of chess apply, including starting position and other ending conditions, such as stalemate and checkmate .
Three checks chess – a player wins by checking the opponent king three times. Extinction chess – the objective is to capture all of a particular type of piece of the opponent (e.g., both knights, all pawns, or the queen). Crazyhouse – a captured piece can be introduced back to the board by the player who captured it, as a piece of his own.