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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.
Perpetual check is no longer specifically mentioned in the rules of chess; such a situation will eventually resolve to a draw either by repetition, fifty-move rule or (most commonly) by agreement. If the claim for a draw is incorrect, the opponent is awarded an extra two minutes, the written move (if legal) move must be played and the game ...
In his book The Art of Sacrifice in Chess, Rudolf Spielmann distinguishes between real and sham sacrifices.A sham sacrifice leads to a forced and immediate benefit for the sacrificer, usually in the form of a quick checkmate (or perpetual check or stalemate if seeking a draw), or the recouping of the sacrificed material after a forced line.
The cross-check is an essential tactic in winning some endgames such as those with two queens versus one, or a queen and pawn versus a queen. In these cases, the defense usually tries for a perpetual check and sometimes the stronger side can stop it only by a cross-check.
In chess, there are a number of ways that a game can end in a draw, neither player winning.Draws are codified by various rules of chess including stalemate (when the player to move is not in check but has no legal move), threefold repetition (when the same position occurs three times with the same player to move), and the fifty-move rule (when the last fifty successive moves made by both ...
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The winning lines for Black are sufficiently difficult that Staunton, annotating the game 16 years later in his Chess Player's Companion, gave none of them, instead recommending a line leading to a probable draw by perpetual check. [97] This stunning reversal had a major impact on the match.
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