Check (chess)
In games such as chess, shogi, and xiangqi, a check is a threat to capture the king (or general in xiangqi) on the next move turn. A king so threatened is said to be in check. On the very next move, the player whose king is in check must remove their king from check ("get out of check"), if possible. Either the threat must be stopped (by interposing a piece between the threatening piece and the king, or capturing the threatening piece) or the king must be moved to a square where it is no longer in check. If the player has no move out of check, the game ends in checkmate and the player loses.
Read more about Check (chess): Introduction, Getting Out of Check, Types of Checks, Announcing Check and Notation, Checking in Tactics and Strategy, History
Famous quotes containing the word check:
“If he had been sent to check out Bluebeard’s castle, he would have come back with a glowing report about the admirable condition of the cutlery.”
—Mary McGrory (b. 1918)