Examples
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In this diagram, Black is ahead a rook, a bishop, and a pawn which would normally be a decisive material advantage. But White, to move, can draw by perpetual check:
- 1. Qe8+ Kh7
- 2. Qh5+ Kg8
- 3. Qe8+ etc (Reinfeld 1958:42–43).
The same position will soon repeat for the third time and White can claim a draw by threefold repetition; or the players will agree to a draw.
Read more about this topic: Perpetual Check
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