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In Today’s Newsletter, we will learn about perpetual check draw

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Perpetual Check

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Perpetual means something happening again and again or endlessly.

In chess, perpetual check means giving check back-to-back which can lead to a threefold repetition draw.

Let us see some examples to understand this better.

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Here, white is completely winning with an extra rook on the board. However, black can do a perpetual draw by playing Qh3 check, White has to play Qh2 and then black plays Qf1, then white has to play Qg1, then black plays Qh3 which can lead to a perpetual draw.

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Here, white is having a pawn on d7 which is going to get promoted soon. So, black has to act quickly. Black can do a perpetual draw by playing

Qf2 Kh1 Qh4 Kg1 Qf2 Kh1 Qh4 which can lead to a perpetual draw.

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More puzzles to learn

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Rh3 Kg6 Rg3 Kh5 Rh3 Kg5 Rg3 draw

If black king comes to the F-file, white can play rook to f3 and capture the black queen through skewer.

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Qf3 Rb7 Qf8 Rb8 Qf3 Rb7 Qf8 Perpetual draw

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Puzzle of the day

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That concludes this edition of our newsletter. Keep practicing, keep learning, and keep pushing the boundaries of your chess skills.

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In the next newsletter on Thursday, we will see some blunders made by the top grandmasters.

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Author,

Ramalingam Karthik

Chess With Ramkar

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