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Definition of perpetual check - 1 dictionary result

perpetual check

–noun Chess.
1. a continuing series of checks resulting in a drawn game because they cannot be halted or evaded without resulting in checkmate or a serious disadvantage.
2. the situation in which this occurs.

Origin:
1810–20
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