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perpet'ual check'



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.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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