Rule 4 of 7

Three-check

Give three checks to win.

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The rule

You also win by giving check three times.

How it plays

1Three checks win

Checkmate still ends it. So do three checks: put their king in check three times, with anything from anywhere, and the game is yours whatever the material says.

2Checks are currency

A check that ordinary chess would never spend a move on is a point in the bank here. Attacks that only tick the king once or twice are real plans, and so is running away.

3The exact rules

Give check three times and you win. The checks need not come one after the other — three in total, from anything, anywhere — and a double check counts once, not twice. Checkmate still wins, and so does a win on time. Everything else is chess.

Six finds

Moments to look out for. Each one you make in a game is kept in your finds.

Questions

Do I need an account?

No. An account keeps your rating and your finds on every device.

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