Sorry that you have to go through that Phoenix52.  But maybe you can tell me if that rule about no piece being taken or pawn advancing in the past 50 moves applies to these online games.  I know in a tournament it can be enforced, but online... I won't know if it's been programmed for that scenario until someone's tested it.  If, unfortunately, your game turns to a drawn-out-no-progress mess, would you let me know if the website will cut you both off and declare a winner because of the 50 moves rule???

Thanks,

Shawn

Well, you took his rooks, and now he's gonna have to move his king around with the limited space he's got left.

Perpetual check is indeed annoying, just gotta outsmart them with positioning which you did well.

What's worse than this is having to deal with someone who moves once every 3 days in a 3-day time limit... this match I have will last probably 2 months at this rate :(

Well, I can move pawns, and promote in time, so eventually I will win if he will give me the chance.

Lucky for me, he moved his queen to JUST the right place and I was able to pull my queen back into play, which changed everything.  Now I will definitely end up ahead.  Thanks all!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_check "Perpetual check is no longer one of the rules of chess. However, such a situation will eventually result in a draw by either threefold repetition or the fifty move rule, but usually players agree to a draw"

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Chess-1332/Draw.htm "However, any perpetual check situation will eventually be claimable as a draw either under the fifty move rule or by threefold repetition."

In this example from the Women's Word Championship, once the checks started, threefold repetition was quickly achieved as Black had no better responses. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1507335

Here the annotatations also refer to perpetual rather than threefold. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4912

If they can check the king forever, and you cannot get him out of it then it is known as perpetual check, and is a legitimate tactic for someone who is down in pieces. This situation is considered a draw, but someone must offer it, and the other must accept it. Or the game will go on for fifty more moves. After which, if no pawn has advanced, and no piece has been taken for fifty moves, it is also considered a draw, by the fifty-move rule.