The goal of the game is to capture the opposing player's King. Technically, you don't have to escape a check. But the other player can take your King and you'd

The goal of the game is to capture the opposing player's King. Technically, you don't have to escape a check. But the other player can take your King and you'd lose. That's why checkmate is seen as a win, because on the player's next turn he can take the opponent's King and there's nothing the opponent can do about it. In rapid chess, if you overlook check or put your own King in check, your opponent can claim the win. Now, what happens in Human Chess, I don't know. Because I would assume that the best move would be to capture the King and win the game. Assuming that you can't capture the King because it's the recommended move, this does seem like something you could exploit to some degree.