3 fold rule

i am fairly new to chess but do know that if same position with same players to move is repeated 3 times it is a draw. Well i checked someone 3 times with the same piece and they said it was a draw even though i checked him from 3 different squares i dont know if this is a draw or not i said since he moved his king onto different squares on each check and i moved my queen onto different squares the board positions were not the same. he said it did not matter because i used the same piece to check him 3 times. dont know if i am right or wrong but i believe im  right,any help?

The other player was wrong and you are correct. The same exact position must be repeated three times for a player to claim a drawn game. 

There is no longer a perpetual check rule. You will not find it in the FIDE Laws of Chess.

You aren't quite right, Boots.  The rule says if the same position occurs 3 times in a game, it is a draw.  Your checking him from different squares doesn't matter, as long as during that game the pieces in the game occupied the same positions 3 times.  It is not a repetition of moves, it is a repetion of position.  This rule is often misunderstood.  Good luck.

I did not know that!

But even when there was one, it said that you could claim a draw if it was possible for you to keep checking the opponent forever, no matter what the opponent did. It wasn't something you had to look out for, the opponent wasn't the one who could claim.

that,   "But even when there was one, it said that you could claim a draw if it was possible for you to keep checking the opponent forever, no matter what the opponent did. It wasn't something you had to look out for, the opponent wasn't the one who could claim."

You can claim a draw because of 'no progress' in the game - whether you are the one with the material or your opponent -  - - - -   without having to demonstrate repetition of position 3 times - if your opponent is not making progress with an objective in mind - other than merely checking you again and again - while your time runs down (as he might hope to win on time).  The rules allow for a claim of 'insufficient losing chances'  under those circumstances and you get a moderate amount of time - and 5 seconds a move - to prove you would not lose.

Hmm. But does that depend on the number of checks? Perhaps you are making progress with the checks, just as it is perfectly possible to make no progress when you don't make checks.

And at least FIDE's version of that rule only applies in sudden death situations where the claimant has less than three minutes left. Don't know about the USCF rule.

And the rule is certainly not called the perpetual check rule :-)

In fide events you should call the arbiter and inform him you are claiming a draw on repetition of position BEFORE actually playing the move that repeats the position and inform him of your intended move. The arbiter will then reconstruct the game on another board to be sure the claim is correct and if it isnt the one making the claim will be penalised. The penalty for a faulty claim is normally a few minutes added to the opponents clock.

Sounds like your opponent is making up his own rules to keep from losing.  

Me mate was checking me again and again I was moving me king back to the same square again and again he said I can't do that I said he can't keep checking me  what happens here.

Click the draw button and claim your draw. If you read the previous posts, you would know that when a position is exactly repeated 3 times, you can claim a draw. On chess.com, you do that by clicking the draw button.

Your opponent doesn't have to accept. If the position has been repeated 3 times when you claim it (by clicking the draw button), a draw is declared.

Thanks for your reply we were playing with actual hard ware, if my opponet  keeps checking me and I move to the same squares with my king and I have more major pieces than him or don't wish for a draw does he have to move a different piece or do I have to move to a different square with  my king ?thanks.

You can just ensure that the position doesn't repeat itself thrice. ^

Thanks for this I will chide him as he "knows everything"