A nod of respect

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From: Play chess with the Boatman


He knows you, this one. Have you played against him before? Or does he follow your games in the living world?

Game Instructions: Careful! Losing to the Boatman may increase your Wounds to a perilous degree.

Unlocked with  9 to 14


Challenge information

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  • 69 - very chancy (41%)
  • 85 - chancy (51%)
  • 102 - modest (61%)
  • 119 - very modest (71%)
  • 135 - low-risk (81%)
  • 152 - straightforward (91%)
  • 167 - straightforward (100%)

Success

An extraordinary talent

Death comes against you in a hailstorm of pawns, a lightning-fork of bishops. Perhaps he's been holding back in the past. He has no mercy now. But neither do you. Mate in four.


Failure

Does he read the chess press?

He knew Ruprecht's Hook! You thought only three players in Europe understood that one. O dark dominion.