Determine the Endgame

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You had little enough control over events at the outset. But now, the course of things is under your command. How will you bring this to a close?

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Choose an epaulette mate

•  Spoiler ID: 248013
  

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  Challenge information

  Narrow, 6 (50% base) || 2 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 3 - high-risk (20%) || 4 - high-risk (30%) || 5 - tough (40%) || 6 - very chancy (50%) || 7 - chancy (60%) || 8 - modest (70%) || 9 - very modest (80%) || 10 - low-risk (90%) || 11 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  Difficult to arrange

  •  You've gained 1 x Epaulette Mate
  • The game begins again. (Resets to 0)
  •  A Player of Chess is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 5 + )
  • Your 'Positional Advantages' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Strategic Weaknesses' Quality has gone!
  •  You've gained 1 x Memento of Silence
  •  You've gained (${\frac {5}{1+e^{-0.5\cdot (\mathrm {APoC} -7)}}}$(see table) × Distance Ahead) x Well-Placed Pawn
  • Your 'Position on the Board: Distance ahead' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Position on the Board: Distance behind' Quality has gone!

  A Player of Chess	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
  multiplier	0.237	0.379	0.596	0.912	1.345	1.888	2.5	3.112	3.655	4.088	4.404	4.621	4.763	4.853	4.91	4.945	4.967	4.98	4.988

  Failure

  Wait, wait

  •  Nightmares is increasing… (+2 CP)
  • The game begins again. (Resets to 0)
  • Your 'Positional Advantages' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Strategic Weaknesses' Quality has gone!
  •  A Player of Chess is increasing… (+2 CP, up to level 5 + )
  • Your 'Position on the Board: Distance ahead' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Position on the Board: Distance behind' Quality has gone!
  •  You've gained 160 x Well-Placed Pawn

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Choose a queen mate

•  Spoiler ID: 237673
  

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  Challenge information

  Narrow, 4 (50% base) || 0 - almost impossible (10%) || 1 - high-risk (20%) || 2 - high-risk (30%) || 3 - tough (40%) || 4 - very chancy (50%) || 5 - chancy (60%) || 6 - modest (70%) || 7 - very modest (80%) || 8 - low-risk (90%) || 9 and above - straightforward (100%)
  

  Success

  Stand in for the queen

  •  You've gained 1 x Queen Mate
  • The game begins again. (Resets to 0)
  •  A Player of Chess is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 5 + )
  • Your 'Positional Advantages' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Strategic Weaknesses' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Position on the Board: Distance ahead' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Position on the Board: Distance behind' Quality has gone!
  •  You've gained 1 x Memento of Silence
  •  You've gained (${\frac {5}{1+e^{-0.5\cdot (\mathrm {APoC} -7)}}}$(see table) × Distance Ahead) x Well-Placed Pawn

  A Player of Chess	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
  multiplier	0.237	0.379	0.596	0.912	1.345	1.888	2.5	3.112	3.655	4.088	4.404	4.621	4.763	4.853	4.91	4.945	4.967	4.98	4.988

  Failure

  Stand in for the queen

  • The game begins again. (Resets to 0)
  •  Nightmares is increasing… (+2 CP)
  •  A Player of Chess is increasing… (+2 CP, up to level 5 + )
  • Your 'Positional Advantages' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Strategic Weaknesses' Quality has gone!
  • You are not ahead of your opponent at all. (Resets to 0)
  • You are not behind your opponent at all. (Resets to 0)
  •  You've gained 160 x Well-Placed Pawn

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Offer a draw

•  Spoiler ID: 251896
  

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  Success

  An Impasse

  • The game begins again. (Resets to 0)
  • Your 'Positional Advantages' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Strategic Weaknesses' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Position on the Board: Distance ahead' Quality has gone! (hidden)
  • Your 'Position on the Board: Distance behind' Quality has gone! (hidden)
  •  You've gained 1 x Threefold Repetition
  •  You've gained 1 x Memento of Silence
  •  You've gained $75+{\frac {90}{1+e^{-0.5\cdot (\mathrm {APoC} -7)}}}$(see table) x Well-Placed Pawn

  A Player of Chess	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
  	79	82	86	91	99	109	120	131	141	149	154	158	161	162	163	164	164	165	165

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Stalemate

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  Success

  Call the game a draw

  • The game begins again. (Resets to 0)
  •  You've gained 1 x Stalemate
  • Your 'Positional Advantages' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Strategic Weaknesses' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Position on the Board: Distance ahead' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Position on the Board: Distance behind' Quality has gone!
  • You've lost 2 x Threefold Repetition
  •  You've gained 1 x Vital Intelligence

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Force a Stalemate

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  Success

  Call the game a draw

  • The game begins again. (Removes all )
  •  You've gained 1 x Stalemate
  • Your 'Positional Advantages' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Strategic Weaknesses' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Position on the Board: Distance ahead' Quality has gone!
  • You've lost 360 x Well-Placed Pawn

  ^

Resign

•  Spoiler ID: 237718
  

   

  Success

  Fall sideways

  • The game begins again. (Removes all )
  • Your 'Positional Advantages' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Strategic Weaknesses' Quality has gone!
  • You are not behind of your opponent at all. (Removes all )

  ^

Increase

Recognise new possibilities in the depth of your loss

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  Success

  The next game will be better

  • Your maximum A Player of Chess is now 6. (Sets to 1)
  • The game begins again. (Resets to 0)
  • Your 'Strategic Weaknesses' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Positional Advantages' Quality has gone!
  • You are not behind your opponent at all any more. (Resets to 0)
  • You are not ahead of your opponent at all. (Resets to 0)

  ^

Recognise new possibilities in the height of your win

•  Spoiler ID: 238116
  

  Unlocked with  23,  exactly 1, Base A Player of Chess 6
  Locked with  7
  

   

  Success

  Heady pleasures

  • The game begins again. (Resets to 0)
  • Your 'Positional Advantages' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Strategic Weaknesses' Quality has gone!
  • Your maximum A Player of Chess is now 7. (Sets to 2)
  • You are not ahead of your opponent at all. (Resets to 0)
  • You are not behind your opponent at all. (Resets to 0)

  ^

Tweak

Betray! Destroy! Take white down from the inside!

•  Spoiler ID: 238109
  

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  Success

  Chaos and Flames

  •  You've gained 3 x Favours: Revolutionaries (up to 7)
  •  Advancing the Liberation of Night: is increasing… (+50 CP, up to level 50)
  • Steadfast is dropping… (-5 CP)
  • Your 'Positional Advantages' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Strategic Weaknesses' Quality has gone!
  •  You are now playing with black pieces. (Sets Colour at the Chessboard to 2 - Black)
  • Your 'Position on the Board: Distance ahead' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Position on the Board: Distance behind' Quality has gone!

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Betray! Destroy! Take black down from the inside!

•  Spoiler ID: 249640
  

  Unlocked with  4,  exactly 2
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  Success

  Chaos and flames

  • The game begins again. (Removes all )
  • Advancing the Liberation of Night: is dropping… (-45 CP)
  • Steadfast is dropping… (-5 CP)
  • Your 'Strategic Weaknesses' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Positional Advantages' Quality has gone!
  •  You are now playing with white pieces. (Sets Colour at the Chessboard to 3 - White)
  • Your 'Position on the Board: Distance ahead' Quality has gone!
  • Your 'Position on the Board: Distance behind' Quality has gone!
  •  You've gained 3 x Favours: The Great Game (up to 7)

  ^