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From: The Nephrite Quarter


On tables set outside a café, a few people – mostly idle youths and the elderly – play a game that resembles chess.


Challenge information

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

Success

Victory

A talkative old man explains the rules to you […]

He plays an unfamiliar opening, but you expect that. The middlegame is good and fierce […] When the dust settles, you're a pawn up, and it's all a matter of not giving away the endgame.

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Failure

Insufficient material

A talkative old man explains the rules to you […]

He plays an unfamiliar opening. You expect that, but you don't expect his fierceness in the middlegame – you end up exchanging all your pieces and drawing the game.

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