Rely on your intellect

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From: A Game of Chess (Social Action)


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Your sharp wits have carried you over many of life's hurdles. It can see you to victory in a chess game, surely.

Unlocked with  them (1)

Locked with  2

Your friend needs  at most 1,  [you] (1)


When Sent

Variable title (see below)

Variable description (see below)

In Messages Tab

Your friend will receive:

Mirrorssmall.png [Your name] relied on their wits to see them through the skirmish.

Redirects to: A Game of Chess (Social Action)

Challenge Results

Winner will receive:

Your chess match with [friend] continues. You have out thought and out manoeuvred your opponent!

Loser will receive:

Your chess match with [friend] continues. Your opponent outwitted you!


Variable Descriptions

The result text varies on your level.

PhilosophyTitleDescription
0 - (no philosophy)The beginning of understandingYou know the rules. You're familiar with elementary strategy, perhaps even some more nuanced concepts. You simply need to study the board with sufficient focus.
1 - Legacy of the AnchoressA crusade in sixty-four squaresYou know the rules. You're familiar with elementary strategy, perhaps even some more nuanced concepts. You simply need to study the board with sufficient focus.
2 - UnconfinedSacrifices must be madeOnly one thing matters in this game: victory. If you must sacrifice your rook in order to press your advantage, then they will be slain. Your reaction will be inscrutable – as you next offer up your queen.
3 - Implacable MethodCareful studyThere is a logic to chess. Every move has an ideal response. You only need consider your opponent's decisions and the permutations of possible moves that could follow and you will find the route to topple their king.
100 - Your Own GeniusUnpublished gambitsYour mind contains vast troves of chess stratagems – enough to fill reams of paper, a whole series of books. It is from this that you draw your strategy, and it is this that means you shall win.