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)

•  You've gained 1 x Chess: The Progress of your Match
•  Watchful is increasing… (+(/2) CP, up to level 200 + ) (hidden)

In Messages Tab

Your friend will receive:

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

•  You've gained 1 x Chess: The Progress of your Match

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!

•  You've gained 1 x Chess: Skirmishes Won this Match
•  Watchful is increasing… (+2 CP, up to level 200 + )

Loser will receive:

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

•  You've gained 1 x Sudden Insight (up to 20)

Variable Descriptions

The result text varies on your level.

Philosophy	Title	Description
0 - (no philosophy)	The beginning of understanding	You 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 Anchoress	A crusade in sixty-four squares	You 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 - Unconfined	Sacrifices must be made	Only 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 Method	Careful study	There 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100 - Your Own Genius	Unpublished gambits	Your mind contains vast troves of chess stratagems – enough to fill reams of paper, a whole series of books.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.