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From: Determine the Endgame

Attack in force, when the opposing King has no defence left.

Game Instructions: Winning will always gain the Queen Mate. You will also gain Well-Placed Pawns depending on how far ahead of your opponent you are and your level of A Player of Chess.

Unlocked with Position on the Board: Distance ahead ( Positional Advantages > Strategic Weaknesses)

Challenge information

Narrow, A Player of Chess 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 are the winning piece. Nose to nose with the enemy King, your own King behind you.

•  You've gained 1 x Queen Mate
•  The game begins again. (Removes Progress on the Board)
•  A Player of Chess is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 5 + A Player's Studies)
•  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

During The Sixth Coil, with Intellect: Schedule 1–2:

•  Much can be learned from each and every game. (Raises Intellect: Moonlit Insight by 1)

A Player of Chess	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Well-Placed Pawn 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

You are the winning piece. […] Or... where is your King? Nowhere to be seen! […] You're defenceless.

[…] The game has already ended and you did not notice, and the next thing you know, you are lying on your side, waiting to be placed in the front lines again.

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