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?

Unlocked with Progress on the Board 8

Storylet appears in The Chessboard

Options:

Choose an epaulette mate

•  Spoiler ID: 248013
  

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

   

  Challenge information

  Narrow, A Player of Chess 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. (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!
  •  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!

  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

  Wait, wait

  •  Nightmares is increasing… (+2 CP)
  •  The game begins again. (Removes Progress on the Board)
  •  Your 'Positional Advantages' Quality has gone!
  •  Your 'Strategic Weaknesses' Quality has gone!
  •  A Player of Chess is increasing… (+2 CP, up to level 5 + A Player's Studies)
  •  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
  

  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'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

  •  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

  ^

Offer a draw

•  Spoiler ID: 251896
  

  Unlocked with Positional Advantages exactly Strategic Weaknesses, Positional Advantages > 0
  Locked with Threefold Repetition 2
  

   

  Success

  An Impasse

  •  The game begins again. (Removes Progress on the Board)
  •  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
  Well-Placed Pawn	79	82	86	91	99	109	120	131	141	149	154	158	161	162	163	164	164	165	165

  ^

Stalemate

•  Spoiler ID: 237688
  

  Unlocked with Positional Advantages exactly Strategic Weaknesses, Positional Advantages > 0, 2 x Threefold Repetition
  

   

  Success

  Call the game a draw

  •  The game begins again. (Removes Progress on the Board)
  •  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

  ^

Force a Stalemate

•  Spoiler ID: 249633
  

  Unlocked with 1 ≤ Strategic Weaknesses < Positional Advantages, Parabolan Dominance exactly 4, 360 x Well-Placed Pawn
  

   

  Success

  Call the game a draw

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

  ^

Increase A Player's Studies

Recognise new possibilities in the depth of your loss

•  Spoiler ID: 238099
  

  Unlocked with Strategic Weaknesses 7, Base A Player of Chess 5
  Locked with A Player's Studies
  

   

  Success

  The next game will be better

  • Your maximum A Player of Chess is now 6. (Sets A Player's Studies to 1)
  •  The game begins again. (Removes Progress on the Board)
  •  Your 'Strategic Weaknesses' Quality has gone!
  •  Your 'Positional Advantages' Quality has gone!
  •  You are not ahead of your opponent at all any more. (Removes Position on the Board: Distance ahead)
  •  You are not behind your opponent at all. (Removes Position on the Board: Distance behind)

  ^

Recognise new possibilities in the height of your win

•  Spoiler ID: 238116
  

  Unlocked with Positional Advantages 23, A Player's Studies exactly 1, Base A Player of Chess 6
  Locked with Strategic Weaknesses 7
  

   

  Success

  Heady pleasures

  •  The game begins again. (Removes Progress on the Board)
  •  Your 'Positional Advantages' Quality has gone!
  •  Your 'Strategic Weaknesses' Quality has gone!
  • Your maximum A Player of Chess is now 7. (Sets A Player's Studies to 2)
  •  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)

  ^

Tweak Advancing the Liberation of Night:

Betray! Destroy! Take white down from the inside!

•  Spoiler ID: 238109
  

  Unlocked with Advancing the Liberation of Night: Slowly (not shown), Less Slowly, Significantly, Dramatically, A Player of Chess 4, Colour at the Chessboard exactly 3
  Locked with Favours: Revolutionaries 5
  

   

  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!

  ^

Betray! Destroy! Take black down from the inside!

•  Spoiler ID: 249640
  

  Unlocked with A Player of Chess 4, Colour at the Chessboard exactly 2
  Locked with 5 x Favours: The Great Game
  

   

  Success

  Chaos and flames

  •  The game begins again. (Removes all Progress on the Board)
  •  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)

  ^

The Coilheart Games

Resign, in exchange for information

•  Spoiler ID: 267236
  

  Unlocked with The Coilheart Games is 2 (World Quality, now locked), Of Stripes, and Coils 100-299, Coilheart Visitors 10
  Locked with Lead: A Sequestered Piece
  

   

  Success

  More valuable hidden

  •  Kings are only important because if you lose control of them, the game is over. (Sets Lead: A Sequestered Piece to 1)
  •  Huffam will want to hear of this. And then double-check it scrupulously. (Raises Bearing Valuable Leads by 1)
  •  The game begins again. (Removes Progress on the Board)
  •  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)

  ^