Play aggressively
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From: Oversee the Middle Game
You have seen this done before. It follows recent events on the Surface.
Game Instructions: Success gains three points of Positional Advantages. Failure gains three points of Strategic Weaknesses.
Challenge information
Narrow, 
A Player of Chess 3 (50% base)
- 0 - high-risk (20%)
- 1 - high-risk (30%)
- 2 - tough (40%)
- 3 - very chancy (50%)
- 4 - chancy (60%)
- 5 - modest (70%)
- 6 - very modest (80%)
- 7 - low-risk (90%)
- 8 and above - straightforward (100%)
Success
Control the board
The opponent's pawns flinch away. A mirror breaks in a Russian embassy. Newspapers print a rumour of war.
You've gained 1 x Progress on the Board
You've gained 3 x Positional Advantages
You now have (
Positional Advantages - 
Strategic Weaknesses) x Position on the Board: Distance ahead- You now have ( Strategic Weaknesses - Positional Advantages) x Position on the Board: Distance behind
Failure
Overreaching
You go too far, and leave your pieces exposed. You lose a bishop. Tomorrow in Vilnius a church will be bombed, with far-reaching consequence.
- You've gained 1 x Progress on the Board
- You've gained 3 x Strategic Weaknesses
- You now have ( Strategic Weaknesses - Positional Advantages) x Position on the Board: Distance behind
- You now have ( Positional Advantages - Strategic Weaknesses) x Position on the Board: Distance ahead
