Underground chess tournament

This area is a secret underground chess tournament below Gad's

How to access

1. obtain unmarked ticket from Fudnik the gnomish barkeep
2. unlock trapdoor
3. give ticket to stella in exchange for namebadge

note: entering the tournament hall requires a registration ticket which can be brought from stella.

Inhabitants

• filthy rat
• Stella, pretty young receptionist
• chess enthusiast

Exhibit hall

• gray pawn
• gray bishop
• gray knight
• gray rook
• gray queen
• gray king

Tournment hall

• chess referee
• novice level opponent
• advanced level opponent
• master level opponent

Type "open" before each move, then proceed to the next room to face a new opponent e.g. open Ng6#.

Places of interest

Training hall

In each room is a lesson which teaches the basics of chess and how to enter the tournament. To view type look lesson at the end of the training hall is a message board.

Exhibit hall

Shows the various chess pieces and how they move.

Tournament hall

A series of chess puzzles of increasing difficulty to make a move type open <move>.

Giant chess board

Each room is a square on a giant chess board. The dark squares are made up of lava terrain while the light squares are ice terrain.

Solution

Do each of the following, then go down:

1. Go to white Rook, open Re8
2. Go to white Queen, open Qxf6+
3. Go to white Bishop, open Bh6
4. Go to white Queen, open Qd8+

Builders

• Creator: islaine
• Editors: morpheus shift shadowfax draak void dentin
• String editors: inessa