One of the many side activities in Watch_Dogs involves chess. There’s even a few different kinds of chess challenges. The first one I ran into was the Survival challenge. Read on for my strategy.

This challenge pits you against the AI with a single King vs. the AI’s King and two Rooks. My strategy for getting 3 stars involved moving my King to a position that would force the AI to take an extra turn moving a rook out of danger. It’s hard to explain with words because I don’t speak the chess coordinate system. Instead, here’s a video!

Watch “Watch Dogs: Chess Survival Puzzle 1” here!