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The Chessmaster

2025-11-23T08:03:36Z

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{{Enemy
| Name = The Chessmaster
| image = [[File:RRSnip-Chessmaster.jpg|200px|The Chessmaster]]
| alignment = Bad
| appears in = ''[[Rayman Redemption]]''
| location = [[The Lair of the Chessmaster]]
| resistance = [[File:LifebarInf.png|Invulnerable]]
| attacks = [[Chess piece]]s, bowtie attack
}}

{{quote|text=Well, well! Who dares enter my lair and challenge the Chessmaster? I'll have you know I've never lost a single match of chess!|sign=The Chessmaster|source=''[[Rayman Redemption]]''}}

'''The Chessmaster''' is a mini-boss in ''[[Rayman Redemption]]'', who appears in [[the Lair of the Chessmaster]] - the third level of [[Playtopia]]. He challenges [[Rayman]] to a "chess match", where each player takes control of a king (white for [[Rayman]], black for the Chessmaster), and the goal is to be the first to move one's king to the opposite end of the board.

The kings are moved by punching them, and can only move one square at a time. Since white goes first, [[Rayman]] is guaranteed to always win the game, if he can survive. From the second move on, the Chessmaster pull [[Chess piece]]s out of his hat, which attack [[Rayman]] and hinder his progress. After the fourth move, he will additionally hurl his red bowtie at [[Rayman]] like a boomerang. [[Rayman]] will need to clear out all the [[Chess piece]] minions before he can punch the white king one more step.

Once the white king reaches the other side of the chess board, the Chessmaster observes that he had been checkmated, although in his frustration he accuses [[Rayman]] of not playing fair. He relinquishes the [[Master key]], and warns [[Rayman]] to get out of [[The Lair of the Chessmaster|his domain]], lest he feels like challenging him to a rematch.

<gallery widths="480px" heights="270px" class="sprite">
File:Capture-TrueBossRush174.png|The Chessmaster in the [[True Boss Rush]].
</gallery>

[[Rayman]] can rematch the Chessmaster in the [[True Boss Rush]], who now has a black color with purplish lips and hat, and stronger attacks.

==Trivia==
* The Chessmaster is one of the bosses' whose battle was the most drastically changed since ''[[Rayman Redemption]]'''s early production. He had a life bar with eight health points as a possible reference to the number of rows or columns in a chessboard, and he took a much more active role in the fight, manipulating two different black [[chess piece]]s to attack [[Rayman]]. He would use the pawn to stomp [[Rayman]], and would slide the tower in his direction to ram [[Rayman|him]]. While in his hands, the [[chess piece]]s are missing their eyes and hands, but they grow them once the Chessmaster allows the [[Chess piece|piece]]s to act out of their accord, thus becoming exactly like the [[chess piece]] enemies in the final game. To fight back, [[Rayman]] had to push a white pawn towards the Chessmaster until it would hit his face, the pawn also missing hands and eyes. The location was also different, having a dark starry blue background, spikes below the chess board which had smaller squares, and a much more narrow arena cornered by two very tall red walls.<ref>''[[Rayman Redemption]]'' - Welcome to Playtopia, https://youtu.be/vnMISCVJdKg?t=104</ref>
* The Chessmaster is the only boss or mini-boss in ''[[Rayman Redemption]]'' that cannot be attacked or harmed directly. He has no visible life bar.
* Despite not being a main boss, the Chessmaster is the only [[Playtopia]] antagonist to have [[the Lair of the Chessmaster|his name featured in a level's title]]. If following the worlds' final level tradition from ''{{rw|Rayman 1}}'' to have the main boss's name in the title, this honor should have gone to [[the Menace]] in [[Brain Games]].
* The game that [[Rayman]] and the Chessmaster play does not abide to any known rules of chess. In an actual chess game, a checkmate is not reached by moving one's king to the other side of the board, but by putting the opponent's king under attack without any legal moves to escape or block it.
* Originally, the names of chessboys was Check and Mate, but this was cancelled.<ref>''[[Rayman Redemption]]'' Postmortem (PART 3), https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5E-cJRK5Jmk&pp=ygUcUmF5bWFuIFJlZGVtcHRpb24gUG9zdG1vcnRlbQ%3D%3D</ref>
==References==
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{{Rayman Redemption}}

[[Category: Bosses from Rayman Redemption]]

File:Rayman Redemption White Chess (Unused?.png

2025-09-24T16:16:41Z

Weevilbug: Chessmaster white chess... cheese.

== Summary ==
Chessmaster white chess... cheese.

Gold ring

2025-09-24T10:28:02Z

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[[File:GoldenRing.png|300 x 128px|thumb|alt=An Golden Ring.|An Golden Ring.]]
Golden Ring is a object in Rayman Redemption, you can get they from The Monk, if you grab them, Rayman will start rotating.

File:Goldring.png

2025-09-24T10:24:22Z

Weevilbug:

A Golden Ring

Rayman: Alive

2025-09-21T05:21:45Z

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[[File:Rayman Alive logo 2025.webp|thumb|200px|The current logo of ''Rayman Alive'']]

'''''Rayman Alive''''' is a Rayman community event, created by vnheard. It showcases various fan projects including fangames, mods, animated series and much more. The event consists of animated intro, project showcases and fanart segments.

==First edition==
[[File:Rayman Alive logo.png|thumb|200px|The original logo of ''Rayman Alive'']]

''Rayman Alive'' 2022 has been announced on October 1st 2022 with a poster including a line-up of many anticipated projects being included.
The event premiered on December 10th and is considered to be a huge success for the Rayman community with over 450 people watching it live. Fans had a chance to catch up with the current progress of many anticipated fan games and learn about new promising projects.

The full list of of featured showcases consists of:

* Rayman Lumen Engine
* ''[[Rayman: The Dreamer's Boundary]]''
* ''[[Rayman: Monsters of The Depth]]''
* CPA Engine showcase
* [[Rayman Control Panel]]
* ''[[Rayman Lum'o'Grams]]''
* ''[[Rayman Garden PLUS]]'': Story Mode Update
* ''[[Barbara Journey: The Fallen Angels]]''
* ''{{rw|Rayman Legends}}'' fan expansions
* ''[[Rayman Arena Definitive Edition]]''
* ''[[Rayman: M2]]''
* ''[[Rayman Polokurse]]''
* ''[[Rayman 2: Redreamed|Rayman 2 HD]]''
* ''[[Rayman: Revenge of the Dark]]''
* ''[[Rayman: Scepter of Leptys]]''
* Art submissions segment

==Second edition==
''Rayman Alive'' 2023 was announced on September 23rd 2023 with a trailer. The event premiered on December 16th 2023. More than 800 people were watching it live.

The full list of of featured showcases consists of:

* ''[[Rayman: Scepter of Leptys]]''
* ''[[Rayman: Mystery]]''
* {{rw|Rayman Pirate-Community}} ad and [[Rayfanpedia]] announcement
* Mr. Stones Armada, a ''[[Rayman ReDesigner]]'' custom level (https://raydistributor.com/content/RAY-Z9YA-AC)
* ''[[Rayman: Monsters of The Depths]]''
* ''[[Rayman: Nightmarish]]''
* ''[[Rayman: Minecraft DLC]]''
* ''[[Tonic Detox]]''
* [[Rayman Control Panel]] Anniversary Update
* ''[[The Rayman Show]]''
* [[RayUnite]]
* [[Rayman 3 GBA - PC Port|''Rayman 3'' GBA PC Port]]
* ''[[Rayman: The Big Invasion]]'' V0.3
* ''[[Rayman: Distorted]]''
* ''[[Rayman: M2]]''
* ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids: Reburrowed]]''
* ''[[Rayman Lum'o'Grams]]''
* ''[[Rayman Polokurse]]''
* ''[[Rayman 2: Redreamed|Rayman 2 HD]]''
* ''[[Rayman: Revenge of the Dark]]''
* Art submissions segment
* ''Rayman Alive'': Fan Film Festival announcement

==Rayman Fan Film Festival==
The Rayman Fan Film Festival is an edition originally intended for late 2024, which was meant to be a brand new segment in the Rayman Alive community event.
Its goal was to give fans the opportunity to have their Rayman films showcased to thousands of people live, and could have included 2D animation, CGI, stop motion or live action footage.<ref>Rayman Fan Film Festival Document, https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A0_wTUmI29zLsQTZSE7yluKj3LtH06y_hlOrmrupYfA/edit?pli=1&tab=t.0</ref>
It was allegedly cancelled due to not receiving enough entries.

==Third edition==
''Rayman Alive'' 2025 was announced on April 12 2025 with a trailer. It took place on September 1st 2025 to commemorate ''{{rw|Rayman (series)|Rayman}}'''s 30th anniversary.
This third edition marked the first official involvement from {{rw|Ubisoft}}, featuring brand producer Loïc Gounon and composer {{rw|Christophe Héral}}, talking about the future of ''{{rw|Rayman (series)|Rayman}}''. This was accompanied by a revival of the social networks accounts<ref>Rayman Alive shared by the official Rayman account, https://x.com/RaymanGame/status/1962595264390218129</ref>, including the creation of a dedicated [https://www.instagram.com/rayman_game/ Instagram page].

The full list of featured showcases consists of:

* ''[[Rayman 3 Readvanced]]''
* ''[[Rayman: The First Adventure]]''
* ''[[Rayman Origins 2]]''
* RayMarathon
* ''[[Rayman: Minecraft DLC]]''
* [https://gamebanana.com/mods/617018 ''Ales Origins'' Mod for ''Rayman Origins'']
* ''[[Rayman Re-Butt-Ed]]''
* ''[[Rayman: Distorted]]''
* ''[[Rayman Unlimbited]]''
* ''[[Rayman: Monsters of the Depths]]''
* ''[[Rayman Control Panel]]''
* ''[[Rayman Legends: Forbidden Lands DLC]]''
* ''[[Rayman: Nightmarish]]''
* ''[[Rayman: Mystery of Polokus]]''
* ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids TV RayAnimated]]''
* ''[[Rayman Legends: Journey DLC]]''
* ''[[Rayman Dreambound]]''
* ''[https://raymanbeatbox.tonocatmeow.com/ Rayman Legends Beatbox PC and Android Port]''
* ''[[Rayman Into The Polyworld]]''
* ''[[Rayman: Revenge of the Dark]]''
* ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids: Reburrowed]]''
* ''[[Rayman Lum'o'Grams]]''
* ''[[Rayman 2: Redreamed]]''
* ''[[Rayman 3: Havoc Reignited]]''
* Special message from {{rw|Ubisoft|Ubisoft Montpellier}}
* Art submissions segment

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Rayman Alive 2022 poster.jpg|The poster for the 2022 edition
Rayman Alive 2023 poster.jpg|The poster for the 2023 edition
Rayman Alive 2025 poster.webp|The poster for the 2025 edition
</gallery>

==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz_y-Js9Cp4 Recording of ''Rayman Alive'' 2022]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7F_wnNKv-o Recording of ''Rayman Alive'' 2023]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnGyqe1t_JU Recording of ''Rayman Alive'' 2025]

==References==
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[[Category:Events]]

Pink ring

2025-09-21T05:00:46Z

Weevilbug:

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[[File:PencilPentathlonR1RING.png|300 x 128px|thumb|alt=ONION RING??|Pink Ring, as they appears in {{rr|Pencil Pentathlon}]]
Pink Ring is a first one of pink helpers, they can be unlocked in the end of the {{rr|Moskito's Nest}}. You can grab rings using your fist.

File:PencilPentathlonR1RING.png

2025-09-21T04:58:43Z

Weevilbug:

RINGS, THAT'S LOOKING LIKE ONION RINGS

Pink ring

2025-09-21T04:54:26Z

Weevilbug:

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[[File:PinkRing sprite.png|300 x 128px|thumb|alt=A Pink Ring.|A Pink Ring.]]
Pink Ring is a first one of pink helpers, they can be unlocked in the end of the {{rr|Moskito's Nest}}. You can grab rings using your fist.

Pink ring

2025-09-21T04:54:07Z

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Pink ring

2025-09-21T04:52:24Z

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[[File:PinkRing sprite.png|300 x 128px|thumb|alt=A Pink Ring.|A Pink Ring.]]
Pink Ring is a first one of pink helpers, they can be unlocked in the end of the

File:PinkRing sprite.png

2025-09-21T04:50:23Z

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Pink Ring.

Toontotem

2025-09-20T13:12:53Z

Weevilbug:

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[[File:ToontotemJungle.jpg|300 x
168px|thumb|alt=Toontotem |Toontotem ]]
Toontotem is a totem, in which pink helpers are closed. They're appears three times throughout the game, showing up at the end of the levels {{rr|Moskito's Nest}}, [[Tempest Terror]] and [[Molten Depths]].

Toontotem

2025-09-20T13:10:37Z

Weevilbug:

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[[File:ToontotemJungle.jpg|300 x
168px|thumb|alt=Toontotem |Toontotem ]]
Toontotem is a totem, in which pink helpers are closed. They're appears three times throughout the game, showing up at the end of the levels [[Moskito's Nest (Rayman Redemption)]], [[Tempest Terror]] and [[Molten Depths]].

Toontotem

2025-09-20T13:09:26Z

Weevilbug:

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[[File:ToontotemJungle.jpg|300 x
168px|thumb|alt=Toontotem |Toontotem ]]
Toontotem is a totem, in which pink helpers are closed. They're appears three times throughout the game, showing up at the end of the levels [[Moskito's Nest]], [[Tempest Terror]] and [[Molten Depths]].

Toontotem

2025-09-20T13:07:27Z

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Toontotem

2025-09-20T13:04:35Z

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Toontotem

2025-09-20T12:59:52Z

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Toontotem is a totem, in which pink helpers are closed.
[[File:ToontotemJungle.jpg|300 x
168px|thumb|alt=Toontotem |Toontotem ]]

File:ToontotemJungle.jpg

2025-09-20T12:58:07Z

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A toontotem!

Tempest Terror

2025-09-20T11:22:37Z

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{{StandardLevel
| name = Tempest Terror
| image = [[File:Capture-TempestTerror.png|center|320px|class=sprite|Tempest Terror]]
| preceded by = {{rr|Mr Stone's Peaks}}
| followed by = [[The Highest Peak]]
}}

'''Tempest Terror''' is the fourth and final main level of {{rr|Blue Mountains}}, the third world in ''[[Rayman Redemption]]''. Set high up in the snow-covered mountains, frequently beset by tempests and blizzards, it consists of four parts.
In the third part, [[Rayman]] battles [[Darktoon]] for the second time. After defeating him, in the last part [[Rayman]] reaches the second of the three [[Toontotem]]s and releases the [[Pink spring]]s.

The third part appears again in the [[True Boss Rush]] for [[Darktoon]]'s second battle.

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="480px" heights="270px" class="sprite">
File:Capture-TrueBossRush59.png|[[Darktoon]]'s second battle in the [[True Boss Rush]].
</gallery>

==Trivia==
* Music in this level are a remaked soundtrack Mountain Spring from Rayman Advance.

{{RaymanRedemptionLocations}}
[[Category:Places from Rayman Redemption]]