It seemed obvious enough to Keith. The easy aggressive strategy hadn't worked. The answer was sacrifice. Besides, there was something faintly satisfying about watching that defensive wall vanish. It wasn't something he could do in real life.

(He'd have to be careful, not to give anything away like that. He'd conserve the rest of his pawns as best as he could while putting his queen out on the offensive.)

With the now-freed rook, he took the pawn Bakura had used to take his pawn. "An eye for an eye," he murmured. "This game encourages it."