Chess team member is a career track in The Sims 4: High School Years. It is classified as an afterschool activity that is only available to teens. Completing this career track awards the Chess Master trait, which makes the logic skill increase faster, and, for some reason, guarantees an E-Sports scholarship when applying to university[TS4:DU].
The team meets from 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM on Monday and Thursday for practice, and participates in a chess competition every Tuesday. Sims can progress through the career track by leveling up their logic skill and practicing chess.
The computer team members are rivals of the chess team, and the "Rivals" relationship bit will be visible in rival Sims' profiles.
Career Levels[]
| Chess Team Member Career Levels
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| Description: "Join the High School Chess team! Put your logic skills to the test by joining this activity and meeting teammates that you can enhance your chess playing skills with. By joining this activity, you'll be able to request a High School Science Fair where you'll get to participate in a chess puzzle with other guests. Build your way up to captain where you can earn a special chess table, a team flag, and a trophy!" | ||
| Workplace: High School Chess Team | ||
| 1) Chess Team Fresh Recruit | ||
| <Sim name> has a lot to learn, but <he/she>'s on <his/her> way! Time to brush up on logic skill and chess practice that should really help <Sim name> also learn how to keep a straight face on while playing. | Wage: Unpaid | Days: S M T W T F S |
| Hours: 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM | ||
| Promotion Tasks: Reach Level 2 Logic Skill |
Daily Task: Play Chess | |
| Bonus: None | Pension: None | |
| 2) Chess Teammate | ||
| <Sim name> is getting the hang of this. Now, the giggles have subsided and the game starts to get more serious. It almost becomes enchanting and <he/she> is starting to gain major respect with the other team players. Keep up the logic and practice and captain might not be a joke any longer. | Wage: Unpaid | Days: S M T W T F S |
| Hours: 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM | ||
| Promotion Tasks: Reach Level 4 Logic Skill |
Daily Task: Play Chess | |
| Bonus: Chess Team Flag | Pension: None | |
| 3) Chess Team Captain | ||
| <Sim name> has really impressed with logic strategy and elegance. This may not be a grandmaster title, but being on top of the best high school chess team has a special feeling. | Wage: Unpaid | Days: S M T W T F S |
| Hours: 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM | ||
| Promotion Tasks: N/A |
Daily Task: Play Chess | |
| Bonus: Gold Leaf Chessboard, High School Chess Trophy, Chess Master Trait | Pension: None | |
Chance Cards[]
Like all other career tracks and afterschool activities in The Sims 4, there are chance cards for the chess team. However, one major difference is that for all but one of the chance cards, each option the player can choose from has only one possible outcome, rather than the typical two possible outcomes: success and failure. The chance cards are available for chess team members at any level, and appear on practice days. Six of the chance cards are generic, meaning they are available to all four afterschool activities. The two other chance cards are specific to the chess team. There are no fame chance cards.
On Tuesdays, Sims will participate in a chess competition. A pop-up notification similar to regular chance cards will appear, informing the player of whether their team lost or won the competition. These chance cards have only one response for the player to select, and the outcome is always the same.
Like usual, the outcome of chance cards can have an effect on a Sim's emotions and afterschool activity performance. Chance cards can also affect a Sim's relationship with their teammates, rivals, or crush. If The Sims 4: Parenthood is installed, character values will sometimes be affected.
 High School Team Generic Chance Cards
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| Team Practice | |
| A guest coach came to practice today to prepare the team for the upcoming competition. This could be a good opportunity to prank them. They won't even see it coming! | |
| Prank! | Don't Prank |
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| Team Practice | |
| Just like that, a fight breaks out in the middle of practice between two teammates. Hard to say if it was instigated from the heat of the sport or something to do with social media drama. Regardless of the logic or reason, the fight is starting to get good and folks quickly gathering around them. | |
| Cheer them on | Calm them down |
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| Team Practice | |
| Stretching is really key to being at top performance for team activities. Being sure to keep a balance of mental and physical health is very important! However, <Sim name> may have forgotten to do some much needed self-care time and stretch it out before going into practice today. Even though being a top achiever feels great and often portrayed as high reward, taking care of <himself/herself> should come first. <Sim name> will remember to take a stretch break next time. | |
| Will be mindful next time! | |
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| Team Practice | |
| Focus was the goal for <Sim name> today during practice but that is abruptly interrupted when <Sim name>'s crush shows up! This was unexpected. Now, the focus is all on them. <Sim name> can either show off some cool moves or keep calm. | |
| Show off | Play it safe and keep calm |
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| Team Practice | |
| While meeting with the team to discuss competition strategy, <Sim name>'s crush suddenly joins the meeting! <Sim name> is stunned this could even happen, but apparently the captain let them stop by since they were interested in what the team was up to. <Sim name> could really take this chance to look cool. Should <he/she> speak up and recommend a strategy in front of the whole team? | |
| Speak up | Share idea after meeting |
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| Team Practice | |
| Just before starting practice for the day, the team notices that a rival club member has messed with your gear. This will really set back practice for the day while the team cleans up the mess and makes arrangements for replacements. <Sim name> feels upset about the audacity of the other team to do something like this! <He/She> can get payback by doing the same to them or try to talk things through with the rival team in an attempt to make things better. | |
| Get Revenge | Make Amends |
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| Chess Team Member Chance Cards
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| Team Practice | |||
| During the match, an opponent starts using the Llamas Gambit against <Sim name>. Enough practice should have been plenty to understand that this was a pressure technique. Will <Sim name> spend time in defense against the gambit or will <he/she> try another gambit method against them? | |||
| Use the Anti-Gnome Defense | Use the Plumbob Countergambit | ||
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| Team Practice | |||
| <Sim name> decided to test out an online beta software that was testing an online simulated chess match. <Sim name> was hoping to get in some fast practice time when <he/she> noticed a few bugs in the experience. <He/She> found an open repository online for the beta and has the opportunity to submit some fixes. | |||
| Submit to the repo | Continue without submitting to repo | ||
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| Chess Team Competition Outcomes
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| Competition Day - Loss |
| It was <Sim name>'s turn to play in the chess competition. <He/She> practiced every chance possible but the silence and tension in the room was much different from playing at home, in the town square, or at school. Time began to tick down and the opponent was making some impressive moves. <Sim name> was also making some qualified moves but an abrupt noise in the audience pulled <his/her> attention away! While looking across the room <he/she> heard a "Gotcha" from the opponent. Distraction really took over the day, the opponent held their composure and was able to find a way to win. |
| Ouch! |
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| Competition Day - Win |
| It is time for the big chess competition and <Sim name> is up to go head to head against another chess player from another town. The room was very still and quiet. <Sim name> liked to be creative when playing, imagining what it would be like to be a miniature piece on a giant chessboard. Thinking of this helped <him/her> concentrate and focus till the end of the match. Now, imagining the giant chess board, this time <Sim name> is the bishop and the queen. Quickly seeing the opportunity, <Sim name> ends the game a winner with the scholars mate move! A scholarly chess champion, indeed! |
| Way to go! |
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Sims on the Chess team[]
- Molly Prescott - Chess Team Fresh Recruit