"I'd say anyone with superior intellect, or a bit of understanding of logic could play the game well. The game is Chess, and the Tremere have popularized it throughout the Order. Indeed, the terms pawn, rook and queen all come from the game." OOC: we'll handwave it and say it is the modern game of chess, unless someone has an interest in some of the types outlined in HoH:TL in the Tremere chapter. In game terms, the ease factor is Easy. Since the contested resource hook isn't in play here, it's flavor more than anything. It's not a stress die and the ease factor is Easy, so someone with an Int+Artes Liberales (or Philosophie)=5 will automatically win. "Would you like to take a break and play?"
Apollodorus calls for the Covenant's Charter, but not the Quaesitore to be called in.