No botch 1d10=9. I did not know it was a stress die. i thought it was a simple die.
I will need to disappear shortly as I have a party to attend for my wife's work. I thought I would have lost by now 
No biggie.... It probably wasn't clear from the first post where I said if you botched the roll for ladder placement for you and Tranquillina that it would place them against Maris right away. I meant for every roll for a competitor to be a stress die.
So...a non botching 0...
So someone who is competitive with Korvin....a Corpus specialist......
Got it...
Her reputation precedes her. Archmaga Jacinta Flambonis (follower of the school of Apromor).
"Well met, Korvin. It has been some time. I came here for a bit of sport, imagine my surprise to find you were my next opponent. I hope you don't mind, but I'm choosing Perdo. It's a pity that Pietro lost to Maris after your covenant mate. I had hoped to face off against him in the finals." Korvin isn't sure if this is hubris or just a strong comfort in her own skin. Korvin knows she is, like all followers of Apromor, a Perdo specialist. Further, she has pursued many suboptimal techniques for using Perdo to accomplish all of her magical desires. He can be sure that her corpus ability is strong...
Rolls and totals for initiative attack and defense.
Korvin is going down 
Quik +0 Presence +0, Perception +0, Intelligence +3, Stamina +1
Finesse 2, Penetration 2 (Creo), Parma Magica 4 (Corpus)
Perdo 8, Corpus 19
init: 2+ 1d10=9 11
Attack Perdo 8 1d10=1+ 1d10=8 = 25/2 = 12
Defense Corpus 19 + 1d10=2 = 21
( I should have stuck with my same strategy and gone all in for attack. At least we would have hammered each other on those rolls))
Quik +2 Presence -1, Perception +2, Intelligence +1, Stamina +3
Finesse 6, Penetration 5 (Corpus), Parma Magica 7 (Corpus)
Perdo 28, Corpus 17
Rolls of 2, 8, 8, 8. Attack is Corpus (first 8 )
Initiative is 2+6+2=10
Jacinta Attacks: -1 +17+8=24, vs a defense of 21, AA 3
Jacinta's Defense: 2+8+28=38 vs an attack of 12.
Jacinta's Weaking Total: 3 AA + 5 Pen +1 Spec + 1=10 vs 6 Resistance (see below): Korvin loses 1 fatigue level
Korvin's Resistance total is: 4+1+1=6
Jacinta creates a phantasmal version of Korvin, down to the last detail, except he's naked. The phantasmal Korvin's left arm withers into a small useless nub.
Round 2.
((Per 0 + Folk Ken (Magi) 2 + die roll of 5 = 7.))
((I'm not finding "S ann trusdar is Tremere!" in my translator or my Scottish Gaelic dictionary (although Tremere is pretty obvious) – translate please, if it's Scottish/Gaelic?))
Fiona grins. [color=blue]"I really don't think you want to get into a drinking contest with me."
Fiona can't get a great read on Tranquillina, but can tell at least that she's not devastated about her loss to Maris.
((I'm doing the Internet-makes-me-an-expert pretension here. Was trying to write "Tremere's a bastard!", meaning just a profane "Bastard Tremere!"))
"I'll wait until you're your other white-haired self before that," Tranquillina agrees, returning the flask.
Die rolls of 4,5,4, Corpus for the attack
Jacinta Attacks: -1 +17+5=21, vs a defense of 7, AA 14
Jacinta's Defense: 2+4+28=34 vs an attack of 25; Korvin's attack is ineffective
Jacinta's Weaking Total: 14 AA + 5 Pen +1 Spec + 1=21 vs 6 Resistance (see below): Korvin loses 3 fatigue levels, now down 4 total (Dazed), and is at a -5 for all actions, and almost out.
Korvin's Resistance total is: 4+1+1=6
The phantasmal Korvin's legs are withered and he can barely remain upright.
[color=blue]"Won't help," Fiona says as she takes a drink. [color=blue]"I'd still drink you under the table. Not my favorite thing to do under there, but it's up there."
She grins. [color=blue]"Looks like you'll live, Tranquillina. I'm going to head back out to the field, I think Korvin's up soon."
[color=blue]"I'll see you later," she says with a playful wink before she leaves.
Korvin will concede to the superior opponent.
Oh, yeah, Fiona is definitely there checking out the action, maybe wincing a bit as the phantasm's various limbs become shriveled and useless.
Once the match is over, Fiona will go give Korvin a deep heartfelt kiss, then help him to a bench or something and sit next to him with her arm around him.
[color=blue]"You did all right, Korvin. Want me to come cheer you up later?"
Korvin smiles.
I would like that. At least I had fun with the chess set match. You might get some more looks after that one my dear.
For now I must rest up and get back to schmoozing the Mercere. How is your Giant blooded conference going?
((I had to go back and find that, I had somehow missed it yesterday. Got a couple of chuckles out of it.
Now that I've seen it, Fiona's going to have some fun with it, and Muto her robe, which is linen, into a replica of what the White Queen was (barely) wearing in the board. Looks like Base 3, R: Personal for clothes she's wearing (per the range description), D: Sun +2, T: Individual, for a Target Level of 5. Her CT is Sta 3 + Mu 17 + He 10 + Aura 5 = 35 ÷ 5 = 7, so she can do that without Fatigue. Finesse roll to get it right? Int 1 + Finesse 3 + die roll of 3 = 7.))
[color=blue]"I hope so. So many people here, and more than a few are actually not bad-looking."
((The conference is for a couple of weeks or a month after Tribunal).
[color=blue]"Still getting responses. It looks like it may be better attended than I had hoped."
Don't wear yourself out. Korvin winks. I will look forward to seeing you tonight my Queen. Korvin bows after her garment transformation.
That night, Fiona tells Korvin to just lay back and relax, since he's had such a tiring ordeal, and let her take care of everything. She then pleasures him with everything she's got.
Check and mate.