Tomorrow Belongs to Us: Is the City of Seth a Life-Size Chess Game?

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Is the city of Seth about to become the stage for a life-size chess game in Tomorrow Belongs To Us?

It must be said that for several days, chess player Sungam has been spreading terror. After kidnapping Sarah (Camille Genau) and Roxanne (Raphael Volkoff), the latter takes Manon hostage. Not enough to bode well for the future.

While Commander Constant’s (Frank Monsin) teams race to find Aurora’s daughter, Sungam’s motives remain as mysterious as ever. However, Timothée (Grégoire the champion) quickly discovers his opponent’s strategy.

Sungam’s plan revealed

In A new extract is available on the TF1+ platform, Seti police is releasing information about the investigation. With Manon still missing, time is running out. Fortunately, Timothy seems to have understood the mysterious chess player’s plan.

“There was wallpaper on the computer“He explained to Commander Constant before continuing,”This is the Bayeux tapestry. So this is a depiction of King Harold’s death at the Battle of Hastings in the 12th century. It was by killing King Harold that William of Normandy became William the Conqueror“.

When Nordin (Youssef Agal) asks what this has to do with their case, the young man clarifies that he “This is one of the rare battles where a king kills another king, like in a game of chess“.

At the same time, Aurora (Julie DeBazak) returns from the marina and points out that she found the pawn from the chess game hidden under the boat pen in which Sarah and Roxanne are occupied. And this pawn is labeled “G7”, the position on the board.

Since the pawns are never marked as such in the official game, this proves that Sungam is trying to send a message to the police. “Sungam plays a game of chess, but it is not virtual. It’s in the real world– says Timothy. The last piece he picked up was Manon’s…

Since the object of chess is to capture the opponent’s king, is Sungman trying to capture the king or a token piece? who could it be One thing is for sure, the game has just begun in Tomorrow Belongs To Us!