Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-3146930-20160704005509/@comment-3146930-20160710014436

This comment reminds me of a game of chess I played once. The guy I was playing was so focused on getting his pawn down the board that it gave me time to set up. As soon as that pawn reached the other side, I gladly gave him his queen because on my next move it was checkmate.

Applying this idea to Ozpin, he may have spent so much time focusing on Ruby and believing that she was worth enough to sacrifice his stronger pieces for, that he wasn't looking at the big picture and he was quickly put into checkmate. I mean lets face it, despite us all seeing Ozpin as a kind of Chess Master, during most of Volume 3 he kind of brushes of both Qrow and Ironwood's warnings of the enemy being in the city and wants to keep the "Time of Peace" propaganda in full swing.

Of course now with Ozpin captured, Qrow taking up his role, and Ruby becoming the new queen, the pieces can once again be set...gods, I love chess.