 He thinks of his battles as chess games, at which he is a masterful player, always beating anyone who played against him.Lelouch often gambles on his chess games against Britannian nobles and other skilled players as a pastime as a student.As a teenager, he makes use of his masterful skills as a commander in real battle, predicting enemy movements and giving orders on how to respond to forces at his command, and utilizing traps and schemes that were strategically put in place to destroy the enemy.