The Young And the Restless Spoilers: Victor Protects Victoria While Destroying Ashland – Can He Do Both?

The Young and the Restless spoilers document that Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) is in the unusual position of not having the upper hand. Ashland Locke (Robert Newman) has forced Genoa City, Wisconsin’s leading man into a remarkable chessboard position. It is one that Victor is not used to being in, where he is at a disadvantage.

Victoria Newman Locke (Amelia Heinle) is blinded by what she believes is love. Heinle’s character appears unable to consider that her husband has used her as a pawn in a successful effort to seize partial control of the former Newman Enterprises.

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Victoria and Ashland were not married when they reached an agreement on the merger deal. Newman Enterprises was to merge with the Locke Communications Group. At that point in the plot, the great Victor Newman favored combining the companies.

Victor, like Victoria, believed that Ashland’s terminal cancer diagnosis gave him a matter of months to live. As viewers recall, Victor also endorsed Ashland’s love for his daughter and believed he had her best interests in mind.

While Victor claims to have never trusted Ashland, that is not exactly true. Braeden’s character is rewriting history to preserve his self-proclaimed keen business sense.

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Ashland deceived Victoria, convincing her that he was dying. That resulted in her feeling sorry for him.

She did fall in love with Ashland. Victoria came to believe that she was the one person who was best suited to protect his business legacy. That is the angle Ashland was going for all along.

Unless Ashland can prove that he had cancer, and even if he lied about when a remission took place, then the entire story he pitched will be confirmed as nothing more than a purposeful lie to gain power.

The Young and the Restless Spoilers – No Checkmate Yet In Genoa City

There is an intriguing caveat to the real-life chess game Ashland is currently winning. He has Victor and Victoria in the check position.

Chess fans know that the term check means that the most valuable piece on the board, the king, is in danger of being captured on the very next move unless a block or escape counter move is made. Losing the king means that the game is over.

Victoria is the queen of Newman-Locke, as its now co-Chief Executive Officer. Ashland believes he became the king when signing a contract that secured the title.

However, Ashland has not checkmated Victor, with the chess term meaning the true king is captured and the opponent wins.

All soap fans know Victor ranks with the greatest forces in daytime history. He has never suffered total defeat but finds himself in a vulnerable position during what seems to be the latter stages of the impressive game Ashland is playing.

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