Chandu was a Hungarian count and chess grandmaster with whom Count Dracula played chess to win the heart of Magda Westenra. He was alive during the 18th century. Chandu lost and was sentenced to death by mummification, however came back to life in a skeletal zombie state in the episode The Mummy, and stalked Dracula through the school until he corned his prey in the chess club room, accusing him of cheating. Chandu demanded a rematch and it seemed he had the upper hand by putting the Count into check mate. He was about to attack Dracula when Vladimir discovered that Chandu was hiding spare chess pieces in his pocket. Van Helsing burst into the room and tried to melt Dracula with a UV lamp but, frightened by the sight and his phobia of skeletons, he ran away in fear. Dracula and Chandu call