Chapter 364:

Team Antarctic-Å vs team Ire-Arm

En Passant Grandmaster

The requested teams all made their way to the stage and lined up before D.R. Passant. Alright ladies, first off, introductions! Ireland you're up first!"

"Fidelma Ferritter. I be a humble songstress and intellect," a bespectacled woman with long orange hair calmly smiled.

"Doireann Ó an Cháintighe. I throw down in mind n' body," a girl with reddish-orange hair snarled.

"Croía Glas! Ye feckers want a fight, I'll give ye a fist n' sneaker to the teeth!" a bespectacled girl with orange hair with green highlights shouted.

"Caoimhe Petty-Fitzmaurice. The only place for ye feckers is beneath my ass," a girl with long orange hair that obscured her left eye, snarled.

"And I be Kaira O'Doherty, the team mum," a woman with short orange hair proudly huffed.

"Next up, team Antarctica!" D.R. Passant hollered.

"Bipasha is Bipasha Kumarage... Also a doctor, the sciency kind," a woman with long blue hair tied up in a ponytail smiled.

"Inkeri Honko. Yeah, I know I'm wearing two skirts, but it's my quirk," a goth girl with short purple hair clad in a hoodie, sneakers, and a business skirt and short skirt, smugly nodded.

"Solveig Bergmight, The Ice's homegrown Ewetube sensation," a scantily clad girl with long green hair smiled.

"Dr. Pengi McMurdo. As per my name, penguin research is my specialty," a woman with short violet hair smiled.

"Dr. Aglaé Monge. Forget about me, but let me tell ya about the others. Bipasha's a bitch that thinks it's cute to refer to herself in the third person, Inkeri's an idiot that likes to wear that dumb checkered skirt with everything unless she's stark nude in the shower, Solveig's an ice surfing idiot, and Pengi's a freak that likes fucking dead penguin corpses," a woman with dark blue hair snarled.

"And you're the biggest asshole on the continent. A slanderer too," Pengi glared.

"Truth's the truth, ya dead penguin molester."

Next up was the Armenian team.

"Arpine Pakradouni. You remember me from when I bested that Argentine girl, yes?" Arpine smirked.

"Maneh Ter-Grigoryan," a bespectacled girl with short brunette hair grumbled.

"Lusine Tarkanian. I hope we have a nice match," a girl with long black braided hair wearing a red cap smiled.

"Zabel Yeremyan. That's it," Zabel grumbled as Arpine shot a smirk her way.

"Salpy Tunçboyacıyan. Y'all heard my singles, right?" a girl with short spiky pink and green hair that obscured her left eye smiled.

All that was left was the team from the Åland Islands.

"Arina Mimmi. Pleased to be here," a girl with light orange hair that obscured her left eye smiled.

"Dr. Bára Aho. Don't even think of making fun of my name!" a bespectacled woman with a short blue bowlcut huffed.

"Ulla is Ulla Kuparinen. Ulla likes to cheer, woo woo!" a girl with short light green hair smiled as she did a little dance.

"Valborg Yrjö-Koskinen. I'm a genius," a bespectacled girl with multicolored green, blue, and purple hair proudly huffed as she adjusted her glasses.

"Olgica Holappa. 70 years young, thank you very much," a young-looking woman with short pink hair and multiple lip piercings grumbled.

"Now with the intros out of the way, onto the teams and rules! Two teams will team up against each other, however, each move will require you to alternate amongst your line-up. No one can move again until everyone has moved once. Conversing is allowed, but there's only 3 mins on the clock, so choose your huddles wisely. And for the teams, first up on White is Antarctica and the Åland Islands, team Antarctic-Å! And on the Black side, Ireland and Armenia, team Ire-Arm!" D.R. Passant proclaimed as airhorns went off.

The teams all gathered in their respective corners and finalized their lineups before the clocks started ticking. The game began with Bipasha moving her pawn to d4 for team Antarctic-Å and Fidelma moving her pawn to d5 for team Ire-Arm. Arina was up next and moved her pawn to c4, initiating the Queen's gambit, which Arpine decided to accept by capturing said pawn with her d-pawn.

"Oi, why the hell are you accepting that shit?" Doireann whispered as Inkeri moved her pawn to e4.

"Must I explain my genius to you? Just get good, bitch," Arpine scoffed.

"Well fuck you, too," Doireann snarled as she moved her pawn to e5.

Bára was up next and moved her knight to f3, prompting Maneh to capture the pawn at d4 with her e-pawn. Solveig naturally captured the pawn at c4 with her bishop, but now came some fierce debate for what team Ire-Arm should do next. Knight c6 was the best move, but Croía, who was up next, wanted to give a check instead.

"Knight c6 is the best move! Why do you wanna check!?" Zabel scowled.

"Because I can! I'm a swinger, not a sitter. Now shut it up! I'm checkin' this feckin' bitch!" Croía fumed as she moved her bishop to c4.

"Ulla Ulla, woo woo! You-la gonna feel the boot-la," Ulla cooed as she moved her bishop to d2.

"Well, guess this is the line we go down. Check it is then," Lusine shrugged as she captured the bishop at d2 with her bishop.

"Hmm, Ulla, you kind of messed up with that one," Pengi frowned as she captured the bishop at d2 with her b-knight.

"What did Ulla do wrong!?"

"Made shit easy for us, which gets ye a thanks and a kick in the teeth from me," Caoimhe snickered as she moved her knight to c6.

Valborg arguably made things easier by castling king's side, but then Zabel decided to move the queen out to f6, enticing Aglaé to move her pawn to e5.

"And you did this, why?" Caoimhe glared.

"It's called strategy, now just make sure your mom doesn't blunder," Zabel quipped back.

"SHE'S NOT ME MUM!"

"De facto while ye lasses be away from home," Keira nodded as she moved her queen to g6.

"Well at least she knows how to play," Zabel thought as Olgica moved her bishop to d5.

Salpy quickly capitalized on the opportunity, moving her g-knight to e7, causing Bipasha to frown as the turn order looped back to her. "Ugh, our advantage is gone. Bipasha- I'M gonna have to discipline these bitches if I end up blue for 24 hours straight," she thought as she moved her bishop to e4.

Fidelma could sense Bipasha's frustration and shot her a smirk as she moved her queen to h6. Arina also wasn't happy about the state of things, visibly showcasing the fact on her face as she moved her knight to b3. Arpine, much like Fidelma, was in a good mood, letting loose a grin far smugger than hers as she castled king's side.

Not liking the smugness from the opposing team, Inkeri decided to get aggressive and capture the knight at c6 with her bishop. However, that only caused more smug grins to sprout from team Ire-Arm as Doireann captured the bishop at c6 with her knight.

"And they make fun of my last name and call me an "idiot". Antarctic idiots must've had their thinking capacity frozen," Bára scoffed in her mind as she captured the pawn at d4 with her b-knight.

Maneh was the next to join the smirk club as she moved her rook to d8, as Solveig joined the frown club and moved her rook to c1. However, the smirks on the faces of team Ire-Arm vanished as Croía was up next. Croía was the lowest rated player participating, and thanks to her previous action, her team had reason to be nervous when her turn came back around. But she alleviated their worries by moving her bishop to g4, pinning the knight to the queen.

"Well there goes our best shot at turning this around," Aglaé snarled as Ulla moved her queen to a4.

Indeed, that was the best chance at team Antarctic-Å benefitting from a blunder as Lusine knew what to do and moved her pawn to b5, forcing Pengi to capture said pawn with her knight in order to keep team Antarctic-Å's chances somewhat alive. Caoimhe promptly captured the knight at f3 with her bishop, leaving team Antarctic-Å with a seemingly easy path forward for their next move, except for the fact that Valborg didn't get the message and instantly moved her f-rook to e1.

"You fucking idiot!" Aglaé shouted as Zabel immediately captured the pawn at e5 with her knight.

"What? I saw this. Now we capture the knight," Valborg smirked.

"No, you idiot. We capture the knight, IT'S MATE IN 3! IDIOT! Ugh, why is always me having to Fod plod!?" Aglaé fumed as she captured the pawn at c7 with her knight.

That was the best possible move to make, but in this scenario, it wasn't enough. Keira quickly slid her a-rook over to c8, leaving team Antarctic-Å with little viable options.

"Oh whatever, let's just try something and see if it works. Not like it's gonna matter much anyway," Olgica huffed as she captured the pawn at a7 with her queen.

Salpy agreed with Olgica that there was little team Antarctic-Å could do as after she moved her queen to g6, team Antarctic-Å was left with just one move that wouldn't instantly send them into mate.

Bipasha let loose a murderous glare as she moved her pawn to g3.

"What's wrong, my fair friend? Have I done something to offend thee?" Fidelma serenely asked as she moved her queen to g4.

A this point, frustrations on team Antarctic-Å reached their boiling point and Arina decided to just capture the knight at e5 with her rook just to be aggressive and petty.

"Ah, someone getting upset? Well too bad, you just walked into mate," Arpine sneered as she moved her queen to h3.

"Shut up, and go fuck yourself. Check," Inkeri snarled as she moved her rook to e8.

"Oh my, that'd be checkmate for us... IF we didn't have two rooks on the back rank! Doireann, the honors?"

"Gladly," Doireann nodded as she captured the rook at e8 with her rook.

"At least I was the one who didn't mess up, so no calling me an idiot," Bára mumbled as she captured the rook at e8 with her knight.

"Sorry, but by proxy, you're an idiot loser like the rest of your team. Checkmate," Maneh growled as she moved her queen to g2, winning the game for team Ire-Arm.

Airhorns blasted as the trapdoor opened, sending all 10 members of team Antarctic-Å into the blueberry juice. All 10 were then sucked throughout the room before all being spat out into the kiddie pool, sticky and blue.

Bipasha trembled as she rose, directing her glare back towards Fidelma atop the 6B tank. "Damn you, you ASMR soft-speaking bitch! Bipasha- I'M going to make you, AND those stupid teammates of yours pay... The stupid teammates I got stuck with too," she thought.

The full game:

White: Team Antarctic-Å: Dr. Bipasha Kumarage (2620), DSPCM Arina Mimmi (2500), Inkeri Honko (2030), Dr. Bára Aho (2000), DSPCM Solveig Bergmight (1913), Ulla Kuparinen (1974), Dr. Pengi McMurdo (1956), Valborg Yrjö-Koskinen (1932), Dr. Aglaé Monge (1951), and Olgica Holappa (1957) Black: Team Ire-Arm: Fidelma Ferriter (2979), Arpine Pakradouni (2366), Doireann Ó an Cháintighe (2179), Maneh Ter-Grigoryan (2328), Croía Glas (1777), Lusine Tarkanian (2364), Caoimhe Petty-Fitzmaurice (1962), DSPCM Zabel Yeremyan (2393), Keira O'Doherty (1996), and Salpy Tunçboyacıyan (2180)

1. d4 d5

2. c4 dxc4

3. e4 e5

4. Nf3 exd4

5. Bxc4 Bb4+

6. Bd2 Bxd2+

7. Nbxd2 Nc6

8. O-O Qf6

9. e5 Qg6

10. Bd5 Nge7

11. Be4 Qh6

12. Nb3 O-O