Is EPGM about to get an anime!?

"We have a special announcement! En Passant Grandmaster is finally getting an anime adaptation, meaning there will finally be an anime primarily focused on chess."

Really?

"No, April Fools! Fuck you, Mario. Chess sucks, Isekai is where it's at."

And if I classified EPGM as an isekai?

"... Chess is still boring so no."

Let's play some chess then. I win, En Passant Grandmaster gets an anime and video game adaptation.

"You wish! Besides, this is an April Fools post anyway so nothing-

Yohane the Parhelion.

Lose and your dreams are crushed, win and there's a chance they'll come true. One chance though, no assist mode, no take-backs, no playing until you win, you only get ONE chance!"

Deal!

And thus, I played a match against the 1600-rated engine bot on Chess.com. No, that bot isn't the one that was doing the talking. Rather, it was just the level I selected to represent the metaphorical person that was talking with me. In the game, I played as white and well, see the results for yourself, and no, this game is not an April Fools joke. It was real, and I played it. 

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Ng6 6. e5 Ng8 7. f4 c5 8. f5

Nh4 9. e6 dxe6 10. fxe6 fxe6 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Bb5+ Kf7 13. Qe5 Qf6 14. Rf1 Nf5

15. g4 Be7 16. gxf5 exf5 17. Bc4+ Kg7 18. Nd5 Qxe5+ 19. dxe5 Bh4+ 20. Ke2 Ne7

21. Nc7 Rb8 22. Be3 Nc6 23. Rad1 Nxe5 24. Be6 Bxe6 25. Nxe6+ Kf6 26. Nxc5 Kf7

27. Nd7 Nxd7 28. Rxd7+ Ke8 29. Rd4 Bf6 30. Bf4 Kf7 31. Rd7+ Ke6 32. Rfd1 Be5 33.

Bxe5 Kxe5 34. R7d6 Rhc8 35. Ke3 Rc5 36. b4 Rc3+ 37. Ke2 Rxc2+ 38. Ke1 b6 39.

R1d5+ Kf4 40. h4 Kg3 41. Rd4 Re8+ 42. Kd1 Rh2 43. Rd3+ Kxh4 44. R6d4+ Re4 45.

Rxe4+ fxe4 46. Re3 h5 47. Rxe4+ Kg3 48. Re7 Rb2 49. a3 a6 50. Re6 Kg4 51. Rxg6+

Kh4 52. Rxb6 Rb3 53. a4 Rb2 54. Kc1 Rf2 55. Rxa6 Kg4 56. b5 Rf8 57. b6 Rf1+ 58.

Kd2 Rf8 59. b7 Kf4 60. Ra8 Rf7 61. b8=Q+ Kg5 62. Qg8+ Kf6 63. Ra6+ Ke7 64. Qg5+

Kd7 65. Qd5+ Ke8 66. Ra8+ Ke7 67. Qxh5 Rg7 68. Ra7+ Kf6 69. Rxg7 Kxg7 70. a5 Kg8

71. a6 Kg7 72. a7 Kf6 73. a8=Q Ke7 74. Qh6 Kd7 75. Qa7+ Ke8 76. Qh8# 1-0

"You're not gonna write it all out?"

It's 76 moves! Plus I can't remember what I was thinking when I made all those moves!

"Fair point."

Now you can see why I always put assisted mode on when writing the games for EPGM. If I didn't, everything would look like 1000-elo brain cringe. But as messy as it was, I won. So who knows. Maybe there is a chance of this getting an anime and video game adaptation after all.

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