Chapter 588:

Elephant Bongcloud

En Passant Grandmaster

As the round started, the game between Okisato and Emmie began with Emmie moving her pawn to e4 and Okisato moving his pawn to e5. The standard knight f3 was next, but now was the time for Okisato to enact a radical plan.

"It's more commonly known as the Elephant Gambit, but since it's also known as the Turkish Gambit, I felt I'd study up on my Turkish for the occasion. Now, how mad will Inoue-senpai get when she sees what I'm going to do," Okisato thought as he moved his pawn to d5.

"Look at that. We got an Elephant Gambit going!" Saloni cheered as Emmie captured the pawn at d5 with her e-pawn.

"Bold to say the least, but the Elephant gambit- WHAT!?" Daria cried as she stared at the screen.

"Um, Maestro?"

"LUNACY! THAT BOY'S TRYING TO LOOK COOL, BUT THROWING EVERYTHING AWAY INSTEAD!"

Curious, Saloni gazed at the screen and nearly repulsed in horror. "The bar! It's almost all white! Did he- KING E7!? What the actual fuck!?"

This was Okisato's form of avenging Iori and Mimoko, yet only a vengeance the former of the two would approve of.

Emmie struggled to contain her laughter as she moved her knight to c3. "You tried to act cool and play some bongcloud like an edgelord, but I'm 2200 now. Candidate master, women's international master. Your ass is screwed, and so's Iori-chan's and Mimoko's psychs!" she gleefully thought as Okisato calmly moved his queen to e8.

Emmie then advanced her pawn to d4, intending to take full advantage of Okisato's dubious play, while Okisato countered by moving his pawn to e4. It ended up being less of a counter, more of a misstep as Emmie simply captured said pawn with her knight, gaining complete control of the center of the board as Okisato quietly slid his king to d8.

"Two pawns down and nothing past the 7th rank! This is gonna be my greatest victory ever!" Emmie thought as she moved her knight to e5.

Okisato had prepared himself for this turmoil the night before, and recounted all the theory he had gone over before slowly moving his pawn to f6. Emmie gleefully moved her bishop to f4, prompting Okisato to capture the knight at e5 with his f-pawn.

"Sure, take the knight. That'll make it all the more delicious when I beat you a knight down!" Emmie thought as she captured the pawn at e5 with her d-pawn.

Okisato remained stone-faced though and moved his bishop to f5, prompting the defensive play of pawn to f3 from Emmie. Okisato was set on taking that knight though, and began the process by first moving his knight to d7. Emmie advanced her pawn to e6, but Okisato paid his threatened knight no heed and captured the knight at e4 with his bishop.

Emmie naturally captured said bishop with her f-pawn, but became even more giddy after Okisato offered up a bishop trade by moving his bishop to d6. She accepted and captured said bishop with her bishop, allowing Okisato to capture said bishop with his c-pawn. But Emmie wasn't done snagging pieces as she moved her bishop to b5, pinning the knight to the queen, yet Okisato once more paid the knight no heed and moved his queen to e7.

"And three more for me," Emmie thought as she captured the knight at d7 with her bishop.

"Nope. This is where the chips really go down," Okisato thought as he smirked and moved his queen to h4. "Check."

Emmie shot him an unamused glare as she mockingly slid her king to f1, yet all that seemed to do was widen Okisato's smirk to borderline grin as he captured the pawn at e4 with his queen. Emmie still felt confidant and moved her queen to d2, planning to go in for another vital blow. Okisato decided it was finally time to move his other knight, placing it on f6.

"What an idiot! You just love pin the horse to the royal, don't ya!" Emmie thought as a sadistic grin slowly formed on her face as she moved her queen to g5.

For the first time, a look of stress overtook Okisato as he buried his face in one hand and slowly moved his rook to f8 with the other.

"LOOK AT THAT! HE'S GOING TO DESPAIR! Oh Iori-chan, you ready to cry, CUZ I'M ABOUT TO HUMILIATE YOUR BOYFRIEND WITH A BUNCH OF LIQUID EGG YOLK!" Emmie thought as a maniacal grin spread across her face as she captured the pawn at g7 with her queen.

Slowly, Okisato removed his hand from his face. "You... FELL FOR IT! BA-KA!" he maniacally grinned as he captured the bishop at d7 with his knight. "Check!"

Emmie's malevolent smile shattered into a horrified frown. "Wh- What? N- No... NO! I... I can't... The only move... Ch- Check," she trembled, color rapidly vanishing from her face as she captured the rook at f8 with her queen.

"And the tables turn. The commenting booth's probably just as pale as you are," Okisato thought as he captured the queen at f8 with his knight.

A nervous smile spread on Emmie's face as she moved her rook to e1. "Nah, I'm not gonna lose. I got the advantage... I can sac my queen and win, right?" she thought as Okisato captured the pawn at d5 with his queen. "Yeah, I got you! There's no way I'm losing! Check!" she stammered as she moved her pawn to e7.

Okisato smirked and shrugged as he moved his king to d7, allowing Emmie to capture the knight at f8 with her e-pawn and promote it to a queen. The celebration was short-lived though as Okisato instantly captured said queen with his rook, checking Emmie and sending her king packing to e2.

"Now it's mate in 3, unless you wanna speedrun. Check!" Okisato taunted as he moved his rook to e8.

Emmie's pride refused to allow her to give up, meaning mate in three was on as she moved her king to f2.

"Check. Bir fil tarafından ezilmek nasıl bir duygu [How's it feel to get crushed by an elephant]?" Okisato snickered as he moved his queen to f5.

"Huh!? What did you even say!?" Emmie cried aloud as she moved her king to g3.

"Turkish. See, the Elephant Gambit's also known as the Turkish Gambit, so I figured I'd learn some Turkish too while planning out ways to beat you with my Elephant Bongcloud," Okisato chuckled as he moved his rook to g8, checking Emmie one final time before mate.

"You "learned" Turkish in a night!? Aha... Yeah... right," Emmie nervously laughed as she moved her king to h4.

"Guess you never heard, I'm a polyglot and a grandmaster. Checkmate, ba-ka," Okisato smirked as he moved his queen to g4, winning the game.

Before Emmie could process things, Okisto grabbed the pitcher of liquid egg yolk and dumped it all over Emmie, drenching her in goopy orange. That proved to be too overwhelming for Emmie as she fainted to the ground with a thud.

"Revenge complete. She'll have a hard time recovering from this level of humiliation," Okisato thought as he shook Emmie's hand before heading out.

The full game:

White: Emmie Broadstone (2296) Black: Okisato Tanabe (2802)

1. e4 e5

2. Nf3 d5

3. exd5 Ke7

4. Nc3 Qe8

5. d4 e4

6. Nxe4 Kd8

7. Ne5 f6

8. Bf4 fxe5

9. dxe5 Bf5