Chapter 594:
En Passant Grandmaster
Deciding to mix things up, Daria opened by moving her knight to c3, while Kit decided to go with pawn to e5. Daria decided the Vienna was fine and moved her pawn to e4, but Kit quickly became irritated and moved his knight to f6.
"Did your chip malfunction this early? My, you're the Xiao Lin of the executive board, aren't you?" Daria taunted as she moved her knight to f3.
"SILENCE! I just want an opening I'm familiar with, and you just granted it to me!" Kit scoffed as he moved his knight to c6.
"Four Knights... And do you expect the Scotch, maybe the Italian?"
Kit's lips twitched ever slightly into a smile before he caught himself and retained his poker face.
"Oh, well too bad. I'm being told I need to loosen up, so how about I challenge myself with a little brain teaser."
"And what would that be?"
Daria smirked and captured the pawn at e5 with her knight. "The month is October with Halloween just under 20 days away. Shall I see if I can fall a "2900" with the Halloween Gambit?"
Kit's teeth clattered in fury. "You're trying to insult me!? I spit on thee! Your bravado will bring about your downfall!" he declared as he captured the knight at e5 with his knight.
"Try saying that when you've actually won a game in your life, jobber," Daria taunted as she moved her pawn to d4.
"I have a job, woman! A high-paying one in the tech sector!" Kit fumed as he moved his knight to g6.
"Oh my, seems the chip really does have adverse affects on your mind; you've mixed up "job" and "jobber"," Daria scoffed as she moved her pawn to e5.
"What do you mean!? A jobber's a person that does jobs!" Kit insisted as he moved his knight to g8.
"No, a jobber is what we call someone that always botches it. If you're a jobber on the job, termination is inevitable," Daria shrugged as she moved her bishop to c4.
"You dare call me a failure!? I've worked with the great Dillon Dusk of Esla, president Raymond Redfield of the WWCF, and many other companies to increase efficiency of the semiconductor sector! This chip with the WWCF... I helped craft the shockfishy engine it uses! It's made me 2900! I'm a grandmaster!" Kit screeched as he moved his queen to e7.
"'Grandmaster'? No, you don't just get handed such a prestigious title just because you artificially inflated your rating to 2900!" Daria roared as she slammed her queen down on f3.
Kit nearly let out a terrified yelp, but just barely kept it in as he recoiled in shock, sweat beginning to pour down his face. However, he was only frightened by Daria's shouting. On the chessboard, he had no reason to be nervous as things were dead even.
"Damn woman! I'll show you the power of science," Kit thought as he activated his chip once more.
Daria's eyes narrowed as she managed to catch a faint purple glow emanating from Kit's head. "How pathetic. You might think I didn't notice, but I saw that same purple hue around you since the first move," she sneered aloud.
Kit's eyes bulged in fury. "YOU CONTINUE TO MOCK ME!? WELL IT ENDS HERE! WHAT I JUST SAW WAS A MOVE THAT TURNS THINGS COMPLETELY IN MY VICTORY! YES! I'M GOING TO BEAT YOU, MAESTRO, OR SHOULD I SAY DARIA INASHIKI!" he cackled as he moved his 8-knight to e7.
His words were not entirely empty. This very move turned a dead draw into a decisive game, just not for him.
Though angered at the mention of her name, Kit's massive blunder balanced out all the rage that would have been built up within Daria. "You're from South Africa, so you might not be aware of this, but here in Japan, there was a practice amongst samurai known as senpukku, where if they wanted to reclaim their honor, they were to stab themself in the gut with a sword."
"What nonsense! That would kill them!"
"Yes, they would then be beheaded so as to spare them the agonizing pain of bleeding to death."
"Why are you bringing up such a morbid topic?"
"Oh, I thought your blunder was your attempt at senpukku after you pissed me off by invoking my past."
"'Blunder'!? As if! This move is nothing short of tide turning, revolutionary-"
"For me," Daria snarled as she moved her bishop to g5.
"Delusions!" Kit scoffed as he moved his pawn to h6.
"No, only for you. Check. Oh, and even though I mentioned senpukku, what you did was just an arrogant act that will get you no honor restored. Then again, you never had any honor in the first place," Daria scoffed as she captured the pawn at f7 with her queen.
Kit's jaw began to drop. "That... YOU JUST BLEW YOUR QUEEN! OH, STUPID WOMAN!" he laughed as he was forced to capture the queen at f7 with his king.
"AH! HOW COULD I!? My queen, I'll have to shave my head in repentance for the rest of my life for such a shameful mistake, not. Check," Daria growled as she captured the pawn at c7 with her knight.
"Stupid woman, that's a free knight-"
"No, that's a discovered check from the bishop. Only two moves are possible and capturing the knight is not one of them," Raymond stated.
"Tch! Well, I have a knight and a queen, what's one less rook," Kit scoffed as he moved his pawn to d5.
For the first time since the whole Mimoko Tanabe ordeal began, Daria let loose a gleeful smile. "My, if I didn't know any better, I'd assume you were begging on all fours for my forgiveness and the restoration of your nonexistent honor. Good thing I know you're just a pathetic jobber, dare I say more so than Xiao Lin. EN PASSANT CHECK!" she grinned as she performed en passant and captured the pawn at d5 with her e-pawn.
Kit recoiled in his seat. "WHAT!? THAT'S CHEATING! YOU CAN'T CAPTURE LIKE THAT!"
"Kit, en passant is a perfectly legal move. As an executive board member of the WWCF, you should be expected to at least know basic chess moves such as that," Raymond scowled.
"I... I... Ngh, SHE'S THE CHEATER!" Kit fumed as he moved his bishop to e6.
"No, you're just pathetic. Checkmate. Seems I won't have to "pay your travel fees" while you'll now be required to answer everything I ask, hooked up to a lie detector," Daria huffed as she captured the bishop at e6 with her bishop, winning the game.
The full game:
White: Maestro Himitsu (Daria Inoue) (3300) Black: Sir Kit Ziegler (2900)
1. Nc3 e5
2. e4 Nf6
3. Nf3 Nc6
4. Nxe5 Nxe5
5. d4 Ng6
6. e5 Ng8
7. Bc4 Qe7
8. Nd5 Qd8
9. Qf3 N8e7
10. Bg5 h6
11. Qxf7+ Kxf7
12. Nxc7+ d5
13. exd6+ Be6
14. Bxe6#
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