Elenora vs Daria

Staring in frustration at the scoreboard, Elenora scowled and moved her pawn to h5. "Those idiots! Now I need to be the one to keep us all from humiliation, and against the maestro of all people!" she thought as Daria smirked and moved her pawn to g4. "Oh wipe that off your face!" she fumed in her mind as she slammed her f-knight down on e4.

"Oh do keep that up. Sweeping the top seed would do wonders for our psyches," Daria thought as she moved her pawn to c4.

Elenora quickly captured the pawn at g4 with her h-pawn, prompting Daria to recapture said pawn with her h-pawn. Elenora then retreated her knight to d6, giving Daria the opening to capture the pawn at d5 with her c-pawn.

"Take the pawn. I'll take something bigger," Elenora thought as she captured the knight at b5 with her knight.

Daria slowly nodded her head as she moved her bishop to f1, stunning Elenora.

"Huh? Well lucky me! I'm beating a maestro!" Elenora gleefully thought as she captured the pawn at a4 with her knight.

"Oh, did you forget about my queen?" Daria scoffed in her mind as she narrowed her gaze and captured the knight at a4 with her queen.

Elenora sat dumbfounded for a few seconds before angrily gritting her teeth. "Oh no you don't!" she thought as she moved her rook to c1.

Daria let loose a smirk as she moved her rook to d1, worsening Elenora's anger as she doubled down on her strategy and moved her e-rook to c8. Though she could clearly see what Elenora was planning, Daria ignored the battery in favor of capturing the pawn at e6 with her d-pawn. Elenora didn't let the pawn sneak by though as she captured it with her f-pawn, yet to her greater surprise, Darian advanced her pawn to f5.

"Why did she do that? It matter's not. A win's a win!" Elenora thought as she captured the rook at d1 with her rook.

"Oh look at that, you forgot about my queen... again," Daria thought as she smirked and captured the rook at d1 with her queen.

Just like before, Elenora sat dumbfounded at the play, this time for much longer than before. "I... H- How?" she mumbled in her mind before finally moving her queen to d6.

"Oh? Want to pawn off that queen? Sorry, best you'll get in return is a rook," Daria thought as she moved her rook to d3.

Elenora angrily moved her queen away to b4, giving Daria the all-clear to continue where she left off on the king's side of the board and capture the pawn at e6 with her f-pawn. Sweat dripped down Elenora's face as she gritted her teeth and moved her rook to e8 to stop the pawn, however, Daria was on top of things and moved her rook to d7 to set up a nasty trap.

"No, you're not sweeping me up too!" Elenora thought as she frantically captured the pawn at e6 with her rook.

"And check. To think it's taken so long for one to show up," Daria smirked as she moved her rook to d8.

Rage exploded on Elenora's face as she moved her king to h7, but it was dread that quickly became the dominant emotion within after Daria moved her queen to d3, delivering another check. "Shit! I'll have to trade queens," Elenora thought as she moved her queen to e4.

"Oh look at that, a bargain. Check," Daria grinned as she promptly captured said queen with her queen.

Elenora furiously captured the queen at e4 with her rook, but the moment Daria moved her bishop to d3, utter devastation hit her. "... That's it... We're going to get swept... Oh," Elenora groaned aloud as she covered her face with her hands. Then slowly, she slid them off and stopped the clock. "I resign."

And thus, Japan had officially swept the top-seeded United States of America 4-0.

Tears oozed down Elenora's face as she trudged away, her makeup smearing all the while. "Fuck... Fuck... I thought I actually had her," she thought as she covered her face with her hand.

"Apologies, but that's how the game goes. You did play well, but aggression cost you the game," Daria thought as she rose and began walking away.

The full game:

White: Maestro Himitsu (Daria Inoue) (3200) Black: Elenora Broadstone (2802)

1. g3 d5

2. Nf3 c6

3. Bg2 Nf6

4. O-O Bg4

5. d3 Nbd7

6. h3 Bxf3

7. exf3 e6

8. Re1 Bd6

9. f4 Qb6

10. a4 a5

11. Nd2 Bb4

12. d4 O-O

13. c3 Bd6

14. Nf3 c5

15. Qc2 cxd4

16. Nxd4 Bc5

17. Be3 Rfe8

18. Rad1 h6

19. Nb5 Rac8

20. Re2 Bxe3

21. Rxe3 Nc5

22. Rd4 Qa6

23. Qd1 h5

24. g4 Nfe4

25. c4 hxg4

26. hxg4 Nd6

27. cxd5 Nxb5

28. Bf1 Nxa4

29. Qxa4 Rc1

30. Rd1 Rec8

31. dxe6 fxe6

32. f5 Rxd1

33. Qxd1 Qd6

34. Rd3 Qb4

35. fxe6 Re8

36. Rd7 Rxe6

37. Rd8+ Kh7

38. Qd3+ Qe4

39. Qxe4+ Rxe4

40. Bd3 (White wins due to Black's resignation)

Match score: 

Japan: 4 United States of America: 0

Japan wins 4-0