Chapter 863:

Jern's rematch

En Passant Grandmaster

Next up on the chess channel was a match between Jern and Tvrtko.

"In the red corner, Tvrtko. In the blue corner, Jern. It's time for a rematch! I'm Kisha Shinubn, joined by guest, Miralem to commentate. So, thoughts on the match so far?" Kisha asked.

"A beaut, ain't it. D4, d6, e4, e6, then the pink spike ball decides to go queen h5. Props for the guts, but against my pops, that's just playin' into him. Knight comes out to f6, n' spike ball's queen is runnin' scared for e2. C5, e5, the f-knight goes to d7, then BOOM! B4 blows everything up for White, and now my pops can capture the pawn at d4 with his c-pawn. And then the pink spike ball moved his knight to f3, letting my pops take the pawn at e5 with his d-pawn. Talk about comedy!"Miralem laughed.

After Jern had foolishly moved his pawn to c3, Tvrtko wasted no time in capturing said pawn with his d-pawn. Jern recaptured said pawn with his knight, but that allowed Tvrtko to capture the pawn at b4 with his bishop, pinning the knight to the king.

Kisha scratched her head as he soon reached the latest moves of bishop d2 and a king's side castle. "He's certainly playing worse than he did months ago. Looks like rook d1, knight d4, queen b2, bishop d7, and bishop d3 are all on the board though," she shrugged as Tvrtko moved his knight to a4.

Jern was also just as confused. "Thought this guy was a brawler. Maybe he is, but he sure plays chess like a wuss," he thought as he moved his queen to c1.

But after Tvrtko moved his rook to c8, Jern made a huge mistake and captured the knight at d4 with his knight.

"You fell for it again, brat. The first art of war is luring your opponent in," Tvrtko thought as he captured the knight at d4 with his e-pawn.

Now Jern finally realized his queen was in a tight spot. However...

"Go ahead and take it!" he thought as he captured the knight at a4 with his knight.

But it was at this moment, the trap was sprung as Tvrtko grabbed his rook at a1 and leaped into the air, pulling his fist back as Jern stared up in shock. "ARTILJERIJA!" he shouted as he slammed his fist down, capturing the queen at c1 with his rook, and sending said queen flying into the soundproof glasss.

Jern was a bit shocked, but ultimately his confident smile remained as he captured the rook at c1 with his rook. "A bishop and a rook is practically the worth a queen. Who cares if the queen's gone. That was an even trade in my book," he thought.

Now Tvrtko was mercilessly punishing Jern by capturing the bishop at d2 with his bishop, checking him, and forcing him to take said bishop with his king. That allowed Tvrtko to capture the knight on a4 with his bishop, taking another minor piece out of play for Jern. Jern tried to rebound with rook c5, but b6 sent said rook running to e5. It wouldn't be there for long though as Tvrtko moved his queen to f6, sending said rook to e2.

"Check! You fell for it, brat!" Tvrtko maniacally grinned as he slammed his queen down on f4.

Jern scowled and moved his rook to e3. "Damn bastard. How'd he pull the rug out from under me? I ain't a light guy," he thought as he found himself in check again after Tvrtko captured the rook at e3 with his d-pawn.

At this point, all was lost for Jern, though pride prevented him from resigning, thus the mating sequence played out with f captures e3, queen f2, check, king c3, rook c8, check, bishop c4, queen c2, check, king c3, rook c8, check, bishop c4, queen c2, king d4, rook d8, check, king e5, then finally...

"That's checkmate, brat," Tvrtko snickered as he slammed his queen down on f5, winning the game.

"And that's the match. Thank you for joining us," Kisha waved.

The full game

White: Jern Ræv (2207) Black: DSPCM Tvrtko Artiljerija (2503)

1. d4 d6

2. e4 e6

3. Qh5 Nf6

4. Qe2 c5

5. e5 Nfd7

6. b4 cxd4

7. Nf3 dxe5

8. c3 dxc3