Chapter 874:
En Passant Grandmaster
As the key activated, Svetlana didn't seem to sense anything even though her DESPER was activated. "D4," she called out as she opened the game by moving her pawn to d4.
"D5 for me," Mimoko smiled.
"C4."
"C6."
"C takes d5."
"C captures d5 for me as well."
"Ngh, Knight f3."
"Knight f6."
"Knight c3!"
"E6."
Svetlana gritted her teeth as she stared at the board. "It's harder when there isn't someone sitting across from you. Tch, why'd I agree to this? I should just resign. But this might be the only way to get her off my back... Who am I kidding, my father wants me to try and get close to here," she thought as she moved her knight to e5. "Knight e5!" she called out.
"B-knight d7."
"... Queen a4."
Mimoko raised an eyebrow and nodded. "Alright, bishop d6, then."
"Bishop f4."
"Hmm, you know your stuff. Queen b6."
"What are you talking about? I'm not playing you, I'm just doing image training. Knight b5."
"Bishop b8," Mimoko giggled.
Svetlana went quiet as she stared at the board. "E3?"
Mimoko nodded her head in approval. "That wasn't an easy one to spot. A castle on the king's side."
"Bishop d3."
"A6."
"Castle."
"Which side?"
"Kings! Why would I go queens!? I mean... Image training."
"Someone's getting into this," Mimoko thought. "Knight captures e5," she called out.
"D captures e5."
"Knight d7."
"Queen a3."
Mimoko frowned as she stared at the board. "I guess she miscalculated," she thought. "Bishop captures e5!" she called out.
"I can hear you just fine. Rook- A-rook c1. Hate having to do that."
"Well, we have to specify the piece when we take notes. bishop captures f4," Mimoko smiled.
"Writing and talking are two different things. E captures f4."
"Knight f6."
"H3."
"Bishop d7."
"Knight d6."
Mimoko scowled in confusion. "'Knight d6'? Not, knight c3?"
"What are you... Yeah, it's right."
Mimoko shook her head as she found her hand moving the white knight to d6 on her board. "I guess this is true then as it's the DESPER making me do this," she thought. "If you say so. Bishop c6," she called out.
"G3."
Mimoko paused her hand movement. "Svetlana-chan, are you feeling alright?"
"Huh? What do you mean? I'm doing image training BY MYSELF, so stop butting in every second."
"Sorry... f-rook d8."
"F-rook d1."
"Queen c7."
"...! Ngh... Knight captures f7."
"Queen captures f7."
"... Rook e1."
"King h8."
"Queen c5."
"D4."
"Queen e5."
"Rook e8."
"Rook c2."
"I see. A-rook d8."
"B3."
"Rook d5."
"Ngh, queen e2."
"Queen c7."
"Bishop c4."
"Rook h5."
"H4."
"E5."
"Queen d1."
"Queen d7."
"Bishop f1."
"E4."
"Ngh, bishop g2!" Svetlana shouted as she slammed her bishop down on g2 and wiped the sweat from her brow.
"D3."
"Rook c3."
"D2."
"R- Rook e2."
"Rook d5."
"Rook c2."
"Rook d8."
"Ugh, rook e3."
"Queen g4."
"I'm not taking that. Bishop f3."
"E captures f3."
Svetlana began to tremble. "I'm going to lose... It's only practice. Everything's fine," she thought as she moved her king to h2. "King h2!" she called out.
"Rook h5."
"Fuck... King g1."
"Queen h3."
"... Yeah, I kind of just want to be done," Svetlana groaned as she captured the pawn at d2 with her queen. "Queen captures d2."
"I see. Queen g2, checkmate," Mimoko nodded as she moved her queen to d2, winning the game.
The full game:
White: Svetlana Smirnova (2670) Black: Mimoko Inoue (2880)
1. d4 d5
2. c4 c6
3. cxd5 cxd5
4. Nf3 Nf6
5. Nc3 e6
6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Qa4 Bd6
8. Bf4 Qb6
9. Nb5 Bb8
10. e3 O-O
11. Bd3 a6
12. O-O Nxe5
13. dxe5 Nd7
14. Qa3 Bxe5
15. Rac1 Bxf4
16. exf4 Nf6
17. h3 Bd7
18. Nd6 Bc6
19. g3 Rfd8
20. Rfd1 Qc7
21. Nxf7 Qxf7
22. Re1 Kh8
23. Qc5 d4
24. Qe5 Re8
25. Rc2 Rad8
26. b3 Rd5
27. Qe2 Qc7
28. Bc4 Rh5
29. h4 e5
30. Qd1 Qd7
31. Bf1 e4
32. Bg2 d3
33. Rc3 d2
34. Re2 Rd5
35. Rc2 Rd8
36. Re3 Qg4
37. Bf3 exf3
38. Kh2 Rh5
39. Kg1 Qh3
40. Qxd2 Qg2#
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