Chapter 905:

960 slump

En Passant Grandmaster

With knights on the a and c files, bishops on the f and g files, rooks on the b and h files, queens on the d files, and kings on the e files, the game began with Mimoko moving her pawn to e4 and Bao moving her pawn to e5. Mimoko then moved her a-knight to b3, while Bao moved her queen to f6.

"Aggressive, are we?" Mimoko frowned as she moved her pawn to f3.

"This is how blitz goes. You gotta move, move, move, then get the piece out, n' out, n- Oh... Sorry," Bao mumbled as she moved her pawn to h5.

"Is that your infamous ramblings?" Mimoko asked as she moved her pawn to d4.

"Yes... I... My mouth just starts flapping for some damn reason," Bao frowned as she moved her bishop to e7.

"Stress?" Mimoko inquired as she captured the pawn at e5 with her d-pawn.

"No shit! I'm up against you, dammit!" Bao snapped as she captured the pawn at e5 with her queen.

"So is this not a problem when facing others?" Mimoko frowned as she moved her knight to d3.

"I've... always had a flappy mouth," Bao frowned as she moved her queen to e6. "Everyone thought I was weird, then one day, my parents sewed my mouth shut," Bao stated as Mimoko moved her knight to d4.

"That's horrible!" Mimoko gasped as Bao moved her queen to a6.

"Maybe, but I grew into it. Of course now, everyone was more scared of me. And well... I gravitated towards chess," Bao continued as Mimoko moved her knight to f5. "Then all of a sudden, I was a grandmaster," she added as she moved her king to f8.

"A shame you're not playing well today," Mimoko frowned as she moved her knight to c5.

"Oh what chance did I stand against you!? Check!" Bao fumed as she captured the bishop at f1 with her queen, eliciting a sigh from Mimoko as she captured said queen with her king.

Bao then moved her a-knight to b6 as Mimoko checked her by capturing the pawn at f7 with her knight. Said knight was instantly captured by Bao's knight, but then in came Mimoko's queen to capture that knight.

In frustration and time pressure, Bao moved her rook to a8, and instantly let out an audible groan as Mimoko pounced on the blunder and moved her bishop to c5.

"Ugh, fuck," Bao groaned as she moved her pawn to f6.

"Check," Mimoko smiled as she captured the bishop at e7 with her bishop.

"Ah, I don't care. You win," Bao sighed as she captured said bishop with her knight.

"Then checkmate it is," Mimoko huffed as she captured the knight at e7 with her queen, winning the game.

The full game:

White: Mimoko Inoue (2880) Black: SPCM Chen Bao (2523)

1. e4 e5

2. Nab3 Qf6

3. f3 h5

4. d4 Be7

5. dxe5 Qxe5

6. Nd3 Qe6