The bullet demon of Kyoto

As the evening arrived, Safumi lounged in a chair behind the counter in her secret puzzle cafe in Kyoto. In contrast to Michiko's and Himitsudono's, her secret puzzle cafe was actually accessible from the ballroom, which often served as the playing hall during tournaments. It was hard to spot though as the entrance to it was cleverly disguised as a "staff only" door, yet if you knew about it, it quickly became the easiest secret puzzle cafe to find.

As a young man entered, Safumi raised an eyebrow as she recognized his face from earlier.

"You Himitsusan? I want to challenge you," Okisato nodded.

Safumi cursed Mimoko under her breath before asking for the point payment. Since Okisato didn't get the chance to challenge Michiko, he had more than enough points, causing Safumi to grit her teeth in frustration as a chessboard appeared on the counter.

"That bitch really did rat me out!" she fumed as she pulled out her WWCF card. "Alright. Rules are simple. Game's a bullet one so only 2 minutes on the clock with no increments. I go first this time, so clock starts... NOW!" Safumi shouted as she moved her knight to f3.

Undeterred by Safumi's attitude, Okisato rapidly moved his pawn to d5 as Safumi rapidly slid her pawn to g3.

"She really does move fast, guess there's no time for idle chat, not like bullet chess allows for that anyway," Okisato thought as he moved his pawn to c5.

As soon as Safumi moved her bishop to g2, Okisato noted that the opening was now a King's Indian attack: French variation after moving his knight to c6. Safumi's castle on the king's side and Okisato's pawn advancing to e5 didn't yield any clues to who had the edge, though when it came to high-speed chess, the only constant was that mistakes were bound to happen.

Both players were playing properly for now though. Despite her demeanor, Safumi was quite calm as she moved her pawn to d3 while Okisato moved his knight to f6.

"I'm kickin that twintailed bitch's ass when I'm done with this asshole," Safumi thought as she moved her pawn to c4.

Sensing something, Okisato began to grin as he moved his pawn to d4, though Safumi didn't seem to feel threatened as she slid her bishop to g5. Okisato naturally countered by moving his pawn to h6, but instead of moving her bishop, Safumi opted to capture the knight at f6, allowing Okisato to capture said bishop with his queen.

Undeterred, Safumi slid her queen to a4, as Okisato marched his bishop up to d7. From there, no opportunities presented themselves to either player. Safumi moved her b-knight to d2, Okisato moved his queen to d6, and Safumi moved her pawn to h4 on her next turn.

As Okisato moved his bishop to e7, however, Safumi sensed an opportunity and moved her queen to b5.

Okisato attempted to salvage the misstep by moving his knight to b4, but it did little to stop Safumi's queen from capturing the pawn at b7, or so it appeared.

"GOT YA!" Okisato taunted as he moved his bishop to c6.

Time began to slow down a bit as Safumi's face began to contort in rage. "MOTHERFUCKER!" she roared as she moved her knight to e4.

Seeing an easy way out, Okisato smugly slid his queen to d8, leaving Safumi with no choice but to consolidate her loss by capturing the rook at a8 with her queen. After capturing Safumi's queen with his bishop, Okisato knew that the game was in his favor. All he needed to do now was keep up the momentum and wait for a mate opportunity.

"Piece of shit! I'll kill you!" Safumi shouted as she captured the pawn at e5 with her knight.

"Now what is she doing? Oh I know, losing it," Okisato thought as he moved his queen to b8.

Safumi quickly began playing aggressively as she moved her pawn to a3, which backfired on her when Okisato moved his knight to c2, forcing her to move her a-rook to c1, and give Okisato the chance to scoop up her knight at e5 with his queen.

Safumi gritted her teeth as she captured the knight at c2 with her rook, but her anger only grew when Okisato moved his pawn to f5. "CHECK, MOTHERFUCKER! she roared as she slammed her knight down on d6 in frustration.

"Well that was dumb," Okisato snickered as he mopped the knight up with his bishop.

"DIE MOTHERFUCKER!" Safumi roared as she slammed her bishop into the bishop at a8, sending it flying across the room.

"Guess that's why you're the bullet demon of Kyoto," Okisato sneered as he advanced his pawn to f4.

"CHECK! CHECK! CHECK! MOTHERFUCKER!" Safumi fumed as she slammed her bishop down on c6.

Okisato let out a mocking sigh as he simply moved his king to d8. Safumi though was now in blind rage mode as she sped her pawn to b4, prompting Okisato to move his rook to f8. Safumi didn't take her foot off the gas though, and continued her aggression by capturing the pawn at c5 with her b-pawn. However, Okisato simply slid his bishop to c7, eliciting a frustrated shriek from Safumi as she sped her bishop to g2. Now, Okisato had no issue capturing the pawn at g3 with his f-pawn, putting Safumi on thin ice as she moved her pawn to e4.

Suddenly, Safumi felt a chill as Okisato let loose a maniacal laugh, subsiding her rage slightly. "O- Oi, the hell-"

"WHAT AN IDIOT! EN PASSANT!" Okisato laughed as he performed en passant and captured the pawn at e4 with his d-pawn.

The move left Safumi dumbstruck as her jaw hung open in shock. Her anger returned momentarily as she captured the pawn at g3 with her f-pawn, though now she was starting to tear up; she was gonna lose and she knew it.

"Check," Okisato mockingly chuckled as he captured the rook at f1 with his rook, forcing Safumi to take it with her bishop.

"No, NO!" Safumi began to sniffle as Okisato mercilessly captured her pawn at g3, forcing her to block the assault at g2 with her rook.

Okisato saw no threat, and simply picked up another pawn by capturing the one at h4 with his queen, but as soon as Safumi moved her pawn to a4 in frustration, Okisato saw gold. "Thank you, Peter," he snickered as he moved his bishop to g3, mate was now imminent, and Safumi had realized it too.

"AH F***!" Safumi cried as she captured the bishop at g3 with her rook, giving Okisato another free piece as said rook was promptly swept away by Okisato's queen.

Safumi quickly slid her king to h1 as she gazed at the time. "A minute and a half on both of us!? Fuck, FUCK! I'm gonna lose!" she fumed in her mind as Okisato moved his queen to f2.

At this point, all Safumi was doing was delaying the inevitable as she moved her bishop to e2, prompting Okisato to sweep it up with his queen. She then advanced her pawn to c6 as Okisato further set up the mate by moving his queen to f2. Next, Safumi moved her pawn to d4 while Okisato advanced his pawn to e2.

"CHECK!" Safumi tearfully shouted as she slammed her pawn down on c7 in a last ditch effort to turn things around, which was promptly dashed by Okisato simply capturing said pawn with his king.

Now with nothing left, Safumi dejectedly slid her pawn to d5.

"Checkmate. That's what you get for dissing me, BA-KA!" Okisato sneered as he moved his pawn to e1 and promoted it to a queen, winning the game.

Tears rolled down Safumi's face as she gritted her teeth in anger. "Motherfucker. Alright, now you get points, rematch option, and some dumb badge. Now piss off!"

"First I want to do the daily puzzle, and so would all my club mates," Okisato stated in his deadpan persona as all the members of the chess club, minus Mimoko, entered the secret puzzle cafe.

"YOU LITTLE SHIT!"

The full game:

White: Himitsusan (Safumi Bouzi) (2550) Black: Okisato Tanabe (2525)

1. Nf3 d5

2. g3 c5

3. Bg2 Nc6

4. O-O e5

5. d3 Nf6

6. c4 d4

7. Bg5 h6

8. Bxf6 Qxf6

9. Qa4 Bd7

10. Nbd2 Qd6

11. h4 Be7

12. Qb5 Nb4

13. Qxb7 Bc6

14. Ne4 Qd8

15. Qxa8 Bxa8

16. Nxe5 Qb8

17. a3 Nc2

18. Rac1 Qxe5

19. Rxc2 f5

20. Nd6+ Bxd6

21. Bxa8 f4

22. Bc6+ Kd8

23. b4 Rf8

24. bxc5 Bc7

25. Bg2 fxg3

26. e4 dxe3

27. fxg3 Rxf1+

28. Bxf1 Qxg3+

29. Rg2 Qxh4

30. a4 Bg3

31. Rxg3 Qxg3+

32. Kh1 Qf2

33. Be2 Qxe2

34. c6 Qf2

35. d4 e2

36. c7+ Kxc7

37. d5 e1=Q#