Jul 30, 2025
Author's Commentary #516:
Time to talk about Chapter 516: The man from Vilnius.
Žygimantas' role is about to become much clearer in the grand scheme of things, but I will admit, I didn't expect to focus this season on Yuusuke as much as I have been. It's true he's in need of some focus, which I eventually planned to give him, but Žygimantas coming in to seemingly be what helps get him on track was a last-second decision. It's a bit difficult to discuss this without spoiling the next chapter, so for now, lets do the bios for the two commentators from Chapter 506: A portal to International Chess Day, that I neglected to do until now.
ブレット・ファインシルバー (Brett Finesilver) is how Brett's name would be spelled in katakana.
His birthday is September 6th, which he shares with American grandmaster and streamer, Ben Finegold.
His favorite piece is the king.
レヴォン・ドゥルーク (Levon D'Rook) is how Levon's name would be spelled in katakana.
His birthday is December 5th, which he shares with American international master, content creator, author, and commentator, Levy Rozman.
His favorite piece is the rook.
My apologies that it's taken a while to do the bios for these two, but now things are finally up to date. While this season wasn't originally planned to have much, I feel that with the last-minute shift to focusing more on Yuusuke, it might play out a tad different than originally intended. That said, the season will likely be short as I am writing it while on vacation.
That's all for this commentary. I hope you enjoyed it.
