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Mario Nakano 64

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Mar 31, 2025

So I saw this novel managed to pass the 1st round of another contest. Congratulations. Surprised it was in the ongoing category though. Does this mean there's grander plans for this series?

Robot Catgirls Philosophizing on the Moon!

Chapter:1

Mar 31, 2025

Author's Commentary #395:

Time to talk about Chapter 395: Outclassed.
Team Japan is back in action, and what a way to start out. Poor Maila didn't stand a chance against Mimoko, but her getting nervous and forgetting it was a classical time control instead of a blitz one, really did her in. While Mimoko morally doesn't enjoy taking advantage of opponents like this, she feels that as a chess player, she often must be cruel at times both as a sign of respect, and to teach her opponents how to become better players.

As for the game, it was originally a 42-move game, but I decided that a resignation was more appropriate, simply because after move 14, Maila's position was completely losing. Whenever I play the bots in order to get these great games, the only way to beat them is to mate them, which can sometimes lead to long drawn out games where a human opponent would have long since resigned after a certain point. For games that end in resignations, I always include the full game, with the exception of the Daria vs Xiao Lin game from round 6, but that's a special exception. While I was considering going a few moves past move 14 before Maila resigned, I felt that the demoralizing effect of her losing her queen and realizing her position was completely busted, thanks in no small part to her own nerves getting the better of her, would lead to her just wanting to go back to her room to cry. Perhaps if Mimoko was closer in skill to her, she'd have pressed on, but these two are simply on different levels, thus, Maila resigned.

Japan now leads the match, but before we see the conclusion of the next game of the match, some fools are about to cause a ruckus. That's right, I managed to somehow squeeze in a chapter that can be considered appropriate for April Fool's Day, which is the day after this chapter was published. April 1st is also Iori's birthday as well as Jester's and the Canadian DSPCM, Gwen's. This means you can expect to see more of Iori's game in the next chapter as well. Speaking of Gwen, I do have plans for her to properly appear in the story in the upcoming chapters. See if you can theorize what her role will be in the story.

That's all for this commentary. I hope you enjoyed it.

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:395

Mar 31, 2025

[Game log #248]

Here's the game from Chapter 395 between Mimoko and Maila on board 1 in the Japan vs Estonia match in round 7 of the Chess Olympics.

[Event "Chess Olympics"]
[Site "Budapest, Hungary"]
[Date "2024.09.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mimoko Inoue (2809)"]
[Black "Maila Rõivas (2410)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/analysis?tab=analysis"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qe2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Kb1 Ne5 11. Bb3 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Rxd8 1-0

If the game had continued:

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Kb1 Ne5 11. Bb3 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Rxd8 Raxd8 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Bxa7 Rf4 17. Rd1 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 Rf7 19. a4 Bg5 20. Qd6 Nc6 21. Bb6 Re7 22. a5 Bf6 23. a6 Be5 24. Qxe7 Nxe7 25. a7 Bxh2 26. a8=Q+ Kf7 27. Qxb7 Be5 28. Ka2 Bf6 29. Bd8 h5 30. Bxe7 Bxe7 31. Kb3 h4 32. Qxe4 g5 33. Kc4 Bd6 34. b4 Kf6 35. b5 Ke7 36. b6 Kf6 37. Qh7 Ke5 38. Qg6 Be7 39. b7 Kf4 40. b8=Q+ e5 41. Qb7 Bf8 42. Qf3# 1-0

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:395

Mar 30, 2025

A part of me feels Stanley might actually be Rungi, but there's also a chance he isn't.

Never Could Have Been Worse

Chapter:7

Mar 30, 2025

An inquisition? Could it be... The Spanish Inquisition!?

Never Could Have Been Worse

Chapter:6

Mar 30, 2025

In this economy, shower scenes can only last 5 minutes, which ironically, is longer than the average shower scene of about 5 to 10 seconds.

I Prolonged the World’s Demise by Babysitting a Kaiju

Chapter:5

Mar 30, 2025

Well that was one heck of a chapter.

Synthetic Smiles

Chapter:6

Mar 30, 2025

At this point, I think it's highly likely Shujinko's going to end up being tricked into destroying the world. As for Makiko, I've watched enough anime to know that with plot armor, there's a fair chance of surviving a building falling on top of you. In fact, I'm kind of feeling like she is still alive as that would provide the opportunity for Connor to rescue her and inform her of the situation from his side, which if my theory is correct, will lead to her joining them to try and stop Shujinko.

Concrete Coffin

Chapter:36

Mar 30, 2025

[Game log #247]

Here's the game from Chapter 394 between Noa and Xiao Lin on board 1 in the New Kingdom of Simien vs China match in round 7 of the Chess Olympics.

[Event "Chess Olympics"]
[Site "Budapest, Hungary"]
[Date "2024.09.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White Noa Ben-Horin (2052)"]
[Black "Maestro Xiao Lin (3020)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/analysis?tab=analysis"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nd2 d5 5. e5 Nh6 6. Nb3 Bg4 7. Be2 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Nf5 11. Nf3 Rc8 12. O-O O-O 13. Rae1 Ne3 14. Rf2 Nc4 15. Qe2 Nxb2 16. Nfxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc4 18. Qh5 c5 19. Nf5 g6 20. Qh6 gxf5 21. Rf3 Qb6 22. e6 Qb2 23. Rg3+ Kh8 24. c3 Qxc3 25. Rxc3 fxe6 26. Rg3 Rf7 27. Qxe6 Rcf8 28. Qxf7 Rxf7 29. Re8+ Rf8 30. Rxf8# 1-0

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:394

Mar 30, 2025

To celebrate the Chess Olympics arc, I've decided to create full artwork of all the major teams and characters that will appear in the arc.

Women's teams ordered by average rating:

1. United States of America (average rating: 2661.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18202

2. German Empire of Prussia (average rating: 2613): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18199

3. Japan (average rating: 2595): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18200

4. Norway (average rating: 2594.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18194

5. India (average rating: 2562.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18191

6. China (average rating: 2511.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18179

7. Hungary (average rating: 2504.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18205

8. Ukraine (average rating: 2503.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17917

9. Russia (average rating: 2458.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/16690

10. Georgia (average rating: 2428): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17429

11. Netherlands (average rating: 2422): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18195

12. France (average rating: 2410.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18178

13. New Kingdom of Simien (average rating: 2409): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18182

14. Poland (average rating: 2400.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18201

15. Neo Kingdom of Egypt (average rating: 2394.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18203

16. Azerbaijan (average rating: 2385.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17227

17. Kazakhstan (average rating: 2384.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18010

18. Spain (average rating: 2354): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18193

19. Bulgaria (average rating: 2353.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18428

20. Romania (average rating: 2350.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18172

21. England (average rating: 2347.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/16685

22. Armenia (average rating: 2326.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17732

23. Italy (average rating: 2324.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18192

24. Denmark (average rating: 2305.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18189

25. Estonia (average rating: 2269.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18204

26. Switzerland (average rating: 2263.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18181

27. Türkiye (average rating: 2257.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19022

28. Greece (average rating: 2254.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/16677

29. Vietnam (average rating 2246.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17692

30. Mongolia (average rating: 2241.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17113

31. Montenegro (average rating: 2237.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18306

32. Argentina (average rating: 2225): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17729

33. New Republic of Paeonia (average rating: 2214): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19021

34. Serbia (average rating: 2202.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18250

35. Sweden (average rating: 2201.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18046

36. Ireland (average rating: 2178.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18420

37. Belgium (average rating: 2169): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17969

38. Latvia (average rating: 2166.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18196

39. Neo-Babylonian Empire (average rating: 2161.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18907

40. Czechoslovakia (average rating: 2155.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18330

41. Ecuador (average rating: 2151): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18047

42. Uzbekistan (average rating: 2147): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18305

43. Croatia (average rating: 2146.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18175

44. Brazil (average rating: 2143.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17226

45. Peru (average rating: 2128.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17730

46. Antarctica (average rating: 2094): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18426

47. Lithuania (average rating: 2093.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18249

48. South Africa (average rating: 2086.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17699

49. Australia (average rating: 2084.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18197

50. Philippians (average rating: 2082): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18174

51. Austria (average rating: 2080.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19018

52. Åland Islands (average rating: 2072.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17964

53. New Zealand (average rating: 2073.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18015

54. Ethiopia (Average rating: 2029.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18176

55. Portugal (average rating: 2008.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17229

56. Scotland (average rating: 1999): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17075

57. Canada (average rating: 1997.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18048

58. Bosnia and Herzegovina (average rating: 1987.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17970

59. Mexico (average rating: 1986): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/16926

60. Albania (average rating: 1968.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18906

61. Chile (average rating: 1960.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18831

62. Iceland (average rating: 1930.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18180

63. Indonesia (average rating: 1876.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18206

64. Wales (average rating: 1873.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19017

65. Tanzania (average rating: 1863.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18177

66. Republic of Korea (average rating: 1778): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17228

67. Pakistan (average rating: 1768.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18904

68. Northern Ireland (average rating: 1777): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18824

69. Kosovo (average rating: 1696): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18823

Men's teams ordered by average rating:

1. United States of America (average rating: 2854.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18016

2. Russia (average rating: 2853.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18173

3. India (average rating: 2768.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17286

4. Uzbekistan (average rating: 2698.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18050

5. German Empire of Prussia (average rating: 2694.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17720

6. Spain (average rating: 2686.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17431

7. Neo-Babylonian Empire (average rating: 2666.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18251

8. Hungary (average rating: 2654.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19016

9. Poland (average rating: 2640.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17174

10. Ukraine (average rating: 2633.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18170

11. China (average rating: 2631): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17967

12. Romania (average rating: 2626.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18055

13. Austria (average rating: 2624): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17972

14. Serbia (average rating: 2602.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18186

15. Cuba (average rating: 2577.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17586

16. France (average rating: 2565.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18051

17. Iceland (average rating: 2534.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18171

18. New Kingdom of Simien (average rating: 2528): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17968

19. Mongolia (average rating: 2472.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17170

20. Estonia (average rating: 2462.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17721

21. Bosnia and Herzegovina (average rating: 2443.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17585

22. England (average rating: 2431.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18049

23. Slovenia (average rating: 2419.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19019

24. Costa Rica (average rating: 2362): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18187

25. Italy (average rating: 2320.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18056

26. New Zealand (average rating: 2286): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17432

27. Denmark (average rating: 2225): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19020

28. Canada (average rating 2223): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18042

29. Japan (average rating: 2047.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18184

Other:

The Arbiters (average rating: 2672): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18188

WWCF Staff (average rating: 2340): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19029

The Commentators (average rating: 2281.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17686

Female coaches (average rating: 1929): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19025

DSPCMs (average rating: 1628.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19028

Misc. Female Players (average rating: 1546.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19023

SPCMs (average rating: 1376.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19024

World Leaders (average rating: 941.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19027

Female Spectators (average rating: 199.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19031

Bonus:

Team Pakistan (Women) before Saima went bald: https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18905

Team Northern Ireland (Women) before going bald: https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18825

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:259

Mar 30, 2025

Author's Commentary #394:

Time to talk about Chapter 394: Critical moment.
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, round 7 of the Chess Olympics is finally here, and it's starting out with an opening act from the series' resident jobber, Xiao Lin. Seriously, this woman is a complete joke, and for how vain of a person she is, she deserves all the humiliation heading her way.

This game was so much fun to write thanks to the fact that I could not only have Xiao Lin lose to an Israeli gambit, but also to Noa, who's almost 1000 points lower rated than her. While attempting to get a game I could use for this chapter, there were a few games that went over 40 moves. Ultimately, I managed to get this game, which is just 30, which allowed me to complete the game without feeling overwhelmed. And in case anyone's wondering, I always use Chess.com's 2900-rated engine bot when doing Xiao Lin games.

And now that the opening act is done, things will shift over to team Japan, specifically on the women's side. This opening act may be tough to match, but the upcoming games I have will definitely give it a run for it's money. Especially the marquee match between Iori and Õnne. I hope you're hyped for it.

That's all for this commentary. I hope you enjoyed it.

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:394

Mar 29, 2025

Author's Commentary #393:

Time to talk about Chapter 393: A wild day out in Budapest.
Everyone's favorite bald catgirl is back, and so is Jester and even Alma. It turns out that despite not making the Japanese women's team, Alma was able to make the Uzbekistan women's team. She was primarily born and raised there, but later moved to Japan to study abroad. She is half-Japanese half-Uzbek as stated in the chapter. As for her compatriots, while many of them bear Japanese/Japanese-sounding names, they are all Uzbeks with no Japanese heritage. Speaking of which, lets do their bios along with Kato's. I also ended up editing Chapter , to include more DSPCMs. So I'll give the bios for the characters I added in here, since I don't feel like going back and editing my commentary.

ミノ・ラスロヴァ (Minoo Rasulova) is how Minoo's name would be spelled in katakana.

Her birthday is December 8th, which is Constitution Day in Uzbekistan.

Her favorite piece is the pawn.

Minoo is a gamer and professional esports player. And before anyone mentions it, yes, chess is going to be an esport, both IRL and in this world too. I imagine said real life event will undoubtably inspire a future arc in this series.

ノディラ・サビロワ (Nodira Sabirova) is how Nodira's name would be spelled in katakana.

Her birthday is October 1st, which is Teacher's Day in Uzbekistan.

Her favorite piece is the bishop.

アヤナ・タシケント (Ayana Tashkent) is how Ayana's name would be spelled in katakana.

Her birthday is September 1st, which is Independence Day in Uzbekistan.

Her favorite piece is the rook.

Ayana is one of Uzbekistan's main defenders from the Mongol hordes that constantly try to conquer it. She may not be as high-rated as some of her compatriots, but ratings don't always reflect true strength.

ウミダ・ホジャエワ (Umida Khodzhayeva) is how Umida's name would be spelled in katakana.

Her birthday is May 3rd. I chose this date at random, so there's no greater significance behind why this date is her birthday.

Her favorite piece is the knight.

モーティ・ザーカ (Morty Szarka) is how Morty's name would be spelled in katakana. His surname is Hungarian for "magpie".

His birthday is October 28th, which he shares with Hungarian grandmaster, Imre Balog.

His favorite piece is the bishop.

ナンドル・ニシュトル (Nándor Nyisztor) is how Nándor's name would be spelled in katakana.

His birthday is May 12th, which he shares with streamer and musician, Vinny Vinesauce.

His favorite piece is the king.

グウェン・スミス (Gwen Smith) is how Gwen's name would be spelled in katakana.

Her birthday is April 1st, which is April Fool's Day.

Her favorite piece is the pawn.

喜多加藤 (Kita Kato) is how Kato's name would be written in kanji. His surname means "joy" and "many", while is name means "add" and "wisteria".
(If I made any mistakes with the translations, feel free to correct me).

His birthday is August 8th, which makes sense since he's an octopus man.

His favorite piece is the pawn, since they remind him of Takoyaki.

To delve into the origins of Kato, and why he was with Nyoan and Jester, that's planned to be revealed in a series of one-shot novels which I plan to release at the start of April.

And now, after a month, the tournament will resume with the first chapter of round 7 being posted tomorrow. Things will work out slightly different from previous rounds as team Japan's games won't all be shown off first and at once. But that doesn't mean the games will be any less hype. Team Japan's games are also coming along nicely, so expect to see some peak chess in this next round of the tournament.

That's all for this commentary. I hope you enjoyed it.

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:393

Mar 29, 2025

To:Taylor J

There are actually easy ways to regrow your hair too. As for some behind the scenes trivia on this chapter, it was one of the first ideas I had for the story, and originally slated to play out much differently. Originally, the whole gang would be present and would each spin a roulette for a different hairstyle, with one person ending up bald. Another idea was that Meredith would then sue Hana, leading to a showcase of how trials are conducted, with the AI ruling that Hana ultimately not being at fault. Though when it came time to writing this chapter, I honestly felt burnout and just rushed it out. In general, I feel I wasn't as focused on this novel as I could have been due to being knee deep in the Chess Olympics arc of En Passant Grandmaster, which I ended up starting while the contest had just started up. I also found myself struggling at times on what to do with this story in terms of chapters and the overall end goal, since the main idea for this was just two girls going around the world and exploring all it has to offer. But when I introduced more story elements, some of those moments became a little harder to properly write, since now I had another factor to consider when writing things. That being said, I am overall, satisfied with this story.

Limitless Vlogging: A journey around the utopian supercontinent

Chapter:18

Mar 29, 2025

To echo what Himicchi said, I think the shift from third to first person works well. Still not a fan of present tense in general, but first person present tense is easily better than third person present tense, at least in my opinion.

Cat Got My Tongue

Chapter:7

Mar 29, 2025

The premise looks intriguing, but I'm not exactly a big fan of present tense stories. That being said, I can handle a present tense work so long as said present tense doesn't ruin the immersion for me too much. Let's see where this story goes.

Cat Got My Tongue

Chapter:1

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