Oct 20, 2025
Author's Commentary #598:
Time to talk about Chapter 598: Elephant in the room.
My motivation for writing this series fluctuates on a daily basis, more so when I need to write a game for an upcoming chapter. Yet once I got writing, things went smoothly.
I've been wanting to use an "Elephant in the room" pun for a while, and with the Elephant/Turkish Gambit being played again, it was a good time to use it. This gambit was planned to be played in this game for a while actually. As for naming, since this line doesn't have an official name besides the generic "Elephant/Turkish Gambit", we'll dub this one the Runaway Elephant Attack, or the King's Pawn Opening: King's Knight, Runaway Elephant Attack. I actually thought I'd have Yuusuke resign at move 15 in order to finish the chapter quicker, but I was motivated to finish the game in it's entirety. There likely will be some resignations in some of the remaining games for this season though.
Speaking of which, this season will likely be subject to revisions, mainly to add in more games and such. As such, I imagine I'll merge some chapters together too so that I can fit in everything within the 30 something chapters this season will end up being by the end of the day.
That's all for this commentary. I hope you enjoyed it.