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Mario Nakano 64

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Jul 11, 2025

Author's Commentary #476:

Time to talk about Chapter 476: Lamp oil, rope, poisoned pawns.
Finnish bootleg Morshu is here, folks. Now is the time to dig up that Morshu text-to-speech app and use it or at the very least, imagine Morshu's voice or one just like it, coming from his mouth. Speaking of which, I think one of the reasons Morshu can say so many things using just his line from the game is because he says every syllable or something in the two lines he has, making it possible to make him say anything just by copy/pasting those lines. But enough talk of trivia here, let's do proper bios for the Finnish boys.

ユハペッカ・ヨエンスー (Juha-Pekka Joensuu) is how Juha-Pekka's name would be written in katakana.

His birthday is May 1st, which he shares with JP from Street Fighter 6.

His favorite piece is the bishop.

To be honest, his name is the only standout feature about him other than the fact that he's emo.

オイバ・フースコネン (Oiva Huuskonen) is how Oiva's name would be written in katakana.

His birthday is May 21st. I chose this date at random, so there's no greater significance behind why this date is his birthday.

His favorite piece is the queen.

Oica's the femboy of the bunch, and like Juha-Pekka, doesn't have much development.

ルーペ・モロッタヤ (Roope Morottaja) is how Roope's name would be spelled in katakana.

His birthday is October 10th, which is the day Link: The Faces of Evil was first released.

His favorite piece is the pawn.

In case it wasn't obvious, this guy's a full blown reference to Morshu from the Legend of Zelda. Even references Mortar, the parody character of Morshu from Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore. This all came about because his name literally translates to "rope", and as we all know, Morshu sells lamp oil, rope, and bombs as long as you have enough rupees.

As for the game, it was short, but I wanted to make sure it had a poisoned pawn variation so that I could make the chapter title work. Since the Latvian Gambit had one such variant, I went with that. Now I really am starting to get curious how frequently this gambit has been played. I want to say around 5 or 6, but it could be a little more.

And now, the men have gotten their first perfect sweep of the tournament. All that remains is for the women to do so, and then we get closer to the final act of this arc in the series.

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

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:476

Jul 11, 2025

[Game log #298]

Here's the game from Chapter 475 between Okisato and Flavio on board 1 in the Japan vs Finland match in round 9 of the Chess Olympics.

[Event "Chess Olympics"]
[Site "Budapest, Hungary"]
[Date "2024.09.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Flavio Baltho (2327)"]
[Black "Okisato Tanabe (2700)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/analysis?tab=analysis"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. exf5 e4 4. Ne5 Nf6 5. d4 d6 6. Ng4 Bxf5 7. Nxf6+ Qxf6 8. Be3 d5 9. Nc3 c6 10. h4 Nd7 11. Bg5 Qe6 12. Be2 Nf6 13. Bf4 Bb4 14. a3 Ba5 15. b4 Bd8 16. O-O O-O 17. Be5 Ng4 18. Bg3 Qg6 19. b5 Nxf2 20. Bxf2 Bh3 21. g3 Rxf2 22. Kxf2 Bc7 23. g4 Rf8+ 24. Ke1 Rxf1+ 25. Bxf1 Bg3+ 26. Kd2 Qh6+ 27. g5 Bf4+ 28. Ke2 Bg4+ 29. Kf2 Qxh4+ 30. Kg2 Qh2# 0-1

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:475

Jul 11, 2025

Surprise! Turns out there was one more team yet to be revealed, the nation of Finland. For obvious reasons, I decided to hold off on adding them to the team post back in Chapter 259, but since they've been revealed, I'll repost the links to all the team artwork with Finland factored into the average rating list. This is the true team master list for the women's side.

Women's teams ordered by average rating:

1. United States of America (average rating: 2661.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19740

2. German Empire of Prussia (average rating: 2613): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19763

3. Japan (average rating: 2595): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20738

4. Norway (average rating: 2594.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19777

5. India (average rating: 2562.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19743

6. China (average rating: 2511.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19747

7. Hungary (average rating: 2504.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20573

8. Ukraine (average rating: 2503.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20731

9. Russia (average rating: 2458.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20730

10. Georgia (average rating: 2428): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19703

11. Netherlands (average rating: 2422): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19778

12. France (average rating: 2410.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19765

13. Israeli Kingdom of Simien (average rating: 2409): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20287

14. Poland (average rating: 2400.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19767

15. Neo Kingdom of Egypt (average rating: 2394.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19773

16. Azerbaijan (average rating: 2385.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19751

17. Kazakhstan (average rating: 2384.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20729

18. Spain (average rating: 2354): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20727

19. Bulgaria (average rating: 2353.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20259

20. Romania (average rating: 2350.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20732

21. England (average rating: 2347.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19776

22. Armenia (average rating: 2326.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19770

23. Italy (average rating: 2324.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19779

24. Denmark (average rating: 2305.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20722

25. Estonia (average rating: 2269.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20733

26. Switzerland (average rating: 2263.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20468

27. Türkiye (average rating: 2257.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19702

28. Greece (average rating: 2254.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20333

29. Vietnam (average rating 2246.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19707

30. New Empire of Mongolia (average rating: 2241.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19752

31. Montenegro (average rating: 2237.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20982

32. Argentina (average rating: 2225): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20728

33. New Republic of Paeonia (average rating: 2214): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19758

34. Serbia (average rating: 2202.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20981

35. Sweden (average rating: 2201.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20723

36. Ireland (average rating: 2178.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19929

37. Belgium (average rating: 2169): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19769

38. Latvia (average rating: 2166.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20332

39. Neo-Babylonian Empire (average rating: 2161.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20725

40. Czechoslovakia (average rating: 2155.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19760

41. Ecuador (average rating: 2151): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19756

42. Uzbekistan (average rating: 2147): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20980

43. Croatia (average rating: 2146.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19603

44. Brazil (average rating: 2143.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20334

45. Peru (average rating: 2128.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19759

46. Antarctica (average rating: 2094): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19757

47. Lithuania (average rating: 2093.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20448

48. South Africa (average rating: 2086.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19705

49. Australia (average rating: 2084.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20253

50. Philippines (average rating: 2082): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20164

51. Austria (average rating: 2080.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19741

52. Åland Islands (average rating: 2072.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19755

53. New Zealand (average rating: 2073.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20719

54. Ethiopia (average rating: 2029.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19785

55. Finland (average rating: 2025.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/21120

56. Portugal (average rating: 2008.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19700

57. Scotland (average rating: 1999): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20254

58. Canada (average rating: 1997.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19750

59. Bosnia and Herzegovina (average rating: 1987.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20208

60. Mexico (average rating: 1986): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19928

61. Albania (average rating: 1968.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19606

62. Chile (average rating: 1960.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20165

63. Iceland (average rating: 1930.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20256

64. Indonesia (average rating: 1876.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/19780

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

66. Tanzania (average rating: 1863.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20250

67. Republic of Korea (average rating: 1778): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20252

68. Pakistan (average rating: 1768.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20724

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

70. Moldova (average rating: 1776.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20734

71. Kosovo (average rating: 1696): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20249

72. Greater Federal Republic of Central America (average rating: 1633.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20737

73. Palau (average rating: 1606.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20736

74. Uruguay (average rating: 1426.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/20735

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:474

Jul 11, 2025

Author's Commentary #475:

Time to talk about Chapter 475: Rivoltante.
I really had lots of fun writing this chapter. Okisato absolutely decimating Flavio had me grinning the whole way through. In fact, this moment was incredibly refreshing for me and helped motivate me to write out the rest of the round 9 games and finish up 6B.

The game also featured a Latvian Gambit, which is quickly becoming one of my favorite openings for Black. That combined with Okisato dissing Flavio the whole way through make this a top contender to be in my top 30 favorite games list.

Now let's talk about some series revisions and behind the scenes bits. First off, I'm changing the location of Triple cedar from Tochigi City to Nikko, mainly because I feel Nikko fits better. Tochigi City will still make it's way back into the story as the main setting for a future arc I have planned. And speaking of arcs, Season 7 is on the cusp of being completed. Aside from the game for the 500 chapter special, I just have a single game left to write and then wrapping up Season 7 will be a breeze. This means that I'll be editing the chapter order meaning the latest chapter will not be the one many readers will be on if they read day-to-day. I'll post an announcement when that happens though.

One final thing in the chapter I need to talk about is Flavio slamming the table. In case some of you didn't know, it stems from a incident that occurred at Norway Chess 2025 where after blundering into a losing position against Gukesh, Magnus Carlsen angrily slammed the table before resigning. The moment has spawned countless memes, and with this series being a chess one, I naturally had to reference it. And reference it I did, as this instance with Flavio most certainly won't be the only time I reference it in the story.

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

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:475

Jul 11, 2025

[Game log #297]

Here's the game from Chapter 474 between Tenju and Virpi on board 2 in the Japan vs Finland match in round 9 of the Chess Olympics.

[Event "Chess Olympics"]
[Site "Budapest, Hungary"]
[Date "2024.09.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "SPCM Himitsuue (Tenju Kuroshiro) (2222)"]
[Black "Virpi Latvala (1861)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/analysis?tab=analysis"]

1. Nf3 e5 2. Nxe5 Qh4 3. d4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Qe7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Bg4 8. Be2 Bxf3 9. exf6 1-0

If the game had continued:

1. Nf3 e5 2. Nxe5 Qh4 3. d4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Qe7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Bg4 8. Be2 Bxf3 9. exf6 Qe6 10. gxf3 O-O-O 11. fxg7 Bxg7 12. Be3 Qf6 13. Qd3 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Rd1 c5 17. Rg1 Rhe8 18. Kf1 a6 19. Rg5 Kb8 20. Rxd5 Rxd5 21. Nxd5 Rd8 22. Nb6 Kc7 23. Nc4 b5 24. c3 Bf6 25. Ne3 Be5 26. f4 Bh8 27. Nd5+ Kb7 28. Bf3 Kb8 29. Re1 b4 30. cxb4 c4 31. Re7 Bd4 32. Rxf7 a5 33. bxa5 Rd6 34. Nb6 Bxb6 35. Rb7+ Kc8 36. Rxb6 Rd2 37. a6 Rd8 38. a7 Kc7 39. Rb7+ Kd6 40. Rb8 Rxb8 41. axb8=Q+ Kc5 42. a3 h6 43. Qb4+ Kd4 44. Qd6# 1-0

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:474

Jul 11, 2025

[Game log #296]

Here's the practice game from Chapter 473 between Iori and Okisato.

[Event "N/A"]
[Site "Budapest, Hungary"]
[Date "2024.09.25"]
[Round "N/A"]
[White "Okisato Tanabe"]
[Black "Iori Ishikiridokoro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/analysis?tab=analysis"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 Kd7 7. e5 Ng8 8. Bf4 Nc6 9. Bg2 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Ke8 11. Nb3 dxe5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. O-O-O+ Kc7 14. Nd5+ Kb8 15. Nb6 Ra7 16. Rd8 Nf6 17. Rxc8# 1-0

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:473

Jul 11, 2025

Author's Commentary #474:

Time to talk about Chapter 474: Deep Blue.
Finally, I can talk more in depth on so many of the plot points I've been sitting on. Everyone, meet Deep Blue, the second major antagonistic faction to grace the series, third if we count the Fairies, but they're not as big a threat as the Desperados or Deep Blue. As stated before when Deep Blue was first hinted at and within the chapter itself, Deep Blue takes it's name from the supercomputer that famously beat then-world champion, Garry Kasparov, in a chess match.

This Deep Blue also has a computer affinity as 99% of it's members based in it's home nation of Finland are digitized and can only regain physical forms through either possessing someone and using them as a conduit, or getting a special battery pack. The conduit thing is like how the edo tensei from Naruto works, except they can ditch the corpse after a little bit and not only retain their digital power but also have a proper physical form. Of course, the ones used as conduits die, and brutally too.

This was probably the big reason I ended up procrastinating with 6B because choosing which characters would die is a pretty big deal. Lorna, Trudy, Ye-bin, and Ju-hye were planned from the start to die, but the others were last-second decisions. For the longest time, I was planning on having Alya and Olga die, mainly for shock value, but with how little development Alya got coupled with how I'd have to asspull to make her and Olga lose made me decide to have them not participate in 6B at all.

Laura and Isabella were another pair I considered, though I decided to go against it. The main reason for this was that like Alya, I was mainly going to kill her for shock value, but would have been able to justify her loss due to Isabella being corrupted and throwing games intentionally. What made me go against it though was because I wanted to do more with Laura's character. Though in a video game adaptation, they would die if you failed to complete certain missions while team Tanzania wouldn't even show up unless you fulfilled the requirements to save Laura.

Speaking of Tanzania, they were a pure last-second choice. What ultimately made me go with them was the story value and arcs their teammates could go through as a result of this. Linet wasn't exactly very developed, but Aisha was a DSPCM, and a core component of team Tanzania's story.

Bulgaria I had toyed around with for a bit, but went back and forth on. Obviously I seemed to have settled on that, though I will confirm Radina will appear in flashback chapters. I'll also likely do a side story on her too, so look forward to that.

Now that Deep Blue is here, they are serving as the 9th round opponents for both Japanese teams as Finland. It is worth noting that there is no control over who is able to gain freedom to have a physical body again, which can lead to some non-Olavi loyalists getting out. A majority of the Fins here are anti-Olavi, though not all of them such as Flavio and Irja. Speaking of which, both Olavi and Irja gained their physical bodies back early on, though mainly because they didn't subject themselves to the exact same experiment they subjected the Finnish populace to.

As for the game, this one's a really short one, but I promise this next game between Okisato and Flavio will be amazing. In fact, that's the very game I've mentioned that I had lots of fun writing.

The only final thing to note is that now that Deep Blue has been revealed, I can finally upload the team art of Finland's women's team that I've been sitting on for months. All this time, I've been including the Finnish teams in my counts, yet been holding off on revealing them until now. Thus, the final team counts will be 74 for the women and 36 for the men for a nice even total of 110 teams. And with 5 members per team, that's 550 characters to juggle, not to mention all the other characters already created. And I'm still creating new characters for this upcoming arc.

Speaking of which, Season 7 is almost done. Now I've just got 8 chapters to write before I can edit everything into place. This means that the events being uploaded now for round 9 will happen in earlier chapters. Don't worry, I'll post the proper rearrangement guide once everything's uploaded. That also means the skip guide for Pre 6B won't be necessary. But as a plus, the season will end weeks sooner, and we'll be able to get into the next arc of the series.

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

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:474

Jul 11, 2025

Author's Commentary #473:

Time to talk about Chapter 473: Late night planning.
I'll admit, the whole point of this chapter was to have a game be featured on Okisato's birthday. The ironic thing is that after the revisions, the chapter I originally wanted to take place on his birthday now does.

To briefly touch on the game, it's a practice game, which I'll have to hold off on discussing too much on now as doing so would spoil some things in round 9. But what I can talk about is that team Japan will be playing Croatia in both sections for round 9. On this, I'll admit I only finalized it following the creation of Croatia's men's team around April. With all the games now written for round 9, I can say that I feel some of the latter ones were a bit rushed, but there is some good payoff in them. There were also some games I had lots of fun writing, so I hope you're looking forward to those. As for the rest of the season, it's obviously fully written at his point. As such, I can offer much clearer pictures on how things will play out. For now, I'll simply mention that after round 9, you'll want to get hyped for round 10 since it will feature some of the most landmark games in the whole story.

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

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:473

Jul 11, 2025

Author's Commentary #472:

Time to talk about Chapter 472: Return to Budapest.
Originally, this was going to be the finale of the Kaylee fight, but I decided to just have it be all one chapter. This chapter was originally longer, but I decided to split it up in lieu of the Kaylee fight being merged in the original drafts. But in the revision, I merged this back up with what was once titled, If I only remembered my hammer. Not really much to talk about with this one other than some of the characters have hair again and the very beginning of the chapter with Irja and Phantom.

That bit was actually added in only after I decided to merge the Kaylee fight both to pad out this chapter and tease some future plot points. It's ironic that to the reader, Phantom is a complete bag of mystery while to me the author, I've known everything about this character since the start.

The second half of the chapter focuses on checking in on some of the players following 6B. That being said, I do humor the theorycrafting with Kaylee a bit, hinting that just maybe, she was Chaya this whole time.

And with that, 6B is finally done. Originally spanning from chapters 449-484, for Pre 6B and 485-491 for 6B, the arc is now simply named, 6B, and spans from chapters 449-472. This is far more tolerable to me as my biggest issue before was the padding and sparseness of games. Now the arc which was once my most despised arc has been redeemed. That means Side Story 6 has reclaimed it's spot as my least favorite arc in the series.

And now, I'm pleased to say that round 9 will begin shortly. I had lots of fun writing some of these chapters for the round, with some of them helping me get over the burnout I was suffering from while writing the original Pre 6B and 6B. Like with a majority of the other rounds, this one has been planned since the start, so you don't need to worry about anything like the stuff that happened on the men's side of things in round 7 of the tournament.

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

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:472

Jul 11, 2025

[Game log #295]

Here's the game from Chapter 471 between the masked man and Loughlin. It features a French Defense: La Bourdonnais Variation.

[Event "N/A"]
[Site "Budapest, Hungary"]
[Date "2024.09.25"]
[Round "N/A"]
[White "The masked man (101)"]
[Black "Gen Loughlin Mac Ospaic (2507)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/analysis?tab=analysis"]

1. e4 e6 2. f4 g5 3. d4 gxf4 4. Bxf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 d5 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bb5 dxe4 8. Ne5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Bd7 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Qh5 Qe7 12. Bg5 Qf8 13. O-O Bb5 14. Rxf7 Ne7 15. Rxe7+ Kd8 16. Re8# 1-0

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:471

Jul 11, 2025

[Musical Selection]

The song that inspired this entire fight as well as what I imagine blaring in the background as this whole match takes place, ending only after Kaylee splashes into the water. It's the Belgian folk song, t' Smidje.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3nkKukg-P0

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:470

Jul 11, 2025

[Game log #294]

Here's the simul games from Chapter 470 between Kaylee and Daria and Mimoko.

[Event "N/A"]
[Site "Esztergom, Hungary"]
[Date "2024.09.25"]
[Round "N/A"]
[White "Kaylee Shamir (4002)"]
[Black "Mimoko Inoue (2809)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/analysis?tab=analysis"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. h4 Bh6 17. b3 Kh8 18. Nce3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 f5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Ne7 22. g4 g6 23. fxg6 Nxg6 24. Bd5 Nf4 25. h5 Qc7 26. c4 Nxd5 27. Qxd5 Rxb3 28. O-O Qd7 29. Raa1 Qxg4+ 30. Qg2 Qc8 31. Rxa5 Rg8 32. f3 Rxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Rb2+ 34. Rf2 Qg8+ 35. Kh3 Rxf2 36. Ra8 Qxa8 37. Kh4 Qxf3 38. h6 Rh2+ 39. Kg5 Qf4# 0-1

[Event "N/A"]
[Site "Esztergom, Hungary"]
[Date "2024.09.25"]
[Round "N/A"]
[White "Kaylee Shamir (4002)"]
[Black "Maestro Himitsu (Daria Inoue) (3200)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/analysis?tab=analysis"]

1. e4 d6 2. Ke2 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Qe1 Nf6 5. Kd1 Be6 6. Nc3 Qf5 7. Nb5 Nd5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bd3 Qg4 10. h3 Qxg2 11. Be4 a6 12. c4 axb5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 O-O-O 15. Be4 f5 16. Bxf5+ Kb8 17. Be4 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Qg5 19. Bxb7 Kxb7 20. Qe4+ Kb8 21. Nc6+ Kc8 22. Na7+ Kb8 23. Nc6+ Kc8 24. Qe6+ Rd7 25. Ne5 Qxe5 26. Qxe5 c6 27. a4 Ra7 28. axb5 Rc7 29. Ra8+ Kd7 30. Re1 Rc8 31. Qe6+ Kc7 32. Qxc8+ Kd6 0-1

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:470

Jul 11, 2025

Author's Commentary #470:

Time to talk about Chapter 470: Smoldering smidje.
And peak chess is finally back. The final battle of 6B is here and it really is something. Originally, I had this battle split into two chapters, but decided to merge them together since I felt it was better to keep the flow going. That means that you get to see this entire epic fight from start to finish in a single chapter.

This game and the bughouse games were the ones I was dreading for the longest time, with my worries with this one being the fact that it's two games at once, so double the work. One thing I will reveal about these games is that both were played against Chess.com's level 25 3200-rated engine bot around late January early February, so I've been sitting on these two games for a while now.

I'll also reveal the reason this match came to be, and that is the Belgian folk song, 't Smidje. It didn't come immediately, but after listening to it enough, I thought that having a final boss fight of sorts with Kaylee would be epic, and that's what ended up leading me to have her be Melisha. I also wanted to use the fight as a chance for Mimoko to be able to save someone, something she wasn't able to do back during the Michiko incident. I also wanted to use 6B as a chance to increase the stakes during the Chess Olympics as with the tournament format, there's been no chances to implement a chess death match.

And for one final thing, I'll leave it up to reader's interpretation to decipher what Kaylee meant in her last line. I guess I should also clarify she really is dead, though there is a chance she'll appear again in flashbacks. I do also plan to divulge the meaning behind her words as well in a later arc of the story.

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

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:470

Jul 11, 2025

Author's Commentary #469:

Time to talk about Chapter 469: Kaylee and Chaya.
I wasn't kidding when I said this would be one of the darkest, if not the darkest chapter in the series. What happened to Kaylee and Chaya was completely messed up and inhumane, making it all the more clearer why I said Olavi would be dethroning Kamoshida the piece of shit as the most hated character in the series.

The crazy thing is that I did watch Your Forma and I'm the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire! this past season, yet I came up with the idea of the twins being sliced up and spliced back together long before I even heard of both those series. Though I will admit, they did have some influence on the final draft which you see before you.

One thing I will elaborate more on is Kaylee's psych. Before meeting Ai, she was actually going around killing people by slicing them up with meat cutters, all while insulting them much like how her experience with Olavi went. But after meeting Ai, she managed to channel all that urge into simply shaving heads, which makes her character look even more messed up than before. I actually didn't plan this, but when I realized the way Olavi tortured Kaylee was similar to how Kaylee is when shaving heads, I connected the dots.

While I did mean to showcase more of Kaylee's relationship with Ai, I really want to get through this season first. All I'll say for now is that Ai was easily the one she loved the most and changed her life the most, which led to her fostering immeasurable resentment towards everyone when Ai was killed by Michiko. There is definitely more to this story, but that will have to wait for later down the line in the series.

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

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:469

Jul 11, 2025

[Game log #294]

Here's the games from Chapter 468 featuring the game from round 7 of the 6B tournament between Agatha and Kayie and Crina and Ionica and the game between Mimoko and Daria and Petronella and Drahomíra from round 10 of the 6B tournament.

B1:
[Event "6B tournament"]
[Site "Esztergom, Hungary"]
[Date "2024.09.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Agatha Boradstone (2666)"]
[Black "Crina Mătăsos (2022)"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. f3 e5 2. g4 Qh4#

B2:
[Event "6B tournament"]
[Site "Esztergom, Hungary"]
[Date "2024.09.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ionica Frâncu (1922)"]
[Black "SPCM Katie Knox (2389)"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. b4 e5

Move reserve:
United States of America: None
Moldova: None

B1:
[Event "6B tournament"]
[Site "Esztergom, Hungary"]
[Date "2024.09.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mimoko Inoue (2809"]
[Black "DSPCM Petronella Roos (2202)"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. g3 e5 2. c4 Bb4 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Nxe5 h6 6. Qc2 Ne8 7. Q@h7#

B2:
[Event "6B tournament"]
[Site "Esztergom, Hungary"]
[Date "2024.09.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Drahomíra Plešatý (2168)"]
[Black "Maestro Himitsu (Daria Inoue) (3200)"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8

Move reserve:
Japan: Black pawn, white pawn, white bishop, white queen (dropped)
Belgium: Black pawn, black knight, black queen

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Chapter:468

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