Dec 12, 2025
Author's Commentary #6:
Time to talk about Chapter 6: Tennison's ICBM.
Carol's getting a chance to shine and showcase one the more fun gambits, the Tennison Gambit. Nicknamed the ICBM gambit, this gambit, if successful, nets you the enemy queen and puts the enemy king in a more precarious position. Speaking of the bird that got blasted in the face with Carol's ICBM, let's talk about him.
エドワード・アレン・ジキル (Edward Allen Jekyll) is how his name is written in katakana. He takes inspiration from both Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven.
His birthday is January 29th which is when The Raven was first published.
His favorite piece is the knight because it's the closest piece to resembling a raven, according to him.
In the original version, Edgar's rating was over 2100 while Carol's was 400, and while I felt at the time having Edgar blunder so badly could be used to show that even top players can fall for lower level traps, I felt in the end it would be better to just nerf the bird. Thus, he's now rated 721, while Carol now has a buff and is rated 500. Carol's not in the same tier as Mimoko, Okisato, and Iori, but she's learning the game quickly and could easily become a top player in due time.
Since the Tennison Gambit is so satisfying to pull off, I wanted it to be featured in the series, but since advanced level players tend to thwart it, someone like Mimoko likely wouldn't play it. Thus, I decided to have Carol play it. Funnily enough, the Tennison Gambit starts as early as 1. Nf3 d5 2. e4/1.e4 d5 2. Nf3. Unofficially, some dub the continuation that leads to winning the queen, the Bosnian Gambit, due to YouTube user, Bosnian Ape Society, popularizing the gambit. Thus, I'll dub the 1. Nf3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Ng5 Nf6 4. d3 exd3 5. Bxd3 h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Bg6+ line, the Bosnian-ICBM Gambit. I'm not sure how much more we'll see of this gambit in the series, but at least I was able to showcase it here.
That's all for this commentary. I hope you enjoyed it.
