Mario Nakano 64

Mario Nakano 64

It's a me. I'm an aspiring light novel writer hoping to one day see my works in anime form. I hope that my works at least brighten up your day and give you something to look forward to.

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    Dec 27, 2025

    Author's Commentary #26:

    Time to talk about Chapter 26: 960 sprint.
    This was originally the first 960 game to grace the series. I first began doing 960 games a few months before writing Season 5, but I never actually got around to implementing any of those games in the story until Season 5. The funny thing is that Season 5 was easily the season I did the least amount of planning on, yet it's one of my favorite seasons. I think it's due to the fact that it focused on fun chess variants, giving the story a bit more flare. I had planned from the start to feature chess variants, but at the time, bughouse, chess boxing, and 4-player chess were the only ones on my mind, but now that I've learned of just how many chess variants there are, and how many are available to play on Chess.com, I naturally decided to include as many as I could for the season. And of course, that very season in its entirety is being adapted into this very volume.

    As for the game itself, it was once again another me vs the Chess.com engine bot, with assisted mode on, classic. Since 960's starting positions are random, there isn't really much opening theory, nor many opportunities to get away with crazy opening moves. As such, Okisato basically played normally. It's honestly going to be really interesting to see how Mimoko reacts to his feats. Though one thing I will mention is that a real-world issue that all chess players have to deal with, will affect Okisato. And that issue, is fatigue. While he appears to be fine now, who knows how many more matches he'll have to play before he can rest. Though his next match might be difficult as it will be against Maestro Xiao Lin herself.

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

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    En Passant Grandmaster Volume 3 cover
    En Passant Grandmaster Volume 3
    Chapter:26