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 04, 2024

    Author's Commentary #278:

    Time to talk about Chapter 278: Cheaters never win.
    I'll admit, this would have been a good title for the previous chapter, but I feel it works just as well here. There's actually quite a bit to talk about on this one so I'll start off with the game.

    This is one of the cases where it might help to throw the game into Chess.com's analysis engine as it'll show the eval bar and why Isabella was freaking out when she did. She could only see the eval bar though and not the engine's top moves, which is why she had to guess what move to make, and if she made a wrong one, she freaked out. Iori caught on and that led to her leveling the accusation.

    Iori was winning the game anyway, but decided to accuse Isabella of cheating, not because it was the right thing to do, but because she wanted to be sadistic. As for why Laura acted the way she did, that will be touched on in the next chapter, so I'll save going in depth on her and Isabella until that chapter's commentary.

    As for the match, Japan has won it, so the result of the board 1 game between Mimoko and Laura won't matter in the end, though at least the arbiters decided to let it continue instead of giving Japan the win outright.

    I actually was debating having the match be called in Japan's favor and then have Mimoko and Laura pick up their game elsewhere, but I felt it was better to have the game be allowed to continue so that it ends in the playing hall. With Iceland, only Köfun will be punished since he was caught cheating, and since it was a non-electronic method of cheating, he'll simply be suspended from competitive play until the tournament is over. He will be allowed to still spectate though, but he will be under a watchful eye.

    With Isabella, the matter is more serious as an electronic device was used, and will end up snowballing into something that impacts the entire Italian women's team. I'll elaborate more on this in the commentaries for future chapters.

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

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    Dec 03, 2024

    Author's Commentary #277:

    Time to talk about Chapter 277: You're not number one.
    The Icelandic team has been foiled, with Köfun being caught cheating and Ragnar losing to Okisato. Ragnar certainly isn't number one now, nor is Iceland, though only Köfun will end up getting punished since he was the one caught cheating. This means that Sportlegur will have to play for all the remaining matches.

    Now that the match has concluded, it's time to talk about it more in depth. First off, as I previously mentioned, Japan actually did face Iceland in round 10 of the 45th Chess Olympiad. And in it, they won 3-1. Their one loss ended up being on board 3, instead of board 2 like in the story, but if I had known about this match-up prior to writing the chapters, I would have done it. It's possible I might retcon it, but I also like what I wrote so it probably won't change. But if I do end up retconning it, this is why.

    As for Laura, I originally planned for Mimoko to be the one to spot the cheating and call the arbiter, but I decided the role fit Laura better. This decision in turn led to me fleshing out her character more, and gave me an idea on what to do for some of the other characters that have been introduced this arc.

    Speaking of original plans, Canada was originally set to be the round 2 opponent for Japan, but I ended up shafting them in favor of Iceland. Canada could still show up though in later rounds of the tournament though. If you've seen my gallery, you'll notice I've been uploading art of most of the key teams. Obviously, I won't be doing artwork for EVERY team participating, but I do think the total women's teams I'll add will near 50. The men's side probably won't be as much, but I will try to at leas do art of the teams Japan faces.

    Another idea I initially had was having Ragnar get away with his cheating and have Okisato try and spot it by viewing his notes. I backed off as I felt this would be a bit too much work, not to mention I wanted Ragnar's game to end in a checkmate. Since the game sis have a moment where Ragnar moving around the pieces could give him the edge, I decided to have him attempt to cheat there.

    Now with Japan's victory over Iceland, things will shift back over to the women's side. To give a refresher, Japan's chances are looking good there too as they currently lead 2-0. All they need is a draw to clinch the match, which seems likely at the very least. Even though the Italy match is still ongoing, I will say that the Iceland match is easily the highlight of round 2 for me. The games were so much fun to write. This arc truly does have me motivated to the max, making it easy to see why I'm considering it one of the best arcs in the series.

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

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    Nov 30, 2024

    Author's Commentary #274:

    Time to talk about Chapter 274: Who in the world is Carla Sanmarino.
    Well, now we know. Turns out, she's a actress on Fiverr, or Eighterr as it's known in this universe, that was commissioned to join the Italian team. This was all part of Margarita's scheme to try and lure Daria out to play as doing so would force her to play Laura at board 1. While Laura has never beaten Daria, she has managed to draw her a few times, and since she'd have the white pieces, doing so would be much easier. Margarita had little faith Carla would beat Mimoko, though if she somehow managed to or at least hold her to a draw, that would be icing on the cake. However, Margarita failed to account for how truly skilled those on the lower boards were, and what to do if Daria decided to sit out.

    Tenju gaining Taira's prowess also threw a wrench in her plan as Carla would have had a much easier time playing against the old Tenju. But now, Italy's chances of winning are gone as with Japan leading 2-0, a draw is the best they can do. And even then, Laura and Isabella don't have the advantage in their games, and both must win in order for Italy to draw the match. The game was also fun and even had an epic rook sacrifice at the end, which definitely helped in persuading me to use the game for this match.

    Though the full results of the Japan vs Italy match won't be revealed for a while as now things will shift over to the men's section. Speaking of which, IRL tournaments do allow players to get up and walk around the playing hall to observe games. As such, I decided to illustrate this by having Mimoko be the one to check in on the men's team.

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

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