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Mario Nakano 64

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Feb 01, 2025

To:Taylor J

I honestly haven't given that much thought. I guess there would be some places where food grows, but most if not all would just get their food from the generator. As for the freshness, the old and new would co-exist, though the newer more updated one would likely be the default on the search menu.

Limitless Vlogging: A journey around the utopian supercontinent

Chapter:11

Jan 31, 2025

Author's Commentary #336:

Time to talk about Chapter 336: Pyramid scheme.
When I said it might be a while until a game ended decisively, that was an intentional misdirect. Ginji is stepping up his game and going full Zsa Zsa and intentionally playing bad in order to lose as fast as possible. Unlike her though, he's trying to pretend like he's not doing that, and is intentionally sabotaging the team. Originally, I did plan for Refik to have a proper match against Ryonosuke, but since it made for a better story to have Ginji play in the round, I had Ginji throw his game to him.

Now 0-1 in the hole, the men's team will have to win on demand, or at least get 2 wins and a draw, in order to win the match. But the women's team also has their prospects threatened as now Iori is forced to play sick, while Azenira is out. With how good Xiu and Bao are, along with Iori not being at full strength, China really does have a good chance of winning the match even if Daria beats Xiao Lin. Speaking of which, things will stay on the men's side for a chapter more before shifting back to the women's side. Get hyped, because the games that will be featured in this arc will be in contention for making my list of my favorite games in the entire series.

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

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:336

Jan 31, 2025

[Game log #209]

Here's the game from Chapter 336 between Ginji and Refik on board 4 in the Japan vs Bosnia and Herzegovina match in round 6 of the Chess Olympics.

[Event "Chess Olympics"]
[Site "Budapest, Hungary"]
[Date "2024.09.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Refik Osmanagić (2365)"]
[Black "Ginji Inohara (2722)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/analysis?tab=analysis"]

1. e4 d5 2. Nf3 dxe4 3. Ng5 Nf6 4. d3 exd3 5. Bxd3 h6 6. Nxf7 Qd5 7. Nxh8 Qd8 8. Bg6# 1-0

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:336

Jan 31, 2025

Loving the worldbuilding along with Sophia's character. I feel there's more mystery surrounding her though, like perhaps, maybe she herself has been aged.

The Drift of Time

Chapter:5

Jan 30, 2025

Author's Commentary #335:

Time to talk about Chapter 335: Groggy mosquito.
Round 6 has officially begun. Iori did make it to the venue in time, but the problem is she's still sick. That means her thinking will take a big hit. Jia is only rated 2199, so she isn't the most difficult opponent to face, but things are already off to a rough start thanks to Iori playing the Mosquito gambit. But before we delve too much into the action, let's do Yllka's bio.

イルカ・スレイマニ (Yllka Sulejmani) is how Yllka's name would be spelled in katakana.

Her birthday is March 27th, which she shares with Albanian women's candidate master, Eglantina Shabanaj

Her favorite piece is the bishop, mainly because like a bishop, she as a doctor can offer salvation to people.

Yllka's actually a character I'm still debating on what to fully do with her character. I imagine I'll have made my decision when she appears again in the story, but at the posting of this chapter, I'm struggling to go with one path or the other. Both have their merits, but only one can be used for her character.

Getting back to the action, Iori's game isn't the only one seeing action. Daria's, Mimoko's, and even Tenju's all saw some action. But I will confirm things will shift over to the men's side for a couple chapters before things shift back to the women's side. This is mainly to see how things are going over there now that Ginji will be playing instead of Ryonosuke. As such, it might be a few chapters before a decisive result for a game comes in, but I promise, there will be non-stop tension and action in these upcoming chapters.

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

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:335

Jan 30, 2025

To celebrate the Chess Olympics arc, I've decided to create full artwork of all the major teams that will appear in the story. Each work of art contains not just full art of the team's members, but also their board number and rating along with the team's average rating. Here's links to all the team art currently up for teams that have been revealed thus far. More will be posted as the arc progresses.

The women's side is complete at 61 teams. Even though there are over 100 teams competing, I'm only choosing to spotlight 61 of the women's teams. There will be even less on the men's side, as I'll likely only post art for the teams Japan will face or encounter.

I know I keep saying "this will be it" for the women's teams, but this time I'm really capping them off at 61 teams. Maybe I'll go back on that and do more, but even if I do I will state for a fact the number of women's teams with art will not exceed 65.

Note that not all the countries that get a main focus will each have artwork of both their men's and women's teams.

Women's teams ordered by average rating:

1. United States of America (average rating: 2661.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17022

2. German Empire of Prussia (average rating: 2613): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/16676

3. Japan (average rating: 2595): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/16756

4. Norway (average rating: 2594.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/16834

5. India (average rating: 2562.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/16665

6. China (average rating: 2511.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17267

7. Hungary (average rating: 2504.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17637

8. Ukraine (average rating: 2503.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/16688

9. Russia (average rating: 2458.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/16690

10. Georgia (average rating: 2428): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17429

11. Netherlands (average rating: 2422): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/16674

12. France (average rating: 2410.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17697

13. New Kingdom of Simien (average rating: 2409): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17428

14. Poland (average rating: 2400.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17694

15. Neo Kingdom of Egypt (average rating: 2394.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/16925

16. Azerbaijan (average rating: 2385.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17227

17. Kazakhstan (average rating: 2384.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/16835

18. Spain (average rating: 2354): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/16667

19. Bulgaria (average rating: 2353.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17690

20. Romania (average rating: 2350.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17069

21. England (average rating: 2347.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/16685

22. Armenia (average rating: 2326.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17732

23. Italy (average rating: 2324.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/16678

24. Denmark (average rating: 2305.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/16666

25. Estonia (average rating: 2269.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17693

26. Switzerland (average rating: 2263.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/16928

27. Türkiye (average rating: 2257.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17320

28. Greece (average rating: 2254.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/16677

29. Vietnam (average rating 2246.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17692

30. Mongolia (average rating: 2241.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17113

31. Argentina (average rating: 2225): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17729

32. New Republic of Paeonia (average rating: 2214): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17629

33. Serbia (average rating: 2202.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17649

34. Sweden (average rating: 2201.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17068

35. Ireland (average rating: 2178.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/16923

36. Belgium (average rating: 2169): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17669

37. Latvia (average rating: 2166.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17124

38. Neo-Babylonian Empire (average rating: 2161.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17698

39. Czechoslovakia (average rating: 2155.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17668

40. Ecuador (average rating: 2151): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17700

41. Uzbekistan (average rating: 2147): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17225

42. Croatia (average rating: 2146.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/16922

43. Brazil (average rating: 2143.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17226

44. Peru (average rating: 2128.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17730

45. Lithuania (average rating: 2093.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17670

46. South Africa (average rating: 2086.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17699

47. Australia (average rating: 2084.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17456

48. Philippians (average rating: 2082): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17696

49. Austria (average rating: 2080.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17582

50. New Zealand (average rating: 2073.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17023

51. Ethiopia (Average rating: 2029.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17172

52. Portugal (average rating: 2008.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17229

53. Scotland (average rating: 1999): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17075

54. Canada (average rating: 1997.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/16927

55. Bosnia and Herzegovina (average rating: 1987.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17695

56: Mexico (average rating: 1986): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/16926

57. Albania (average rating: 1968.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17731

58. Iceland (average rating: 1930.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/16921

59. Indonesia (average rating: 1876.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17072

60. Tanzania (average rating: 1863.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17074

61. Republic of Korea (average rating: 1778): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17228

Men's teams ordered by average rating:

1. United States of America (average rating: 2854.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17291

2. Russia (average rating: 2853.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17581

3. India (average rating: 2768.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17286

4. German Empire of Prussia (average rating: 2694.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17720

5. Spain (average rating: 2686.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17431

6. Neo-Babylonian Empire (average rating: 2666.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17110

7. Hungary (average rating: 2654.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17618

8. Poland (average rating: 2640.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17174

9. Ukraine (average rating: 2633.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17289

10. China (average rating: 2631): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17293

11. Romania (average rating: 2626.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17294

12. Austria (average rating: 2624): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17619

13. Cuba (average rating: 2577.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17586

14. Iceland (average rating: 2534.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17287

15. New Kingdom of Simien (average rating: 2528): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17334

16. Mongolia (average rating: 2472.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17170

17. Estonia (average rating: 2462.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17721

18. Bosnia and Herzegovina (average rating: 2443.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17585

19. England (average rating: 2431.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17306

20. Italy (average rating: 2320.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17502

21. New Zealand (average rating: 2286): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17432

22. Denmark (average rating: 2225): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17236

23. Canada (average rating 2223): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17333

24. Japan (average rating: 2047.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17349

Bonus:
The commentators (average rating: 2281.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17686

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:259

Jan 30, 2025

Author's commentary #334:

Time to talk about Chapter 334: When you least expect it.
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition! Unless of course you know I love referencing Monty Python, in which case, you should have seen it coming. But I don't think anyone expected or saw it coming that Ginji would outright chloro Azenira in order to screw over the women's team. And I'll confirm he got Ryonosuke too, meaning he'll be playing in the round after all. Now, let's do the bios for all the new characters.

フランコ・デフランコ (Franko DeFranko) is how Franko's name would be spelled in katakana.

His birthday is November 22nd, which he shares with American-British actor and comedian, Terry Gilliam.

His favorite piece is the bishop, because he himself is a cardinal.

フランシス・ヒメネス・デ・シスネロス (Francis Jiménez de Cisneros) is how Francis' name would be spelled in katakana.

His birthday is February 1st, which he shares with Welsh actor and comedian, Terry Jones.

His favorite piece is the bishop, because he himself is a cardinal.

フランクリン・フランツ (Franklin Franz) is how Franklin's name would be spelled in katakana.

His birthday is May 5th, which he shares with English actor and comedian, Sir Michael Palin.

His favorite piece is the bishop, because he himself is a cardinal.

Given authority by Queen Sophia, these three bumbling buffoons now how full authority to go full Spanish Inquisition, so long as they adhere to complete and unwavering loyalty and obedience to Sophia herself. And in case you're wondering, they're more in-line with Monty Python's Spanish Inquisition than the historical one.

エゼキエル・ゴルドシミット (Ezekiel Goldschmidt) is how Ezekiel's name would be spelled in katakana. יחזקאל גולדשמידט (Ezekiel Goldschmidt) is how it would be spelled in Hebrew.
(If I made any mistakes with the translations, feel free to correct me).

His birthday is March 29th. I chose the date at random, so there's no greater meaning behind why this date is his birthday.

His favorite piece is the bishop, because he himself is a rabbi.

Ezekiel is Golda's father and a grandmaster himself. He is generally regarded as a wise and instructive man. Before the New Kingdom of Simien came to be, he was frequently at odds with Israel's egotistical prime minister. Said character has yet to be revealed in the story, but even though he's no longer in power, he's still got enough sway in Simien's new government to weasel his way onto the men's team. If you've seen the team artworks, you probably have an idea who this character is, but if you haven't I won't spoil things here.

Getting back to Ezekiel, I meant to introduce him earlier, but never found the time until now. He's not going to have a role, say the size of Alya and Anastasia, but I at least wanted to introduce him before the round began. In fact, my goal is to introduce all the characters in the artworks, whether it be giving them just a few seconds of screentime, or a more outside role. But that's easier said than done as I keep making new teams each day. I'm finally capping out the women's teams, but the men's teams still have a ways to go as of the upload date of this chapter.

Getting back to the story, with Azenira out, it means either Iori has to get to the venue in time and even if she does, she'd have to play sick, which would give China a significant edge. But if the latter does come to pass, it means that all 4 of the games on the women's side will be shown. Get hyped because round 6 will be one of the most intense rounds thus far in the tournament.

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

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:334

Jan 29, 2025

If anyone wishes to submit fanart for this series, I more than welcome it. There are many moments in this series I'd love to see in visual format that I'm unable to draw good art of with my current artistic skill set. Fanart will be featured in the gallery, and will likely either be rotated or combined into a collage, with credit to the original artists being included in the description, if lots of fanart is submitted.

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:1

Jan 28, 2025

When I first saw the chapter title, I thought to myself, "I hope there's actually arrows made of oil, as that would be really cool." Lo and behold, that's actually what shows up. Looks like this arc will focus on fortress infiltration. Now is the time for all of Yalda's stealth abilities to come into play.

Face of Eternity : Principality of Dreams

Chapter:16

Jan 28, 2025

Hold up, Mondale's president? If I recall my US history correctly, Reagan beat him in a 49 state landslide. If he's president, it makes me wonder what exactly happened to lead to him drastically altering history.

The World Doesn't Change So Easily

Chapter:5

Jan 28, 2025

Author's Commentary #333:

Time to talk about Chapter 333: A smooth act.
Yeah, this whole chapter is "Author's poorly disguised fetish". Bald milf Ichiko, even though she isn't a mother just yet, is here folks. Now before I talk more about her and Maida, let's talk about the new character introduced, Venera.

ベネラ・ソラヤ・シェフ (Venera-Soraya Shehu) is how Venera's name would be spelled in katakana.

Her birthday is May 30th, which is the day FaZe clan was first founded.

Her favorite piece is the queen because she thinks it's the most hardcore piece.

Soraya clan is essentially this world's equivalent of FaZe clan. Venera is one of the lead figures of it, and also one of Albania's top female players. Originally, I was actually planning to introduce a different character instead of her this chapter, but decided to go with her instead.

Getting back to Maida and Ichiko, the two had quite the high school experience, with Ichiko finding it humorous, and Maida hating every second of it. But with the events of this night, Maida now has a greater drive to improve her chess game. Ichiko will also be making more appearances in the story as well, so look forward to seeing her again.

And now, it's finally time for round 6. This is the final round before the Bermuda party and the first rest day. It also marks the half-way point in the tournament, meaning standings updates will be given following round 6's conclusion. This also means the series' 1 year anniversary will likely fall somewhere between round 6 and 7. It's wild to think about that this series will be a year old soon, but it will be. Speaking of years though, I don't think Season 7 will last an entire year, but it most certainly will come close to it, as the Season is still far from over. As for the one-year anniversary, I've already got a proper game planned for that day. Though we're not quite at the anniversary yet, I'd still like to thank everyone that's supported this series thus far. I hope you're looking forward to another year of it.

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

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:333

Jan 27, 2025

It's been a while since I read the finale of Season 2, but if I'm not mistaken, Jora was killed off, at least in the original draft. Assuming I'm not misremembering, him being here means his role in the story has likely been revised. I wonder what else has been significantly revised.

Your Healer

Chapter:36

Jan 27, 2025

Time to get back in to this now that the hecticness of the contest has winded down. I haven't gotten the chance to check out the new revisions from Seasons 1 or 2, so I guess I'll ask here if there's any significant changes in the plot I should be aware of going into Season 3.

On a different note, I noticed the chapters are now more organized in terms of numbering. Since you have a Chapter 0, I'd recommend checking the "add prologue" box in the edit novel section as that will give the novel a Chapter 0. Other than that, looking forward to what this season has in store.

Your Healer

Chapter:35

Jan 27, 2025

Author's Commentary #320:

Time to talk about Chapter 320: Halloween Artiljerija.
This chapter marks the 200th game log for the series, and what better way to commemorate it than with my favorite gambit, the Halloween gambit. I'll go more in depth on the game, but first let's do Miralem's bio.

ミラレム・アルティリエリヤ (Miralem Artiljerija) is how his name would be spelled in katakana.

His birthday is February 10th, which is reportedly the day the national anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina is said to have first been in use from along with the flag and coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

His favorite piece is the rook, since it's the most artillery like piece on the board.

And speaking of artillery, me stumbling upon the song, Bosanska Artiljerija was what ultimately led to the inspiration of not just the Bosnian teams, but a whole potential storyline as well. The song is a Bosnian folk song, and a real banger too, and inspired me enough to make Miralem's surname a homage to it. Heck, he even sings parts of the song in the chapter. You can bet that if this series ever got a video game adaptation, I'd be pushing for a rendition of Bosanska Artiljerija to be the Bosnian's theme when you face them.

Speaking of storylines, I've actually gone back and edited Chapter 282: Chess' worldwide importance, to both highlight the fact that the leaders of the Balkan nations all have DESPERs, preventing them from subjecting each other to DESPER matches, and to add in a blurb about the New Republic of Paeonia. I actually have yet to even upload art of the team as of the posting of this chapter, but it will likely be up soon, or already be up. I'll go more in depth on just what that mysterious new nation is when it becomes more relevant in the story though.

As for the game, it actually happened by chance. I was originally going to have him win with a Tennison gambit, or at the very least a successful ICBM gambit, but this game worked out thanks to the rook going full ICBM against the queen, and it wasn't too long either. It also started out with a Halloween gambit, so it was easy to decided that the game would be used for the story.

One thing I didn't enjoy about writing the game was Retskcirb, or rather, having to write his name out all the time. I at least wanted him to have a match, but after this, he probably won't have another one for a while.

But since I haven't posted the match score, that means there will still be more games to showcase in the Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Denmark match. And to offer a tease, there will finally be a game with Skaberghast playing with Black, so have fun speculating on what opening he'll play. Since Japan's already faced Denmark and can't face them again, this focus on the match might be hinting that Bosnia and Herzegovina could be Japan's next opponents on the men's side. The women's side will still be a while, but I will give one hint as to who their opponent will be for the next round, and that hint is that their opponent features the women's world chess champion herself. See if you can guess who it is before it's revealed in the story.

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

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:320

Jan 27, 2025

Author's Commentary #241:

Time to talk about the finale of Side Story 6, Chapter 241: A new conspiracy.
Ugh, this was easily my least favorite arc in the entire series, which is a shame because not only is there some good chess games, but also some lore bits that will play a part in the main storyline. Burnout is by far the biggest culprit alongside poor planning as I was completely lost on what to do with this arc. Now let's end things on more of a positive note, starting with Miga's bio.

切川巳雅 (Kirikawa Miga) is how her name is written in kanji. 巳雅 means "snake" and "elegance".
(If I made any mistakes with the translations, feel free to correct me).

Her birthday is December 16th, which is the same as Miga's. Both are actually quintuplets with Ina being the second oldest, and Miga being the third oldest.

Her favorite piece is the pawn, mainly since it can promote to a piece that may no longer be on the board.

Miga possess the unique ability to not only survive with her head cut off, but regrow it as well. The secret to her technique lies in the fact that she's a quintuplet and can thus twin link with her siblings. Thus, she'll store her consciousness in one of her siblings before regrowing her head. She can also regrow her body from her head, but tends to opt for growing a head from her body as the former always leaves her nude.

One other fun fact about Miga is that she was revealed way back when I first posted the Kirikawa family tree art. Another thing to note about that art is that it reveals another one of her siblings that has yet to appear, but will play a role in the story, possibly very soon.

As for what's next for the story, we're jumping straight into Season 7. And since Halloween was looming, the season features a Halloween gambit chapter early on to celebrate it. At the original time of uploading this, I was actually unsure of what direction to go with as if I wanted to squeeze in one more Side Story, I'd need to do it now, because the Chess Olympics arc, aka Season 7 would be long. The contest going on at the time also affected my psych, but I ultimately decided to go with jumping right into Season 7, and I'm glad I did. The first 18 chapters of it serve as the prologue of sorts, but after that, the tournament begins, and it is peak chess. I hope you look forward to what's to come for this series.

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

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:241

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