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Mario Nakano 64

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Feb 19, 2025

Happy one-year anniversary to this series, and Happy Birthday to Fifi as well. Whether you've been reading since last year, or just getting started now, thank you for all the support you've given this series. Here's to another year of En Passant Grandmaster.

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:355

Feb 18, 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 64 teams. Even though there are over 100 teams competing, I'm only choosing to spotlight 64 of the women's teams. As for the men's side, I plan to have about 34 teams.

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/18202

2. German Empire of Prussia (average rating: 2613): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18199

3. Japan (average rating: 2595): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18200

4. Norway (average rating: 2594.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18194

5. India (average rating: 2562.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18191

6. China (average rating: 2511.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18179

7. Hungary (average rating: 2504.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18205

8. Ukraine (average rating: 2503.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17917

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/18195

12. France (average rating: 2410.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18178

13. New Kingdom of Simien (average rating: 2409): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18182

14. Poland (average rating: 2400.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18201

15. Neo Kingdom of Egypt (average rating: 2394.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18203

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/18010

18. Spain (average rating: 2354): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18193

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/18172

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/18192

24. Denmark (average rating: 2305.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18189

25. Estonia (average rating: 2269.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18204

26. Switzerland (average rating: 2263.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18181

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. Montenegro (average rating: 2237.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18043

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

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

34. Serbia (average rating: 2202.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18183

35. Sweden (average rating: 2201.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18046

36. Ireland (average rating: 2178.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17908

37. Belgium (average rating: 2169): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17969

38. Latvia (average rating: 2166.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18196

39. Neo-Babylonian Empire (average rating: 2161.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18052

40. Czechoslovakia (average rating: 2155.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18190

41. Ecuador (average rating: 2151): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18047

42. Uzbekistan (average rating: 2147): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18078

43. Croatia (average rating: 2146.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18175

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

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

46. Antarctica (average rating: 2094): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18058

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

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

49. Australia (average rating: 2084.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18197

50. Philippians (average rating: 2082): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18174

51. Austria (average rating: 2080.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18198

52. Åland Islands (average rating: 2072.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17964

53. New Zealand (average rating: 2073.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18015

54. Ethiopia (Average rating: 2029.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18176

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

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

57. Canada (average rating: 1997.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18048

58. Bosnia and Herzegovina (average rating: 1987.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17970

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

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

61. Iceland (average rating: 1930.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18180

62. Indonesia (average rating: 1876.2): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18206

63. Tanzania (average rating: 1863.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18177

64. 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/18016

2. Russia (average rating: 2853.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18173

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

4. Uzbekistan (average rating: 2698.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18050

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

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

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

8. Hungary (average rating: 2654.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18054

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

10. Ukraine (average rating: 2633.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18170

11. China (average rating: 2631): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17967

12. Romania (average rating: 2626.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18055

13. Austria (average rating: 2624): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17972

14. Serbia (average rating: 2602.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18186

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

16. France (average rating: 2565.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18051

17. Iceland (average rating: 2534.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18171

18. New Kingdom of Simien (average rating: 2528): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/17968

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

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

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

22. England (average rating: 2431.8): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18049

23. Slovenia (average rating: 2419.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18185

24. Costa Rica (average rating: 2362): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18187

25. Italy (average rating: 2320.4): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18056

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

27. Denmark (average rating: 2225): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18057

28. Canada (average rating 2223): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18042

29. Japan (average rating: 2047.6): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18184

Bonus:

The Arbiters (average rating: 2672): https://www.honeyfeed.fm/novel_images/18188

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

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:259

Feb 18, 2025

At this point, it's starting to feel like hikikomori abuse. Rom not showing any care for Eddy's wellbeing is getting him some big negatives from me.

Sucky Apocalypse

Chapter:3

Feb 18, 2025

Author's Commentary #354:

Time to talk about Chapter 354: Halloween fun.
Of course it's another Halloween gambit chapter. You should all know by now the Halloween gambit is my favorite opening. And this time, Mimoko is getting mated by it and becoming all sticky and blue for the next day within the story.

One thing I will confirm about the game is that I played it against Chess.com's 3200-rated Maximum engine bot, with assisted mode on. It really did surprise me how fast it blundered, but it's not like I was upset, in fact I was thrilled as shorter, but still exciting games are the perfect type to write. Obviously, I'm willing to do a long game if it's worth it, but generally I prefer games that range anywhere from 15 to 35 moves, as I feel that length is just right for me not to feel too overwhelmed about writing the game. Even though a game might only have 30 moves, remember that each move is actually two moves, unless White wins or stalemates the game. Thus a 15 move game means I actually have to write around 30 moves.

And with that tidbit out of the way, the next chapter will mark the series' one-year anniversary. This chapter easily could have served as such a chapter though. Peter and Mimoko faced off, the Halloween gambit was played, and there was fanservice in the form of Mimoko being dunked in sticky blue blueberry juice. The fact that this isn't the chapter to celebrate the series' one-year anniversary, but the chapter preceding it, should tell you that the game next chapter will be even more amazing, especially since Iori will be playing. Get hyped, because this next game will be one of the more memorable ones in the story.

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

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:354

Feb 18, 2025

[Game log #225]

Here's the game from Chapter 354 between Peter and Mimoko during the Bermuda party 6B unofficial tournament.

[Event "6B unofficial tournament"]
[Site "Budapest, Hungary"]
[Date "2024.09.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Peter Morphy (2900)"]
[Black "Mimoko Inoue (2809)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/analysis?tab=analysis"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Nc6 6. d5 Ne5 7. f4 Ng6 8. e5 Ng8 9. Bd3 Bc5 10. Qe2 c6 11. d6 Bd4 12. Ne4 Nh6 13. c3 Bb6 14. h4 O-O 15. g4 Re8 16. Bd2 Nxh4 17. O-O-O a5 18. g5 N6f5 19. Nf6+ gxf6 20. Qh5 h6 21. gxf6 Re6 22. Rxh4 Kf8 23. Qxf5 Be3 24. Qh7 Bxd2+ 25. Kb1 Qxf6 26. exf6 Rxf6 27. Qh8# 1-0

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:354

Feb 18, 2025

To:Taylor J

I do too. The elephant French toast just sounds delicious. I honestly don't know if a dish like it exists in real-life, but I did base it off a doughnut with jelly filling, a jelly-filled doughnut in the purest sense. I guess that would make Elephant French toast, Honey-filled French toast. And now I'm even hungrier for some French toast.

Limitless Vlogging: A journey around the utopian supercontinent

Chapter:12

Feb 18, 2025

To:SkeletonIdiot

Sneakers in general have quickly become high-end even in professional settings. I've seen quite a few people in fancy suits and dresses that choose to pair them with sneakers. Makes sense as they can not only be stylish, but comfortable too.

Sales Pitch

Chapter:3

Feb 17, 2025

Author's Commentary #353:

Time to talk about Chapter 353: Bosnian blueberry dip.
And now, it's apparent to see why this arc will be a good 20 chapters or so; there's a dunk tank filled with icky sticky blueberry juice that stains your hair and skin for 24 hours. It is harmless, but the prospect of not only subjecting various characters to the blueberry juice, and the opportunity to debut some of the cast members that have yet to make their first proper on-screen appearance were just too big to ignore. But the first part of this arc will focus mainly on the main cast and familiar faces.

The game between Okisato and Sejad was something I had planned ever since I first began writing round 6. In fact, I even began writing it before the Miralem game. This was originally meant to be the only notable event at the Bermuda party. What initially led to me extending the arc though, was the series' upcoming one-year anniversary. I wanted to feature an epic game, and decided that said game would not only mark the end of the arc, but also celebrate the one-year anniversary of the series. The latter is still true, but the former is no longer he case as this arc will end up stretching into early March. I promise it will be worth it though as not only will many new characters be introduced, but there will be some epic games, and some cinematic moments.

Getting back to the game, me deciding to extend the Bermuda party arc and introduce D.R. Passant, really helped me turn this game, which I initially deemed to be simply OK, into a thrilling intro to the 6B unofficial tournament. And speaking of thrilling, Peter and Mimoko will finally face each other again. It's been a while since there's been a proper Peter game too, but more importantly, these two clashing means one of them will end up dunked into the blueberry juice. All I'll say is Peter will have the White pieces, and Mimoko the Black pieces. I hope you're looking forward to it as well as the one-year anniversary of the series.

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

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:353

Feb 17, 2025

Author's Commentary #295:

Time to talk about Chapter 295: Undead Mongols and clairvoyant dreidels.
This might be the weirdest chapter title yet, but it describes exactly what the chapter contains. Once again, multiple new characters are introduced meaning we need to go over their bios.

ノア・ベン・ホリン (Noa Ben-Horin) is how Noa's name is written in katakana. נועה בן-חורין (Noa Ben-Horin) is how her name would be spelled in Hebrew. Her first name would be spelled as 希愛 in kanji and means "hope" and "to love".

Her birthday is July 1st, as it could be considered the half-way point in the year.

Her favorite piece is the knight, mainly because it's her father's favorite piece.

Noa is actually the DSPCM of New Tel Aviv, a city pretty much identical to the modern day Tel Aviv aside from it's geographical location. Her mother was Japanese so she is half-Japanese. She was born in America though and lived there with her family until about 2 months prior to the start of the series, which would be about late June or early July 2024. The New Kingdom of Simien actually came into existence on January 4th, 2023 so unlike most of the other Simiens, she wasn't an original resident.

マカビー・ベン・ホーリン (Maccabee Ben-Horin) is how Maccabee's name is spelled in katakana. מכבי בן-חורין (Maccabee Ben-Horin) is how his name would be spelled in Hebrew.

His birthday is June 24th, which he shares with Belarusian-Israeli grandmaster, Boris Gelfrand.

His favorite piece is the knight as it can move as it pleases.

Maccabee was originally born in Tel Aviv, but immigrated to America. He shares his name with the Maccabees, a group of Jewish rebels that overthrew the Seleucid empire in the 2nd century BCE, which eventually led to the celebration of Hannukah. As such, Maccabee often carries around dreidels, 4-sided tops each containing a Hebrew letter, as they are often associated with Hanukkah.

ゴルダ・ゴールドシュミット (Golda Goldschmidt) is how Golda's name is spelled in katakana. גולדה גולדשמידט (Golda Goldschmidt) is how her name would be spelled in Hebrew.

Her birthday is October 20th, which is also national gold day.

Her favorite piece is the king, because she believes it's the most "golden".

Golda is a Beta Israel, or Ethiopian Jew, who was initially born and raised in Gondar, Ethiopia before immigrating to Israel with her family. Gondar was actually part of the Kingdom of Simien, a Jewish kingdom said to have been located in the northwestern part of the Ethiopian Empire that was in existence from 350-351 CE, and then later reestablished in 960 CE and lasting until 1329. She was originally planned to be part of the Ethiopian team, but I felt it made more sense for her to be on the Simien team. Though the original plotline for her character will still carry over. As for the city she's the DSPCM of, New Rishon LeZion, it's real-life counterpart, Rishon LeZion, is actually sister cities with Gondar, and has a place known as the Gold Mall.

I'll reveal this before it's revealed in the story, but there's a certain member of the Ethiopian team who Golda considers her life-long rival. Said rival is a celebrated Olympic runner, who has just recently taken up chess and has potential in it. Golda being the vain little gremlin that she is, can't stand to get second place, a trait that stems from the fact that she has lot's of "gold" in her name. Though ironically enough, she has a heart of gold and never results to underhanded tactics. She just has a big ego, that's all.

グディット・ハイレ (Gudit Haille) is how Gudit's name is spelled in katakana. ጉዲት ሀይሌ (Gudit Haile) is how her name would be spelled in Amharic, while גודית היילה (Gudit Haile) is how it would be spelled in Hebrew. She shares her name with the warrior queen, Gudit, also known as Yodit or Yudit, who was said to have reestablished the Kingdom of Simien back in 960 CE. She is also an Ethiopian Jew like Golda, but her family chose to remain in Ethiopia. This proved to be key to the eventual creation of the New Kingdom of Simien as Gudit eventually managed to rise to the rank of president of Ethiopia. Under her authority, she allowed for the New Kingdom of Simien to take in some of Ethiopia's territory, notably the regions where the original Kingdom of Simien existed, and has been successful at ending every civil in the nation, leading to Ethiopia now being one of the most stable places to live in Africa.

Her birthday is October 11th. Since there is no recorded birthday for the historical Gudit, I chose this date at random to serve as the birthday for this Gudit. There is some significance behind the date though as Gudit was said to have been queen of Simien from the 10th century to the 11th century AD, which is why I chose the date that I did.

Her favorite piece is the queen for obvious reasons.

オリット・シャリル (Orit Sharir) is how Orit's name is spelled in katakana. אורית שריר (Orit Sharir) is how her name would be spelled in Hebrew.

Her birthday is January 4th. I chose the date at random, but in the context of the story, it is the same date the New Kingdom of Simien was founded.

Her favorite piece is the queen.

Orit first appeared back in Chapter 281: The conclusion of the Spain vs Denmark match, and was the one who caught Iori's eye. She's easily shaping up to be one of the more difficult characters to write, which I alluded to before. Ironically enough though, Olavi Hellkkinen ended up overtaking her for the title of most difficult character to write. The plotline I have in mind for these two characters will be VERY dark, so forewarnings in advance.

On the topic of the dreidels, I have no idea if the "affinity" with each letter is a real thing. Through my research, I did find that each letter does have some greater meaning behind it, but didn't dig much deeper than the Wikipedia articles on them. On the topic of the letter shin, it generally does have some good symbolism behind it according to the wiki page I read on it. It is true though that it does have different phonemes, being shin and sin. As such, I decided to base a plot around that.

ハヤ・シャミール (Chaya Shamir) is how Chaya's name is written in katakana. חיה שמיר (Chaya Shamir) is how her name would be written in Hebrew. When I originally saw her name when going through lists of names to use for potential characters, I initially thought it was pronounced "Chai-ah" as in like ochaya. But the c is actually silent so it's pronounced like "hi-ya". Her surname on the other hand is the same as the first name of Shamir Nevrand from Fire Emblem Three Houses.

Her birthday is March 27th, which she shares with Shamir Nevrand from Fire Emblem Three Houses.

Her favorite piece is the bishop.

モーゲ・カトゥン (Möge Khatun) is how Möge's name would be written in katakana. Мөгэ Хатун (Möge Khatun) is how her name would be written in Mongolian.

She is obviously based off of the real-life Möge Khatun who was one of Genghis Khan's many wives, eventually becoming the wife of his son, Ögedei Khan.

Her birthday is December 29th. Since there is no recorded birthday for the historical Möge, I chose this date at random to serve as the birthday for this Möge. There is some significance behind this date though as 1229 was the year Möge's tenure as Khatun began, which is why I chose the date that I did.

Her favorite piece is the king, as she was married to kings.

Originally, Mongolia was only set to have a men's team, but as a result of me doing research for said men's team, I learned about the various consorts of the Khans as well as Genghis Khan's most notable daughters, giving me the missing inspiration I needed to craft the women's team. As such, Mongolia now has a women's team as well.

ジョチ・ハーン (Jochi Khan) is how Jochi's name is spelled in katakana. Зүчи хаан (Jochi Kahn) is how his name would be spelled in Mongolian. He is clearly based off of the real-life Jochi, the first son of Genghis Khan and his first wife, Börte, whose birth is regarded with controversy due to the circumstances of it.

His birthday is November 8th. Since there is no recorded birthday for the historical Jochi, I chose this date at random to serve as the birthday for this Jochi. There is some significance behind this date though as 1182 was the year he was believed to have been born, which is why I chose the date that I did.

His favorite piece is the king.

It is worth noting that despite sharing his name with a historical figure, he doesn't appear to be a zombie. Of course, it's possible Jad's simply made it so that he looks the most living, but it's still something to think about.

チンギス・ジャド (Genghis Jad) is how Jad's name would be written in katakana. His name, Jad, is actualy Mongolian for "spear". Чингис Жад (Genghis Jad) is how his name would be spelled in Mongolian.
(If I made any mistakes with the translations, feel free to correct me).

His birthday is January 10th.

His favorite piece is the king for obvious reasons.

Jad is a man shrouded in mystery as he either obscures his face with the skull of a horse or the visage of Genghis Khan himself. On the topic of Jad, he was originally planned to be a humanoid skeleton which was originally modeled after Keyes from Fairy Tail.

And we're finally done. Yet the commentaries dominated with character bios will only continue as next up is all the members of the Indian teams that have yet to get their bios. It's honestly a slog to write these types of commentaries out, but I feel it's necessary as I want to flesh out all the named characters in the story.

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

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:295

Feb 17, 2025

[Game log #224]

Here's the game from Chapter 353 between Okisato and Sejad during the Bermuda party 6B unofficial tournament.

[Event "6B unofficial tournament"]
[Site "Budapest, Hungary"]
[Date "2024.09.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Okisato Tanabe (2700)"]
[Black "Sejad Varešanović (2409)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/analysis?tab=analysis"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Ng5 Qd5 4. d3 e3 5. Bxe3 Qe5 6. d4 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qb6 8. Bc4 Nh6 9. Nc3 Qxd4 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Nf3 Qg4 12. Nb5 Qd7 13. Bf4 e5 14. Nxe5 Qe7 15. Nxc7+ Qxc7 16. Nxc6+ Be7 17. Bxc7 bxc6 18. O-O-O Kf8 19. Rd8+ Bxd8 20. Bd6+ Be7 21. Qxe7+ Kg8 22. Qe8# 1-0

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:353

Feb 16, 2025

Author's Commentary #352:

Time to talk about Chapter 352: Onwards to the Bermuda party.
Round 6 has finally concluded with China managing to beat the German Empire of Prussia. And with that, Diederich's suspension period is over. Before I get into the bios for the new characters, I first want to talk about the game, and why Diederich's suspension was so harsh.

To start with the latter, if you recall, when Diederich lost to Okisato, he ended up throwing himself all over the boards of other players, messing things up. Him shouting was one thing, but him physically flinging himself into people's boards while they were still playing was what ultimately got him a harsh sentence. And I will confirm that despite Red Reaper nearly powderizing his skull, Diederich will be back in action in round 7, and be present at the Bermuda party.

As for the game, I wanted something fast, which is why I had Volkner blunder so badly. To be fair, his stress levels are at an all-time high, making him all the more prone to blunder. And now, it's time for the bios, starting with the hype man himself, D.R. Passant.

D.R.パッサン (D.R. Passant) is how D.R. Passant's name would be spelled in Japanese.

His birthday is October 10th, which he shares with American international master, Danny Rensch.

His favorite piece is the pawn, since he's always wearing a pawn costume.

D.R. Passant is based off of both American international master, Danny Rensch, known for dressing up in a giant green pawn costume, and the Chess.com bot, DJ Ron Passant. I'd argue the latter was the bigger influence, but when I decided to have him parody Danny Rensch by wearing a pawn costume, I decided to have his character pay homage to both him and the bot. As for what his initials stand for, that will be up to fan interpretation for now. I simply believe they simply stand for the letters themselves, but there's a chance I'll officially assign names to the letters later down the line.

尉波 (Wei Bo) is how Wei Bo's name is spelled in kanji. 尉 means "officer", while 波 means "wave".
ウェイ・ボー (Wei Bo) is how his name would be written in katakana.
(If I made any mistakes with the translations, feel free to correct me).

His birthday is June 2nd, which he shares with Chinese grandmaster, Wei Yi.

His favorite piece is the bishop.

Wei Bo is an obvious homage to Chinese grandmaster, Wei Yi. Despite sharing the same surname, the kanji used is different for each one.

And with that, it's on to the Bermuda party. Originally, I truly didn't plan for this section of the arc to be that long, but it's quickly become long enough to pass as it's own season. Just goes to show how hype the arc will be. As for why that is, I'll elaborate more after the match between Okisato and Sejad concludes in the story.

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

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:352

Feb 16, 2025

Finally, they're in space... Sorry, had to make the joke.

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Chapter:7

Feb 16, 2025

The chapter was already good, starting out with the topic of stagefright, but Aelius' speech took it above and beyond. Forget about robot catgirls philosophizing on the moon, this is where the the real philosophizing is at.

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Chapter:3

Feb 16, 2025

Another good chapter. Now let's see if the musical number can deliver.

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Chapter:2

Feb 16, 2025

[Game log #223]

Here's the game from Chapter 352 between Wei Bo and Volkner on board 2 in the China vs German Empire of Prussia match in round 6 of the Chess Olympics.

[Event "Chess Olympics"]
[Site "Budapest, Hungary"]
[Date "2024.09.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Volkner Keiner (2743)"]
[Black "Wei Bo (2763)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/analysis?tab=analysis"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Bd2 Nge7 8. Bc3 O-O 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Ng6 11. Bg3 f5 12. Nc3 f4 13. a4 fxg3 14. hxg3 Qg5 15. Bc4 Qxg3 16. Qe1 Nf4 17. Bxe6+ dxe6 18. e5 Qxg2# 0-1

En Passant Grandmaster

Chapter:352

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