Tag: chess
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GABRIELLA
He shifted the pawn forward and sat back. He undid the top button of his shirt and took a slug of the oaky scotch. ‘You don’t have to hide, I know you’re here,’ he called out to the empty room. A head of chestnut hair rose silently from behind the chessboard. How had she managed to…
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DEATH DUMBS DOWN
‘I tried Tiddlywinks, Ludo, even Snap. In the end I settled on this.’ Death gestured to the game scrawled out on the paper in front of them. Reginald felt a pang of sympathy for the depressed figure shrouded in his black robe. ‘Really? Tic-Tac-Toe was the only one we could cope with?’ ‘It’s called Noughts…
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CHECKMATE
The kid moved his white pawn to e4, Eddie matched him, moving his black pawn to e5. White King’s knight to f3. Black Queen’s knight to c6. Eddie sat back. He was on comfortable ground playing the King’s knight opening. He didn’t want to beat the kid too quickly; he would play along for a bit. Among the commuters…
Iain Kelly 