Between moves Nina sipped her drink, savoring each taste of the mixture of vodka and orange juice. She took note of the rather conservative play style Julian took. It didn't seemed he'd be willing to take the risks and make the sacrifices necessary to win.  Nina didn't pity him though, and kept just playing the way she had been. Once she had set up her board, she would make the opening attack, capturing one of Julian's pieces. The black piece representing a bishop launched a couple of missiles and destroyed the piece, taking its place among the rubble. Her bishop was protected by knight, that would act immediately to take out whatever took its charge. The game had only begun and Nina was going to work on forcing Julian in taking moves that might possibly cripple him in the match.<br/><br/>"My mother was a former gundam fighter as well," Nina said after she had captured her first piece. "Does the name Tabitha Agapov ring any bells?" Her mother had taken part in 29th through the 31st Gundam fight on behalf of Neo-Russia. She settled down to focus on her family after then. She was before Julian's father's time. Like her current chess partner's father, Nina's mother never actually secured a title for Neo-Russia, but she had always ended up in the final tournament, even ending up in top eight in her last gundam fight.