Checkmate: A Tale of Chess and Mating (Shakhmaty and LustingCorruption
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				Title: <strong>Checkmate: A Tale of Chess and Mating (Shakhmaty and LustingCorruption</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shakhmaty</strong> on <strong>09-08-2009, 01:23:30</strong>
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				Sixty-four squares. <br><br>Within sixty-four squares lay your destiny. <br><br>Within sixty-four squares lay your future. <br><br>Within sixty-four squares lay the outcome of all you'd ever worked for. <br><br>That is, if you were Vera "Shakh" Strand, a chess player new to the circuit. <br><br>Her nickname meant "check," and that was what she could achieve within very few moves. "Retreat" was never the name of her game--she played attack chess. <em>Always act, never react</em> was her motto. Of course, she didn't always succeed in executing her plans (and her opponents) on the chessboard. Still, several of her fellow players in the park, awaiting their own matches, took one look at her and started whispering amongst themselves, their voices taut:<br><br><em>"Who's that?"<br><br>"Vera Strand."<br><br>"Shakh?"<br><br>"The one who always puts you into check. In a hurry. That's the one."<br><br>"She's beautiful."<br><br>"Not that I'd say. I like fit and athletic women. She's way too fat for me."<br><br>"That's 'cause you don't like curves. I hope she kicks your skinny arse, Ackley."<br><br>"Yeah, right."</em><br><br>The day was sunny and bright, an August wonder, and yet dark thunderclouds loomed in the distance. There was a chance that a storm could begin before the tournament was over. No matter. These hopefuls played, rain or shine, because anyone who refused to battle the elements as well as the board was a <em>patzer.</em> Vera was not one. She had only recently begun playing, but she'd learned fast. Some other people at the tournament barely knew how a rook moved...<br><br>Where was her opponent? Vera sat down gently. She could wait. This gave her time to visualize the empty board in front of her: forks, pins, attacks and withdrawals, defenses. This was her chance to prove herself as someone who played chess as more than a game. Those who played for fun cared more about the antics than the art. Vera? She cared about one thing: creating beautifully. If she painted the right picture on the board, she would paint her opponent's King--the white one--right into a corner. <em>Shakh,</em> and then <em>shakhmat!</em><br>
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