Making First Move Novels & Stories

Luna sits across her as her grandmother is arranging the pieces to the board. "Alright. So, how should we play it?" Luna questioned. She tried to memorize the proper arrangement of the pieces. "First thing you have to know is that, white always moves first, and players alternate turns. Players take pieces when they encounter an opponent in their movement path but of course, players cannot take or move through their own pieces. Second, we have to know how every piece moves. These pieces in front are called pawns. Pawns only move forward. On the first move a pawn can move one or two spaces, every subsequent move can only be one space. Pawns move diagonally to take opponents. If a pawn reaches

he asked. “Better,” I said. “Now your king is safer.” He nodded slowly. Processing. I could see it happening. Fast. “Play me,” he said suddenly. I raised a brow. “From the beginning?” “Yes.” I shrugged. “Alright.” We reset the board. Started fresh. He played first. Confident. Good opening. Better than most adults, actually. I responded. Slow at first. Letting him lead. Watching how he thinks. And he was good.

Chess was one of his strong suits as his tendency to overthink and predict every future move worked well. “Black or white?” Henry questioned. Flynn sat down on the sofa on the right side which corresponded with the blackpieces. Playing first wasn’t a particular advantage in chess so he was willing to give it up. “You can make the first move,” he announced. Henry sat down on the other sofa and moved a pawn first. Flynn did the same move with his own black pawn. “Please promise me something,” Henry said suddenly once they had passed the halfway point of an average game of chess.

The one receiving the attack must find the opening and use it. Making the first move was a risk. It meant exposing myself, leaving even the smallest gap for him to exploit. But hesitation? That was worse. So I moved. A punch toward his face—fast, controlled, a deliberate distraction. As expected, he blocked it with ease, his arm snapping up without a second thought. Perfect. I shifted my weight in an instant, using the momentum to drive my other fist toward his stomach, aiming for impact before he could react. Let’s see him stop this.

Shortly after, Jate and Benz Fajardo sat across each other in front of a clean board. Rest Fajardo asked Jate. "Black or white?" Everyone looked at Jate. Those who played Chess understood that White move first and had an advantage. If two equally skilled players competed against each other, White would always be a better choice. But Jate didn't seem to take advantage of this. "I'm the host and you're the foreign guest. I let you go first!" He said calmly. Benz Fajardo was rather surprised that Jate didn't take him up on his offer, but instead let him move first. He gladly pick up the White's. Then he placed his step.

Start thinking on doing the moves to kill the kings guard, and one of the most dangerous piece is the knite. I made the first move pawn to e4. Also each piece has its own letter abbreviation except for the pawn. And the first quick and easy move that must done for the pawn has to be e4 but sometimes other player are using the one piece instead of the pawn for the first move like the knight which is the letter abbreviation is N.

Murphy pinned the game and finally defeated the game master, earning a loud applause from all the Alphas and a big smile on Ryan ’s face. When he returned I embraced him happily knowing he was already ahead of everyone in the game. “Now go ahead and join me as well” He said and I turned to the grand master, taking in a deep breath as I approached the grandmaster. “Kindly choose your color” the Game master asked me I looked at the two colors and this time, allowed my intuition to lead me, thus I picked the black piece. The game master initiated the first move which was the first pawn that laid at the front of his king and in return, she moved the first pawn that laid at the front of her knigh

Alexia looked up at Melvin, to see if he was displeased or uncomfortable by her being called 'big sis', but her expression was immediately sore when she noticed Melvin wasn't even paying any attention to her, Melvin's gaze was directed down towards where a stood, when I locked eye contact with him, I wanted to move my eyes away from his, but it was impossible because every time I locked my eyes with his, attempting to unlock myself from such gaze has always been futile because I never seemed to have the heart to do such.

she whispered, almost to herself. Cesare’s sharp smile widened slightly. “Oh, Rosette… the game has already begun. And tonight… you’ll make your first real move.” Her fingers tightened around the edge of the chair. She knew she had to stay alert, calculated, and ready. Because the first move had been made—and everything was about to change.

He tossed a bag into my hands swiftly, which I caught. “Your new identification is all in there and also a new phone, make sure to keep that phone on you always, cause that's where I will reach you from, now then goodbye and try not to die on your first day at least,” he smirked as the door shut closed instantly The car dashed off into the wind, leaving me to the cold, chilling air as I turned to face the school gates. I stood still, my eyes fixed on the overly large gate that displayed Dunaris Academy over it.