Queen's Gambit Novels & Stories

Leo replied. "Risky? Kanji already has an advantage and there are a lot of changes on both sides, but still, Allura should stick with the castling move." Dominic added. I know they are doing this all on purpose. My brows knitted in confusion as their words and suggestions jumbled in my head, causing me to lose concentration and forget my next move. "Shit," I cursed in my head as I made a risky move on my piece. Kanji smirked as he watched me move my piece, and he then moved his queen out of the pawns, or shall we say the most powerful chess piece in the game.

Without waiting for a response, Francesca Conti turned and walked briskly back down the marble corridor, her footsteps fading into the cold, ancient silence of the palazzo. Daniel and I stepped inside the room, shutting the heavy door behind us. I immediately walked over to the chess table by the roaring fire. The pieces were made of heavy silver and dark obsidian. White’s king was trapped in a complex, claustrophobic net near the edge of the board, surrounded by Black’s knights and rooks. "It looks like a composition by Loyd," Daniel said, leaning over my shoulder, inspecting the board. "Mate in three." "No," I whispered, staring at the obsidian queen sitting on c4. "Look closer, Daniel. It

This was a loss of my quiet life, the small, ordinary, anonymous life I had struggled to attain. I didn't know what to do first. Panic clawed at my chest. I took my phone and instantly called Rowan so that I had a voice to ground on. "Rowan, I... I can't." "I will not," I responded immediately, and he took a reply. "I don't want to be queen. I can't. They are going to steal everything from me. My freedom, my privacy, all I have created. I don't want this life. I never asked for this. Please... don't do this to me."

》》Jason Dutton《《 Three months had passed, Adrian was a great queen, she was in great control, she knew how to handle everything and everyone. A really fast leaner. But in my life, she was everything. She brought the smile on my face, she didn't just completely fit into my world, she meant the world to me. I had gone back to playing chess in order to prove to her father I had a good reputation going as a chess player and I was on my way to grandmasters.

for each piece explained, Valerie was getting the hint of how the game worked "The bishop can move any number of squares diagonally - this means it always moves along the diagonal line of squares matching the current colour of its square. This means that each player begins the game with one bishop that can move on each colour. A bishop cannot move horizontally or vertically for any reason. It cannot move through pieces of the same colour, and captures a piece of the opposite colour by moving onto its square. And there is the queen The queen may move any number of squares horizontally, vertically or diagonally. These movements must be made in a single straight line during a single turn. In ot

He was dressed in all white with silver embroidery and accessories. “You’re late!” He hissed at her in a harsh whisper. “Get in place. Meredith saw a missing pawn and assumed she must belong there. She looked around at the board and the knight leaned in her direction and told her to get the queens crown from the other side as quickly as possible. Meredith nodded and the game began to move in accordance. Meredith wasn’t sure how but she knew when to move and when not to. Somehow she made it to the other side and was crowned the white queen.

His muscles flexed under his tight shirt and his jaw tightened. "Do you really believe that the only reason I keep you here is because of your parents? I am Damion Night I don't do anything for anyone unless it benefits me and my family. Think about that the next time you want to kill one of my guards and try and run away." With that he turned his back on me and stalked out of the basement.

Queen: Noun. The most powerful chess piece that each player has, able to move in any direction along a rank, file, or diagonal on which it stands. That is the definition of the queen in chess. I had adored chess since an early age. To manoeuvre your pieces in an effort to undermine your opponent. Victory was the only objective. The queen would protect her king, who wasn't able to move much. By doing so, she was the most powerful piece on the board. I was still considered a queen. An abducted queen, but queen none the less. My powers were cut short. Limitations placed on the spaces I was allowed to move. That didn't mean I wasn't able to move at all. But it felt suffocating to know that I had

From that day forward, every time Zach showed up at an event, so did I. If he bid on a plot of land, I'd outbid him by double. If he competed for a project, I'd undercut his price by half. If Zach wanted to compete with me in wealth, I wanted him to realize he wasn't even close to my league. When I was dominating Breskland, he was barely scraping by with the ten million I had given him, struggling in some small corner of the world. Eventually, Zach couldn't take it anymore. He came to my home alone, clearly intending to make amends.

It was a chessboard soaked in blood. And the queen just made her move.