The World Played Chess Novels & Stories

"All yours." She walks over to dig in her bag as HE stands in the doorway. HIS eyes roam over each curve now revealed as she stoops. Bobby Fischer, Alexander Alekhine, Anatoly Karpov, Magnus Carlsen. HE reads the names of the world's greatest chess players off in HIS mind in attempting to distract HIMSELF from HIS thoughts about KYOLINE.

When she’d played one too many songs, I held her in silence until sleep took her. Henry was fiercely competitive, and I didn’t play nearly often enough to be as good as my father. So as I sat across from an online chess game with my father, I did the only thing I could. I cheated. I may not be the world’s greatest chess player, but that didn’t mean I didn’t know a few that were better than Henry. Mind you, I didn’t do this often. If I won too often, Henry might catch on. “Checkmate,” I said proudly.

she said as she points towards the swing where no one was playing. "Sure," I simply answer as I follow her to teh swing set. "Okay, I'm going to reintroduce myself to you. My name is Airel Mae Weston. I came from a different world. From a dimension called Endalia, it's widely known as a magical dimension. That dimension has an abundant source of magic, although no one knows exactly why. The planet I'm living in is called Celestial Planet. Currently, it has only one Kingdom, the North Star Kingdom. The ruler of that Kingdom is our Queen Louise. She is also your... sister," Airel explains, while staring at my reaction.

The chess pieces were made of jade, and the chessboard was carved from a fine white jade that was very smooth and pleasant. Danny was still young, so even though he was intelligent, playing chess was still difficult. Dexie sat with him on the carpet next to Luke and played chess. Danny was quiet and didn't talk much while playing. At first, he was unfamiliar with the game, but after two

Half a chess game unfinished by the window. Jessica scouted the building while Michael barricaded the door. Lena sat down at the kitchen table, staring at the chessboard. The game was mid-match. White had sacrificed both bishops. Black was two moves from checkmate. She touched one of the pawns. The piece was warm from sunlight. She moved it. A defensive position. She sat back. And waited. The broadcast came three hours later. An emergency bulletin pushed through encrypted lines, hitting intelligence terminals, private news outlets, dark web boards.

“Before the sand runs out, you must have beaten me and if you don't, you stop pestering, agree?” “I agree!” Khloe bit her nails nervously as she grabbed a seat far away from Felix and them and watched nervously. Few hours later they still were playing with Felix having a total of six chess pieces out and Investor Sam having ten pieces out already. Though time was not up, moreover, it was clear to her who won and who lost. Too bad, all her effort of training him in golf was buried in waste. “You better give up young man. I am unbeatable when it comes to this game ” He grinned his cheeks and sipped on the green tea in the glass cup. His gaze still focused on the chessboard and chess piece he s

Brian took out a piece of paper and read from it. “For this round, we would be playing the game of... Chess” and there were applause and cheers from the people. The game of chess was one of the games the royals in the werewolf clan enjoyed. In this game, the wisdom of the kings are being tested. The way the game is played amongst the royals are quite different. They do not move the piece themselves but have two 9f their guards do the moving. The game is played with a giant pieces of chess and it has it’s markings on the floor.

Elizabeth was delighted at the view offered by that enchanted chessboard. “If I knew chess was so interesting, I’d have started playing earlier. This chess board, compared to the one at the orphanage is great. The boys who played there had a decrepit board, and the pieces were chewed by the mice ... some were missing and replaced with smaller or larger stones with the piece drawn on them with coal.”

But wars weren’t won with strength alone. They were won with alliances. And if Sam was right… Mei Xui Ting Zhou might just be the first piece on the board that could help me challenge the most powerful family on Earth. The chess game my father taught me had officially begun. And this time… The whole world was the board. The night air in the gardens of the Wang estate had grown cooler, but my mind was burning with possibilities. The chessboard was expanding faster than I had ever imagined. Only a year ago my biggest problem had been beating my father at the wooden chess table in our living room.

What was even stranger was that the old man was still in charge of both sides. The white chess piece was his, and the black chess piece was his. He was happy to play it. Samuel had seen chess players and many exquisite chess games, but he had never seen such a chess game. There was only one black chess piece. Anyone who had some common sense knew that no matter how he played it, he could not win. In other words, the white chess piece had already won the game. Was there any need to play it?