The King's Gambit | ✓

5 | the fifth move

Trisha stared at the chessboard in front of her. She had accepted the request and was ready for the game. Ample preparations had been made for it.

She was going to win back her dignity and respect on this website. With resolute eyes and crossed arms, she ignored the number of unread messages in the chat room exponentially growing.

Vik12Nayak was finally online.

The match quickly started. It went up on the list of matches being currently played. Noticing the user IDs, many viewers quickly rapidly poured in, eager to watch the match. The server chat, which had been dry for so long, suddenly burst with commentators.

The sides were being assigned.

Trisha got white. Her mouth curved. Time to put her plans into action.

She had decided to use a very different play style from her usual one. She moved the pawn in front of her king. King's Pawn Opening.

Vik quickly responded, moving his own king's pawn. In a swift move that scared some viewers, she moved her queen to h5.

A few seconds passed before Vik made his next move, bishop to d6. Trisha grinned. He had understood what she was planning on doing. Not that her plan was something completely unique and rare. It was pretty commonplace.

She moved her bishop to c4. Vik, again, waited for a few seconds before moving his knight to h6. Trisha's grin grew wider. He was doing well to protect himself from a checkmate.

The comments in the server chat were those of complaining and groaning.

User467
Ah man, that was the wrong move...He should've gone for Queen to e7.

trintonh
I agree with the user above. Tris is going to avenge herself, HAHA.

Trisha moved her pawn to d3. Vik immediately moved his bishop from d6 to b4. It was a check. Trisha moved the bishop's pawn to c3, blocking the check.

A few seconds passed. Vik was running out of time. He moved his other knight to c6. She knew Vik was not good when it came to defense. He would usually settle into a comfortable position by forcing the opponent into defense. This time, she was using his own tactic.

Trisha let out an "AHA!" and moved her bishop to h6. It was quickly killed by the pawn. She, then, moved her queen to f7, delivering one of her shortest checkmates.

"Swift Kill! Victory to Tris4506" was displayed on the screen.

She, then, clicked on the server chat that was lamenting Vik's two blunders.

User 4789:
I can't believe Vik lost because of a rookie mistake like that.

trintonh:
my sis, tris won HA lets go!!!!!~

The server chat continued blowing up with viewers quick to analyze the game. Her group chat was also being spammed by trintonh, who seemed to take enormous pride in Tris winning.