Checkmate
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Ongoing5m
Last published Mon, Nov 20, 2017
He played his pieces well, I'll give him that. Proper opening with five murders that looked like seemingly random suicides, followed by a apparent break in his defence that only led me into a dead end.
Move after move. Kill after kill. He had his endgame planned out. Had. I found a flaw in his strategy. Now he is desperately moving pieces to trap me in a corner. He ended his turn. Now it's my move.
November contest prompt
Word count: 1000
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