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Stalemate // The Queens Gambit //Benny Watts x OC

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Time 5h 33m

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Adelaide Carlisle had always been a careful person, never taking unnecessary risks, never being overly rebellious or irresponsible. Preferring chess and cooking over motorcycles and parties. 

Now 22, years after her chess career crashed and burned, her wariness has only gotten worse, now not even wanting to risk the pain of a relationship. 

But when the things she most fears start pushing their way into her life, will she reject them, or learn to take a few more risks, and be okay with the consequences? 

Would she abandon everything she'd ever told herself about love for a cocky chess prodigy with a cowboy hat and carefree charm? Or will she build her walls higher than before and choose safety instead? 

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!CW!
This story contains alc0h0l use, sewersl1de, abvse, and other possibly upsetting themes. please read with caution and enjoy &lt;3


© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 
Please do not try to copy, screenshot, share, pass off as your own, or use any part of this fan-fiction without giving full credit to author and anyone who assisted the author in writing. 

Credit to Walter Tevis and Scott Frank, I do not own Benny, Beth, Cleo, Harry, Hilton, Arthur, or Jolene. All other characters and events belong to and are from the imagination of the author.

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Started: May 21, 2023
Finished: July 24th, 2024

This fan-fiction is currently going through some editing of early chapters, please stand by while we finish construction :)All Rights Reserved

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"You're his daughter." Benny stated to himself. "Bingo." "Do you play?" He asked, and you shot him a stare. "Bingo?" You replied, sarcastically. He smiled at the board, before tipping his hat and head upwards. "Chess." Life wasn't easy growing up with a chess Grandmaster as a father; it's even more difficult when you find out you could be better than him at his own game. Benny helps you realise that potential.

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