...Checkmate
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"Looks can be so decieving." And so they can be as Mia learns. Mia is an amazing chess player and beats every single living chess player her age. However, when she meets Josh, she melts. And pours her heart out to him, giving up her dream of chess. However, does he have the same thing in mind?
This is an original tale based on a true life story about how friendships, relationships and loyalties lie on the line when what brought these people together is about to tear them apart. What will Mia do when all the people she cares about want the same thing as her? Will she give up everything she's ever wanted? Or will she lose those friends she's never had?
"Josh - don't."
"I'm not doing this for you, I'm doing this for me."
"You're not going to get in my way."
Many will lose, few will draw, but only one will win.
And in the climactic finale, everything will end with...
"Checkmate."
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