Student Body Chapter 1 & 2
There will always be your usual suspects, the jocks the preppies the chess team the political achievers who tend to suffer little to no social issues in high school life, or so the movies make you believe.
This is the Part... When the Wolf Gets Blown Down Too
-except of course that we were playing chess, not baseball, and i had left almost all my pieces open to the queen. but there was still a pawn left. "pleeeaaase? i've been in my room all day and it's too uncomfortable to sleep right now."
Mass Effect: Chasing Ghosts Ch 8-9
Or, we can continue this game of chess; but with just a knight, queen, and two pawns i doubt you'll get far. i will start timing now." blue's voice cut off.
Belly of the Beast (Act2, Book2, Chapter3)
We might be a chess team with no pawns but," she leaned down and scritched her fingernails gently behind sinopa's ears. "we have two queens on the board. we can't lose." "actually," evan rubbed the bridge of his nose with a shrug.
Expiration Date, Part 2
._ and chess, of course. i'm far less clever about games of strategy than he, but he doesn't begrudge me that. he teases me that my success at gin rummy and cribbage is more because of luck than skill, but i still manage to best him, most of the time.
Outcast - Chapter 20
What kind of favour did they have with the patrons that allowed them to play with other people's lives like pieces on a chess board? surely, this couldn't be the final chapter in all this, could it?
Liberty Scales High
Reeva shook her head in disbelief, "this is why i like you, i was flapping out there like a fish out of water, and you are playing 4d chess!"
LINKS - Chapter 23 - Cracks
Eloise's eyes narrowed as chess's warning echoed in her mind. 'well... i suppose we'll just have to see what that crazy cat was talking about.' end of part 23 special thanks to my patrons: dowel-rod, tokamak, arcania20, technic\_bot, kap?
IO.SYS
So i spent some time training myself back up from the rusty "hello, world"-level of programming skill i'd ended up at, and some more time figuring out how to replace a chessboard with the likely resources that could be found, chess-pieces with robotic factories
Zistopia: Inner City Blues Chapter 9
I always wonder if i keep my job because i'm one of their best performers, or just because i'm some pawn in somebody's political game of chess.
Carnival of Traitors - Chapter II
Hogan now owned probably the only set of chess in many miles round. when young lad's black troops were sweeping white remains of jorg's army, finn felt a strong paw on his arm. his father smiled at him and nodded towards the chest.
The World We Live In: Chapter 42
Like the game of chess, except with the basis of trust." "for a liar and a manipulator, you seem to be more civilized than most." "civilized, huh?"