’System, please, scan her stats.’ Sheva muttered inwardly.
[DING! The scan is successful!]
[Na: Aulia dina Warda]
Attacking 79
Defense 75
Calculation 77
Strategy 77
Intuition 74
Ti managent 71
Well, while none of her stats crossed 80, the threshold of GM’s skill, dina definitely stood at the peak of the IM stage. It was clear that she was an all-arounder, a player who was good at almost everything. However, the low ti managent stats also gave Sheva an idea that she shouldn’t be as good in blitz compared to her normal state.
"Are we going to play a blitz ga?" Sheva couldn’t help but ask, feeling the need to confirm about this first.
"Yes, 3 2 just like your ga against Novendra." dina nodded imdiately. "Are you ready?" She asked, her tone slightly impatient. It seed that dina couldn’t wait to give him a lesson, which was understandable after Sheva’s arrogant remark.
"I am going to play with white?" Sheva asked once again.
"Sure, I will give you that," dina answered. "This way, you don’t have any excuse after losing against . Oh, no, you have one. You can just hide behind the fact that you are tired after playing against Novendra. How is it? Am I kind enough to help you think of an excuse like that?" She smiled sweetly, too sweet to Sheva’s liking.
Sheva felt the corner of his mouth twitching once again. This was definitely an unexpected developnt. He had never expected the quiet and aloof woman in front of him to have such a vicious mouth.
Still...
"Then, please have rcy on your junior, Sister dina." Sheva returned the favor with the sa fake sweet smile on his face. "After all, I still have to give face to my seniors, right? It would be bad if news ca out that a rookie like is able to get out unscathed after playing against two top players of the country, right?"
Priasmoro Novendra choked after he heard that, glaring imdiately at Sheva after he caught a stray out of nowhere. Sheva himself just gave the woman the sa sweet smile, knowing that it was enough to infuriate her. After the win in the last ga, his montum was great, so there was no way in hell the boy would back down in a banter battle.
True enough, he could see the woman clench her fist tightly, showing that his words were enough to shake off her balance. In the end, she took a deep breath before saying, "Well, let’s start the ga first."
"Sure." Sheva nodded before moving his E pawn two squares forward.
Right after that, those two blitzed their way through the opening exactly the sa way as the last ga had gone on. However, dina didn’t have any intention to be timid and wait patiently in the back. No, she wanted to win, and the woman showed her intention from the beginning of the ga by pulling out the Sicilian Defense, probably the most aggressive and versatile opening to play against the King’s Pawn Opening.
At first glance, it looked like they would play a normal modern line of the Sicilian defense. However, in the fifth move, dina suddenly pushed her A pawn one square forward sneakily. This was an attempt to prevent Sheva’s light bishop from giving a check and got developed into a good square. Coincidentally enough, this was the initiation of the Najdorf variation, probably one of the most popular, reputable, and deeply studied of all chess openings.
The reason why this variation could be regarded that high was because it often led to a rich variety of pawn structures and tactical thes, giving Black dynamic counterplay opportunities. Its flexibility and complexity have made it a favorite among top-level players, as it offers both solid defensive options and aggressive attacking chances, often leading to sharp and complex positions that test both players’ strategic understanding.
Many legendary grandmasters, including Bobby Fischer, Garry Kasparov, and Magnus Carlsen, have employed the Najdorf to create unbalanced, fighting gas that often lead to decisive victories or deeply strategic battles.
Sheva himself was unfazed by this choice of opening. He had been studying a lot of mainstream openings in the world, and this was just one of them. The boy didn’t even blink or take his ti, sliding his pieces from one square to another flawlessly. Sohow, this surprised dina a little bit, not expecting that the boy would be so well-versed in this opening.
’I know he played against the Sicilian Defense a lot in the past, but to think that he could pull the exact theoretical moves up to the first 13th move... He sure is a talented one as what the news portrayed him to be, huh?’
Indeed, thirteen moves had already passed in this ga, and yet, none of them had spent their ti thinking about it. Hell, if anything, with the incrent in this format, their current ti even passed 3:30, half a minute longer compared to the initial ti control.
As for how dina knew exactly that this was the 13th move... Well, they played exactly the main line of the variation, and she herself also rembered this line flawlessly. She knew exactly when they would leave the theory line and started to play the real ga, and they should be just two moves away from this.
However, it was clear that dina didn’t want to follow the theoretical line. She was experienced enough with the Najdorf variation to know exactly where this main line would lead the ga, and in this case, the woman wanted to go for another route. Instead of exchanging Sheva’s knight that was in a very active square with her weak bishop, she opted to take back the bishop to the seventh rank, allowing Sheva to push forward and put more pressure on the kingside.
However, the evaluation bar dropped instantly, and the computer gave 1.0 eval for Sheva’s advantage. Yeah, her last move was deed to be a blunder, as right now, Sheva’s attack would be able to overwhelm her defense. Hell, this made it even harder for dina to put her king into safety, as both kingside and queenside were already pried open by Sheva.
It seed the boy also noticed that, as he couldn’t help but mutter, "A blunder? Thank you for your rcy, Sister."
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