Chapter 530

Anna sat down at the console, and cued up her chess program against her mother's Caro-Kahn Gambit. Everything went as it was supposed to go, until the point where Patty moved her Bishop into a position everyone thought was a blunder. However, Anna's White pawn did not take the Black Bishop. It stayed in position. The entire right side of the Whites defensive position remained intact. 12 moves later Black was in an untenable defensive position. Patty lost a Rook, a Knight, and 2 pawns, without being able to remove any of Whites pieces from the board. Patty resigned and kissed her daughters' head.

"Marvelous Anna, just marvelous; no one has ever beaten me when I play that game. You are now my idol when it comes to chess. How did you figure out that non-move?"

"It was a simple math equation mom; and you know how much I love doing math. Once I figured out the next 15 moves, everything else fell into place easily."

Stephano coughed. Pa