From a Friend: Short Story Number 379

I am fortunate to have a very talented close friend who loves to write marvelous stories about all sorts of things.  I've always admired his ability to take the thinnest of premises and weave them into something that would rival the work of a Dickens, a Seuss, or a Carroll.  

Case in point: this wonderful - in the literal sense - short based on little more than the name of this blog and his insight into my personality!  As with all his works, it makes for a fun read!  And I have the starring role!  

I am honored to add it to the annals of the Order of the Inn.  Enjoy!

Battle Report from the 64-Square Battlefield

 

You might be wondering why I am using some Eve Online fleet battle art as a header image for a chess battle report.  Good question!  The answer is straightforward: I didn't know what image to use. 😀 However, seeing how I am in one of my autumn science fiction feeding frenzies, and also seeing how chess has a strong fleet warfare dynamic to it - perhaps no game outside of a dedicated naval wargame captures that spirit of line and support vessels as chess does - such an image tickled my fancy.  So...there.

The following correspondence game was probably one of the most enjoyable in quite some time.  My opponent was tough!

I had the black pieces.

1. e4 c5 

I went with the Sicilian Defense.  Just because.