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She
tried
the
Sicilian
against
his
pawn
to
king
four
,
but
he
wiped
it
away
with
a
pawn
gambit
and
got
her
into
an
irregular
opening
.
He
was
incredibly
fast
.
She
had
him
in
trouble
at
midgame
with
doubled
rooks
on
an
open
file
,
but
he
ignored
them
and
attacked
down
the
center
,
letting
her
check
him
twice
with
the
rooks
,
exposing
his
king
.
But
when
she
tried
to
bring
a
knight
into
it
for
mate
,
he
sprang
loose
and
was
at
her
queen
and
then
her
king
,
catching
her
finally
in
a
mating
net
.
She
resigned
before
he
could
move
in
for
the
kill
.
She
gave
him
a
ten
this
time
and
he
gave
her
the
five
back
.
She
had
sixty
dollars
in
her
pocket
and
more
money
back
at
the
room
.
By
noon
there
were
forty
or
more
people
watching
.
Most
of
the
players
from
the
tournament
were
there
along
with
some
of
the
spectators
who
regularly
attended
the
games
,
college
students
and
a
group
of
men
who
might
have
been
professors
.
She
and
Benny
kept
playing
,
not
even
talking
now
between
games
.
Beth
won
the
third
one
with
a
beautiful
save
just
before
her
flag
dropped
,
but
she
lost
the
next
four
and
drew
the
fifth
.
Some
of
the
positions
were
brilliantly
complex
,
but
there
was
no
time
for
analysis
.
It
was
thrilling
but
frustrating
.
She
had
never
in
her
life
been
beaten
so
consistently
,
and
although
it
was
only
five
-
minute
chess
and
not
serious
,
it
was
an
immersion
in
quiet
humiliation
.
She
had
never
felt
like
this
before
.
She
played
beautifully
,
followed
the
game
with
precision
and
responded
accurately
to
every
threat
,
mounted
powerful
threats
of
her
own
,
but
it
meant
nothing
.
Benny
seemed
to
have
some
resource
beyond
her
understanding
,
and
he
won
game
after
game
from
her
.
She
felt
helpless
,
and
inside
her
there
grew
a
quiet
sense
of
outrage
.
Finally
she
gave
him
her
last
five
dollars
.
It
was
five
-
thirty
in
the
afternoon
.
A
row
of
empty
Styrofoam
cups
sat
by
the
board
.
When
she
got
up
to
leave
,
there
was
applause
and
Benny
shook
her
hand
.
She
wanted
to
hit
him
but
said
nothing
.
There
was
random
applause
from
the
crowd
in
the
room
.
As
she
was
leaving
,
the
man
she
had
played
the
first
of
the
week
,
Phillip
Resnais
,
stopped
her
.
“
I
wouldn
’
t
worry
about
it
,
”
he
said
.
“
Benny
plays
speed
chess
as
well
as
anyone
in
the
world
.
It
doesn
’
t
really
mean
a
lot
.
”
She
nodded
curtly
and
thanked
him
.
When
she
went
outside
into
the
late
-
afternoon
sunlight
,
she
felt
like
a
fool
.
That
night
she
stayed
in
her
room
and
took
tranquilizers
.
Four
of
them
.
She
felt
rested
in
the
morning
,
but
stupid
.
Mrs
.
Wheatley
had
once
described
things
as
looking
askew
;
that
was
how
they
looked
to
Beth
when
she
awoke
from
her
deep
,
tranquilized
sleep
.
But
she
no
longer
felt
the
humiliation
she
had
felt
after
being
beaten
by
Benny
.
She
took
her
pill
bottle
from
the
bedstand
drawer
and
squeezed
the
top
on
it
tight
.
It
would
not
do
to
take
any
more
.
Not
until
the
tournament
was
over
.
She
thought
suddenly
of
Thursday
,
the
day
she
would
play
Benny
,
and
she
tensed
.
But
she
put
the
pills
back
in
the
drawer
and
got
dressed
.
She
ate
breakfast
early
and
drank
three
cups
of
strong
coffee
with
it
.
Then
she
took
a
brisk
walk
around
the
main
part
of
the
campus
,
playing
through
one
of
the
games
from
Benny
Watts
’
s
book
.
He
was
brilliant
,
she
told
herself
,
but
not
unbeatable
.
Anyway
,
she
wouldn
’
t
play
him
for
three
more
days
.
The
games
started
at
one
and
went
on
until
four
or
five
in
the
afternoon
.
Adjournments
were
finished
either
in
the
evening
or
the
morning
of
the
next
day
.
By
noon
her
head
was
clear
and
when
she
started
her
one
o
’
clock
game
against
a
tall
,
silent
Californian
in
a
Black
Power
T
-
shirt
,
she
was
ready
for
him
.
Although
he
wore
his
hair
in
a
kind
of
Afro
,
he
was
white
—
as
all
of
them
were
.
She
answered
his
English
Opening
with
both
knights
,
making
it
a
four
-
knights
game
,
and
decided
against
her
normal
practice
to
trade
him
down
to
an
endgame
.
It
worked
beautifully
,
and
she
was
pleased
with
her
handling
of
the
pawns
;
she
had
one
on
the
sixth
and
one
on
the
seventh
rank
when
he
resigned
.
It
was
easier
than
she
had
expected
;
her
endgame
study
with
Beltik
had
paid
off
.
