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She
felt
weightless
and
tired
,
somehow
disembodied
.
She
had
never
liked
parties
and
even
though
she
was
the
star
of
this
one
,
she
felt
out
of
place
.
Some
of
the
people
from
the
embassy
looked
at
her
strangely
,
as
though
she
were
an
oddity
.
They
kept
telling
her
that
they
weren
t
clever
enough
to
play
chess
or
that
they
had
played
chess
when
they
were
kids
.
She
didn
t
want
to
hear
any
more
of
that
.
She
wanted
to
do
something
else
.
She
wasn
t
sure
what
it
was
,
but
she
wanted
to
be
away
from
these
people
.
She
pushed
through
the
crowd
and
thanked
the
woman
from
Texas
who
was
acting
as
hostess
.
Then
she
told
Mr
.
Booth
she
needed
a
ride
back
to
the
hotel
.
I
ll
get
a
car
and
driver
,
he
said
.
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Before
leaving
,
she
found
Luchenko
again
.
He
was
standing
with
the
other
Russians
,
dressed
impeccably
and
looking
at
ease
.
She
held
out
her
hand
.
It
was
an
honor
to
play
you
,
she
said
.
He
took
the
hand
and
bowed
slightly
.
For
a
moment
she
thought
he
might
kiss
it
,
but
he
did
not
.
He
pressed
her
hand
with
both
of
his
.
All
this
,
he
said
.
It
s
not
like
chess
at
all
.
She
smiled
.
That
s
right
.
*
*
*
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The
embassy
was
on
Ulitsa
Tchaikovskogo
,
and
it
was
a
half
-
hour
drive
,
some
of
it
through
dense
traffic
,
to
her
hotel
.
She
had
seen
almost
nothing
of
Moscow
,
and
she
would
be
leaving
in
the
morning
,
but
she
did
not
feel
like
looking
out
the
windows
.
They
had
given
her
the
trophy
and
the
money
after
the
game
.
She
had
done
her
interviews
,
had
received
her
congratulations
.
Now
she
felt
at
loose
ends
,
uncertain
where
to
go
or
what
to
do
.
Maybe
she
could
sleep
for
a
while
,
eat
a
quiet
supper
and
go
to
bed
early
She
had
beaten
them
.
She
had
beaten
the
Russian
establishment
,
had
beaten
Luchenko
,
Shapkin
and
Laev
,
had
forced
Borgov
to
resign
.
In
two
years
she
could
be
playing
Borgov
for
the
World
Championship
.
She
had
to
qualify
first
by
winning
the
candidates
match
,
but
she
could
win
it
.
A
neutral
place
would
be
chosen
,
and
she
would
meet
Borgov
,
head
to
head
,
for
a
twenty
-
four
-
game
match
.
She
would
be
twenty
-
one
then
.
She
did
not
want
to
think
about
it
now
.
She
closed
her
eyes
and
dozed
in
the
back
of
the
limousine
.
When
she
looked
out
,
sleepily
,
they
were
stopped
at
a
traffic
signal
.
Up
ahead
,
to
the
right
,
was
the
forested
park
that
was
visible
from
her
room
.
She
shook
herself
awake
and
leaned
forward
to
the
driver
.
Let
me
off
at
the
park
.