It’s the last game in the tournament and I’m up against one of the best players in the world. I set up the board of chess and make the first move. I shake his hand and the game begins. Pawn to e4 then I hit the chess clock to stop my time from ticking down and make his clock tick down.

Quickly he plays pawn to e5. I respond with knight from g1 to f3 attacking his pawn. He defends with his knight. I wonder what should I do next, then I decide to develop my bishop.

After a little bit both of us developed all of our pieces and finished the opening and heading towards the middle game. I center my rooks and move the queen. Suddenly he attacks my king and queen with a knight fork. I scolded myself quickly and the moved my king. He took my queen and it was not looking good for me.

He tries to trade pieces but I decline and attempts to set up a attack. He catches on and then blocks my attack.

Suddenly I got a good idea and SACRIFICED THE ROOK.

He takes with his room looking confused and then I pin the rook to the king. I look at my other rook and smile checkmate was unstoppable. He thinks and thinks and eventually tries to stop checkmate but it was too late.

Rook to e8 checkmate. I knock over his king and shake hands. I walk away and go to claim the award as the winner of the chess tournament. I basked in the glory and went home happy and excited for whatever comes next.