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Chapter 554: Aikyotsava Festival: Chaturanga (Chess) 2



"Don’t cry, big sister. Don’t cry!"

Vijay was surprised, as Agni didn’t mingle with people too easily. But then, thinking about his specialty, he immediately came to a realization.

In fact, Vijay’s guess was true: Agni actually saw a pure white light from Shobha Reddy, which gave him a good feeling. The colors Agni likes are rare to come by, so this is the reason Agni is very picky about the people he chooses to get involved with. Of course, Agni does not know that the color white means a pure soul that has no evil intentions in their heart.

It will take a few more years for Agni to realize that.

However, Vijay had understood some of the patterns of Agni’s behavior much more clearly, then he immediately got an idea.

Shobha had calmed down, but she was immediately startled when Vijay approached her.

"Shobha, do you know that there are 10 to the power of 120 possible combinations in a chess game? That means there is a 10 with 120 zeros to its right. That’s how many possible combinations there are in a chess game. This number is so large that there isn’t even a word to describe it; we can only use the mathematical expression to do so."

Not to mention Shobha, even the state champions surrounding the booth were surprised by the information, as they had never thought in this direction. When they did, they were greatly surprised and shocked.

"So the reason why I’m telling you this is to invite you to join the new school I will be establishing called the Bharatiya School of Chess. This school will be dedicated to solving all the patterns in chess. The goal of this school is lofty, and it may take another 200, 300, 500, or even 1,000 years for its goal to be fulfilled. But it’s not too greedy to have a big dream."

"So, are you willing to join this school in unraveling the greatest puzzle of human civilization?"

Shobha did not hesitate for even a second. "I will, Your Majesty."

It was a no-brainer for her, as she was already mesmerized by the vast ocean of puzzles she had come into contact with.

Then Vijay nodded and looked around at the envious faces. "All of you don’t have to be disappointed. Didn’t I say it’s a school? That naturally means there are more than one student. All of you can join too if you like, but let me be clear: the treatment you receive in this school is fully proportional to the ranking you achieve in this competition."

"Be in the top 5, and you could be professors; be in the top 20, and you could be assistant professors. Everyone below that will be students under the top five professors."

Excitement was immediately visible on everyone’s face. Those who had been envious of the luck of the only female chess player were now filled with confidence and determination.

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Vijay knew that if he stayed in the room, these teenagers wouldn’t be able to concentrate, despite how approachable he seemed in their eyes. So he simply went to the top floor, which had a viewing platform, and sat down.

The chess games continued; victories, defeats, and draws were all seen. The competitors began to shrink as it had already reached the moment of the top 5.

As Vijay had expected, all the top five competitors had come from southern states. For example, Shobha Reddy was from Kakatiya Puri, Anand Vishwanath was from Vijay Nagar, Shivprakash was from Cholapuri, Murugan was from Anantapuri, Jaidev was from Cheranadu, and finally, Jashwanth Patil was from Satavahana.

Vijay’s expectation was not based on his general liking for the South and discrimination against the North, but because the teens in the South had generally come into contact with the newer version of chess very early on. Adding to this was the fact that they had received a good four to five years of education, which also included extracurricular activities like chess.

This gave the kids from the South an advantage over the kids from the North, as they generally had more experience in chess and competitions in general.

Vijay would actually be happier if a teenager from the North made it to the finals because that would mean the Bharatiya Empire had a once-in-a-lifetime genius like Magnus Carlsen of the 21st century, who, in his opinion, is the greatest chess player of all time. Unfortunately, wishes could only be wishes. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

The matches went on, and to Vijay’s surprise, the two people with the most points turned out to be Shobha Reddy and Anand Vishwanath—quite coincidental considering that Vishwanath Anand was the first chess grandmaster from India in the 21st century.

However, since he had already encountered a few similar situations, Vijay was able to handle these things with a much more normal state of mind instead of going into conspiracy theory mode and questioning his very existence which hurt his brain a lot .

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The room was immediately emptied for the finals. All the booths were taken out, and only a large table was placed in the center with a chessboard in the middle and a referee under the two finalists.

To avoid disturbing the top chess players of Bharat, the only natural sunlight falling into the middle of the room was through a window, while the rest of the blinds were covered. This allowed the audience to move into the shadows, which would help prevent distractions for the players.

For the finals, a crowd had gathered within the room. Although the crowd wasn’t too large, it was still the most influential, as various ministers, scientists, military tacticians, analysts, and other important people had joined the audience. This included Kiran Poojari, the Marshal of the Empire, and Gangadhar, the Admiral of the Empire, both of whom were chess enthusiasts.

Due to the caliber of the crowd, there was naturally no noise.

Unaware of their audience, Anand Vishwanath and Shobha Reddy started their game.

The toss was won by Anand Vishwanath, and he chose to make the first move. Anand’s first move was pawn to e4, a relatively normal opening, while Shobha’s response was pawn to e5, which was not too surprising.

However, as the game went on, the crowd began to be on the edge of their seats.

" c4 e6 "

" Nc3 Be7 "

" Bf4 O-O "

" e3 c5 "

" dxc5 Bxc5 "

The match was completely beyond Vijay’s expectations. Even operations like the Pin operation, Pawn Promotion, Development operation, Castling operation, and other advanced operations were seen in this match.

Although these operations were only considered advanced for mid-level masters in the 21st century, Vijay did not forget that they were built on top of hundreds of years of grandmasters’ experiences and deciphering.

Now, he was witnessing all these patterns coming to light hundreds of years in advance. He couldn’t help but lean forward in anticipation, just like everyone else in the crowd who had never witnessed such a novel and brain-burning chess game in their lives.

This included some of the scientists from the Bharatiya Academy of Sciences, who always thought they were superior in skill compared to the players today, but they were clearly proven wrong.

One hour had passed, and both Anand Vishwanath and Shobha Reddy were sweating profusely.

Both of them were almost neck and neck; no one was giving in to the other.

The atmosphere was tense; the players could feel their heads heating up with every second they spent analyzing.

Suddenly, something unusual happened.

Anand Vishwanath suddenly pushed all his pawns forward almost chaotically. Shobha was stunned as she could not understand her opponent’s strategy, so she took as many precautions as possible and captured all the pawns.

But this move had already put her in a dead end. Anand Vishwanath immediately made a brilliant move; he pinned the horse on F6. "Check!" Anand Vishwanath shouted.

Shobha did not have time to think as she was startled. In order to remove the check, she immediately captured the horse with her king, but in her urgency, she unfortunately miscalculated.

"Checkmate!" Anand Vishwanath exclaimed as he exposed his trump card. Now that Shobha’s king was on F6, it opened up many lines of attack for Anand Vishwanath’s remaining pawns.

Kavya immediately realized this. Her hands began to vibrate as she could sense that her king was immediately strangled to death.

Tears threatened to flow, but she endured. Choosing to be civil, she gave a Namaste. "Congratulations, it was a good game," she said and left, not even registering the applause that threatened to blow the roof off the room. Enjoy exclusive content from empire

In the end of the first final of the festivity events, Anand Vishwanath succeeded in becoming the first chess champion of the Bharatiya Empire, taking home supreme glory.

Vijay, who had become mesmerized by the match, finally recovered. He had actually witnessed three world-class moves, which would be considered exceptional even in the 21st century, like the pawn storm, pinning move, and knight sacrifice check, which he had only seen grandmasters make.

At the end of the day, Vijay personally handed out the medals, the prize money, and the appointment letters to the newly established Bharatiya School of Chess to the top five contestants of the tournament.

Although Vijay had decided to establish the School of Chess on impulse, it was not entirely due to him being reckless. He suddenly realized, while looking at Shobha, that he could create this school to benchmark the Russian School of Chess, which would produce world-class chess players and also increase the analytical depth of the empire.

Research on chess would actually improve algorithms, data handling, pattern recognition, and other analytics and statistics-based concepts that could be used in multiple fields across various disciplines.

With that said, after distributing the appointment letters and certificates of approval, everything turned out better than expected. All five teenagers eagerly agreed to join the school, and the State Champions decided to join as well, despite their parents’ initial plans for them.

In the end, even the parents recognized which path promised a brighter future: following their own footsteps or serving directly under His Majesty.

In the meantime, the track and field preliminaries and semi-finals had been completed. After a 30-minute break, the finals were about to start.

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