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And people who’ve listened to Tangent Knights: Caprice of Fate might be interested to compare and contrast it with this alternative version of the concept (or vice versa). But there are still aspects of “What Slender Threads” that I’m eager to share with my audience, particularly its distinctive take on the nature of parallel worlds. In retrospect, I’m glad I ended up taking a different tack, because TK was enormous fun to write. Known as Fool's Mate because of the extreme unlikelihood of contriving to be checkmate d in such a manner, the shortest possible game of chess is as follows: 1.f4 (or 1.f3, but 1. White has to start the game with the two worst moves. A player cannot force his opponent into Fools Mate. “What Slender Threads” is that story, a glimpse at my original approach, which would have been somewhat darker and more tragic than Tangent Knights turned out to be. From the starting position in chess, the fastest checkmate possible can happen in two moves.

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This beautifully balanced, full bodied, and linear Chardonnay highlights the quality and elegance CheckMate are achieving in their portfolio of Cru-quality Chardonnay. I say “new,” but it’s more like “unsold.” As I mentioned on the Tangent Knights discussion page, I already had a rough idea for a trilogy I was planning to develop when GraphicAudio invited me to pitch an original trilogy or series, but I had to rework it to separate out the characters and concepts I’d already used in a prologue story I was shopping around at the time, splitting different aspects of the original premise into two separate continuities and two distinct approaches to the idea of parallel Earths. In chess, the fools mate, also known as the two-move checkmate, is the checkmate delivered after the fewest possible moves from the games starting position. Bright citrus fruit, buttered croissant, lanolin, and zesty minerality on the nose and palate. The annotations for the story are also up at the $12/mo Behind the Scenes tier:

Fools Mate occurs when a player opens up his King to a fatal attack as shown in. But now I’ve finally posted a new story, “What Slender Threads,” which you can read here on the $10/mo Fiction tier: Fools Mate and Scholars Mate are often tried on newcomers to the game.

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I fell behind schedule on the conclusion of the Tangent Knights trilogy, so I tried to focus solely on that. Here is how to win at chess in 2 moves using the Fools Mate strategy: Your opponent plays 1.g4 Open the d8-h4 diagonal for your queen by moving your e7 pawn. Sorry it’s been a while since I posted a new story on my Patreon. Checkmate (often shortened to mate) occurs if a king is under immediate attack by one (or two) opponent pieces (in.