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In Need of a Pawn to Take the World by fantasyandfreedom for Twilfitt6
Fandoms: Chess - Rice/Ulvaeus/Andersson
27 Jul 2025
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Two years on from Bangkok, Anatoly, Florence, Freddie and Svetlana are living completely different lives. For some of them, it's almost like their chess careers never happened.
When the four of them are unexpectedly reunited at a grand mansion in rural Hungary, their luxurious evening seems to have turned into their worst nightmare.
Things turn from bad to worse when their host is found dead in the dining room. With all the doors and windows locked, there was no way in or out. That can mean only one thing: one of them must be the murderer, right?
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the sun is rising (while descending). by sovietmayachine
Fandoms: Chess - Rice/Ulvaeus/Andersson
23 Jun 2025
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The White King and the Red King are world-renowned rival superheroes.
It makes things difficult for Freddie Trumper and Anatoly Sergievsky's relationship.
To make matters worse, a new supervillain is rising. They'll have to team up to defeat this one.
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Masters of Deceit by fantasyandfreedom
Fandoms: Chess - Rice/Ulvaeus/Andersson, The Traitors (UK TV 2022)
20 Feb 2025
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The Characters of Chess take part in “The Traitors”: a reality TV show in which the “traitors” must work to “murder” their fellow players, the faithful, who must identify and banish the traitors through a vote at the round table.
The Arbiter hosts as you question: who will come out on top? Who is to trust in the ultimate game of passion, pain, love and hate? And why did somebody even write this?
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The 6 Strange Dreams of Florence Vassy by fantasyandfreedom for starful_nights
Fandoms: Chess - Rice/Ulvaeus/Andersson
19 Jan 2025
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It is 1984. Florence Vassy is 36 and she has decided to leave Freddie Trumper.
After making this choice, she is knocked out and wakes up living a different memory of her time with Freddie every day. She explores her relationships, amongst others as she tries to move on.
Here’s the problem. Florence is a lesbian. Freddie is a gay man. They are in a 7 year long lavender relationship. Their relationship is glued together by the pressure of the American press. Freddie is sick of living a lie. Florence kissed a married Soviet woman.
Alone and lost in a world of memories she cannot understand, Florence Vassy must consider her choice. Until then, her life is on loop in Merano, Bangkok, Budapest and beyond.
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He breathes in dust and the worn covers on the pillow. Day by day, his tolerance is weathered and tested. He finds himself always on the brink, but never more. The farther away he tries to get away, the closer it seems to catch up to him. It’s always there. Something is always there. There is a clock somewhere, ticking until his time is up. He drags his fickle mortality behind him like a tethered bull. Alongside him, a blinding man in white.
He’s not dying anymore. He gets to live another day.
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life passes on the right (still, life takes you for a ride) by nunk for janusjekyll
Fandoms: Chess - Rice/Ulvaeus/Andersson
19 Aug 2024
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From the moment Anatoly Sergievsky arrives in Bangkok, he is falling, falling, falling. Stuck between things that aren’t real and lives that aren’t his, he tries to find his footing and regain a sense of sanity. In the midst of all the politics and personal problems, it’s a task easier said than done.
Honestly, he just hopes he'll survive to see the end of the match.
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working through it by ruggedindividual for nickclose
Fandoms: Chess - Rice/Ulvaeus/Andersson
19 Aug 2024
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“Ms. Vassy, how does it feel to be attending the world championship as a player rather than a second?” a reporter asked.
Easy. “I’m very excited to be here. It all happened so fast, it almost feels unreal, but I’m looking forward to taking advantage of this opportunity and playing to the best of my ability.”
“Are you worried about playing your former boss?"
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The rule is quickly established: if Aleksandr wins, he gets to stay the night.
And if he does it enough time to satisfy the Arbiter, well… He hasn’t, yet. But it’s a goal to aim for.
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- Part 2 of Chess & Politics
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You would have said no to a private meeting under any other circumstances. You should have said no. But it is chess that he is offering, and you’ve never been good at abstinence.
Or: The Arbiter plays chess with Molokov and learns something about themself along the way.
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- Part 1 of Chess & Politics
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A portrait of Florence Vaszi.
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Time is not my friend (I’ll fight it to the end) by fantasyandfreedom for nunk
Fandoms: Chess - Rice/Ulvaeus/Andersson
11 Feb 2024
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Freddie Trumper, a 45 year old former chess champion, is living in New York and working as a theatre critic.
But this morning, he woke up in a strangely familiar town with a woman he hadn’t seen in years.
With the newfound ability to time travel, stuck back in the worst year of his life — what will Freddie do?
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The Story of Chess. by sovietmayachine for stale_bagel
Fandoms: Chess - Rice/Ulvaeus/Andersson
22 Jan 2024
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The International Chess Federation (la Fédération Internationale des Échecs) is pleased to present The Story of Chess, the long-awaited, faithfully written account detailing the history of the beloved board game. This book finds anecdotes and dominating themes that brought us a game filled with pleasure and frustration alike. The history of chess is convoluted as it is intricate, spanning over a thousand years across the globe. The delicate and contradictory threads of our noble game have woven themselves, and, indeed, entrenched themselves into the equally delicate strings of our time. It has therefore been difficult to gather a coherent account of what has transpired over the years.
Until now.
The President of FIDE extends a heartfelt thanks to the Historians and Controllers who worked tirelessly to bring this book to its conclusion. The Story of Chess would not exist without Boris Ivanovich, Svetlana Sergievskaya, Anatoly Sergievsky, Frederick Trumper, Florence Vassy, and Leonid Viigand.
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In professional chess competitions, when one game ends, a new game begins with the colors reversed.
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some are vicious, some are fools and others blind by pinuspinea for Pure_Anon
Fandoms: Chess - Rice/Ulvaeus/Andersson
25 Dec 2023
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The five key players of the tournament, and the games they play.
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it’s the Trumper vs Sergievsky rematch and the outcome doesn’t quite line up with the past that the Arbiter has experienced.
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A Woman And a Half Ago by thetrickisnotminding for SegaBarrett
Fandoms: Chess - Rice/Ulvaeus/Andersson
21 Nov 2023
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u/apoliticalscore
You’re not worth the editing. Although your username checks out, since you seem to be wallowing in self-pity.
u/pitiesfoolsandchildren
You’re calling me a child?
u/apoliticalscore
An infant. Nine at most. But that’s not all I’m calling you.
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Bishops have a low rating compared to rooks because, despite no limit on their range, each can only cover half the board. A dark bishop and a light bishop can get as close as they like to one another; they can never capture one another.
The American has never been one for facing consequences. After what he sees in Bangkok, he wonders if it's time for a change.
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Promoting a pawn to a piece other than a queen is known as an underpromotion. This term is applied to this situation because the queen is the most valuable piece after the king. As a result, promoting a pawn to any other piece involves forfeiting the opportunity to supplement your army with the fiercest attacker in the game.
or: four years ago, freddie died at a chess competition. this won't stop him from defending his title in merano.
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“We haven’t seen either of you in years! We just wanted to catch up with you, see how you’ve been,” Molokov interrupted her. Florence’s eyebrows rose, and she took a breath to make it clear just how much she did not mind that they had not met in so long, when Alexander suddenly moved his hand to the front of his dark suit jacket. He undid the buttons and carefully opened the jacket to show the white shirt underneath.
Well, the shirt that was supposed to be white, but instead sported a large red stain and a gash.Or:
What started as a calm morning at home for Florence and Svetlana quickly descends into chaos when Walter de Courcey and Alexander Molokov appear on their doorstep, on the run from assassination attempts by an old enemy aiming for revenge. When events spiral out of control, Florence and Svetlana are swiftly involved in the fight of their lives. As they struggle to make it out alive, one thing becomes clear: they can’t run forever – from the enemy, or from the past.
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As The Arbiter, you have seen your fair share of eccentric grandmasters. This, however, is the first time you've seen one eat a chess piece.