Alex turned off the TV and started doing some meditation exercises before going to sleep.


    All of Alex''s Pokémon that had a little time spent it on pursuing their hobby. ??


    To the surprise of all Pokémon, Ditto challenged Bastiodon to y chess.


    All Pokémon who saw this stopped whatever they were doing and went to watch this unforeseen match. Even Alex couldn''t help but show interest in watching this match.


    Only Vulpix watched for a while before she got bored and started ying with a ball.


    After Ditto exined the Bastiodon rules of chess, they both started a best of 3 chess games.


    Ditto started directly with a gambit*1 that Bastiodon didn''t know, of course, and thus Bastidon fellpletely into Ditto''s trap.


    Bastiodon, who yed for the first time, didn''t know the perfect or even a good counter and started to fell deeper into Ditto''s trap.


    If he fails to see Ditto''s fatal move on this turn, then he would be checkmated and lose the first game.


    Bastiodon caught a trailing behind but did not see the danger of Ditto''s next move and made a fatal mistake.


    Ditto has read many chess books and was even trained by Alex since seeing his many defeats. Seeing Bastiodon make a wrong move, Ditto knew that Bastiodon already lost this match. Ditto made thest move and said a little bit louder voice,


    "CHECKMATE."


    After winning the first game, he immediately startedughing happily and ran around the room wildly.


    Although he is the person most of the time inverted in chess, it was the first time he won a game of chess.


    After months of work, he finally managed to win.


    Alex and his other Pokémon congratted Ditto on his impressive victory. He had improved really well in this time.


    Even Crobat and Scizor gave praise to Ditto''s willpower and victory.


    Alex had a light smile on his face when he said, "I have an idea. Let''s all y a little chess."


    Although Alex wanted to do a tournament first, he had this idea quickly discarded because of the skill difference between his Pokémon being too vast.


    Alex and Gardevoir are clearly the best chess yers and would easily dominate the tournament.


    So Alex nned 4 rtively bnced matches with simr skills, which will make them more interesting.


    Best of 3:


    Alex v/s Gardevoir


    Scizor v/s Crobat


    Ditto v/s Eevee (rematch)


    Bastiodon v/s Combusken


    Because Vulpix wasn''t interested in chess, Alex didn''t have to worry too much about looking for an opponent for her.


    Bastiodon v/s Combusken was yed first. Bastiodon and Combusken only learned the rules today, so Alex thought it was a good matchup.


    The first match was very tense because both of them often made big mistakes which led to losing many valuable pieces on both sides. In the end, Bastiodon narrowly won the first game. But it looked like it had a lot to do with luck.


    The second match was also very close, and Combusken made fewer mistakes and quickly have gained a little advance in the number of valuable pieces. In the end, she won against Bastiodon in contradiction to the previous match.


    In the third match, Alex immediately noticed who was the smarter one of the bunch. Combusken started making very few big mistakes from the beginning. And with that, she could quickly y an advantage. In the end, Combusken won rtively easily.


    Ditto v/s Eevee rematch was surprisingly a clear-cut 2-0 win.


    In the first match, Ditto used a different gambit that he hadn''t shown before and seeded in taking Eevee''s rook by losing only one pawn. That was a huge advantage that Ditto kept until the end of the game.


    The second match was also a clear victory for Ditto, who used the same gambit as in round one. But because Eevee hadn''t found a good answer in the first round, she lost another important figure. Ditto kept this advantage until the end and won against Eevee rtively easily.


    Ditto, who had now defeated a very talented yer like Eevee, couldn''t help but give a joyful scream. He ran towards Alex and hugged him with a rare beaming grin.


    Alex had often taken a little time to show Ditto some gambits, including this one, and exined it so that Ditto can transform his experience into strength. Although Ditto''s mid andte game is really mediocre, he is now very strong in the early game. Only Alex, who showed him these gambits, is better.


    Although Eevee gets better faster than Ditto, she was at this point a good deal too inexperienced to react to Ditto''s tactics.


    Scizor v/s Crobat was what surprised Alex the most.


    Both were ying chess for the first time, but it didn''t affect their ying speed. And to Alex''s surprise, he noticed that Scizor sometimes ys brilliant moves. He even checkmated Crobat with fewer pieces and quickly won the first game.


    The second game was even one-sided. Scizor hardly made any mistakes and started to y lots of smart and aggressive moves. Even though he made some strange moves, he easily won the game.


    Scizor smiled as he said, "Don''t be sad. It''s normal that the one with the most intellect is better."


    Crobat showed a peculiar expression when he said, "Shut up! Do you think you smart just because you won a game? Haha, you have a good sense of humor, grill tongs."


    Scizor didn''t get angry and just replied with a smirk, "Oh, then it must be a coincidence that Alex and Gardevoir are the best chess yers. If the truth makes you unhappy, just keep it to yourself."


    Alex quickly separated these two Pokémon and sat across Gardevoir for their match.


    He knows that his strength is that he has a lot more experience than Gardevoir. But the Gardevoir often ys some brilliant moves that he can never imagine.


    Alex was a good chess yer but not one that was particrly good. He was good at trickery and making others fall others for traps, but that was his only strength.


    Fortunately, chess is not very popr in this Pokémon world, so Alex''s world has a higher skill in chess.


    The first match was a controlled slugfest. Alex tried to y a gambit that Gardevoir didn''t know. But Gardevoir could see the danger almost immediately and didn''t fall into Alex''s trap. Unfortunately, Alex lost a pawn because his gambit didn''t work. Although his position was better, the game wasn''t at his side. Gardevoir yed a few moves that Alex did not understand and cornering him at every other step.


    Gardevoir defeated Alex narrowly but with calcted moves.


    At the second match, Alex even tried to talk to Gardevoir to distract her. But with a high level of intelligence, she could easily y chess and talk to Alex simultaneously. Alex naturally yed a different tactic on which you have to answer perfectly, or Gardevoir would have a big disadvantage. But if Gardevoir yed this move perfectly, he would lose the game almost immediately.


    Gardevoir didn''t even need 20 seconds to find this perfect counter and made it almost impossible for Alex to win. Alex gave up with a helpless expression.


    After a few seconds, he looked at Gardevoir and said, "Congrattions, Gardevoir. You yed really well."


    Gardevoir smiled happily and said, "Thank you, father. You, too. That was really fun. Let''s y again when we have time."


    When Alex was about to reply, he heard the ringtone of his TRH device. Someone had called him.


    He made an apologetic expression and said, "Sorry, I gotta go and take this call."


    But when he saw the number, he couldn''t help but show a serious expression.


    "Lisa?"


    ***


    *1 A gambit is a chess opening in which a yer sacrifices material with the aim of achieving a subsequent positional advantage.


    [EN]: I wonder how Bastiodon yed chess with his huge paws.


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