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           Thatmeantpawntokingbishopfour.Theywentthroughthebookmovesforawhileuntil,somehow,shefoundherselfgettingintotheStonewallFormation.Itwasapositionshedidnotparticularlylike,andaftershestartedconsideringthewaytheboardlookedshebegantofeelannoyedwithherself.ThethingtodowasbreakitopenandgoforFoster’sthroat.Shehadjustbeendiddlingwithhim,andshewantedtogetthisoverwith.Herheadwasstillaching,andshefeltuncomfortableeveninthegoodswivelchair.Thereweretoomanyspectatorsintheroom.Fosterwasapaleblondinhistwenties;hemadehismoveswithaprissycarefulnessthatwasmaddening.Afterthetwelfthshelookedatthetightpositionontheboardandquicklypushedacenterpawnupforsacrifice;shewouldopenupthegameandstartthreatening.Shemusthaveagood600ratingpointsonthiscreep;shewouldwipehimout,getagoodlunchandsomecoffee,andbereadyforGoldmannorSizemoreintheafternoon.

           Somehowthepawnsacrificehadbeenhasty.AfterFostertookwithaknightinsteadofthepawnshehadplannedon,shefoundshehadeithertodefendortodropanotherpawn.Shebitherlip,annoyed,andlookedforsomethingtoterrorizehimwith.Butshecouldfindnothing.Andhermindwasworkingwithdamnableslowness.Sheretreatedabishoptoprotectthepawn.

           Fosterraisedhiseyebrowsslightlyatthatandbroughtarookovertothequeenfile,theoneshehadopenedwithherpawnsacrifice.Sheblinked.Shedidnotlikethewaythiswasgoing.Herheadachewasgettingworse.