Nihal in Chess Final Parts 2, 3, 4... The Marathon

So Part 2 was expected to be the decider. How wrong were we to expect a winner appointed the next day.

They drew again in another 2 stalemates, and by now the school audience were getting anxious of a result either way. Please please can someone separate these 2 masterful players, as there is not a whisker of a difference in their gaze at the mesmerised chessboard.

So it was to be, on that judjement day, that the final went into Part 4. Nihal was giving Rocky and Rambo some serious competition here in the making of great sequels.

Nihal started with taking a knight, which resulted in an aggresive fork on his king and bishop, bad move into check. Nihal responded by sacrificing his bishop.

Next came the deceptive but innocent move of a pawn forward into a gambit position, resulting in Nihal gaining a Rook, It was all but loss for the opponent, as Nihal thought that he had trapped the Queen, only to find out that he lost his own Rook in the process of this ill fated tactical move. However the Rook loss resulted in aiding Nihal to take the opponents Queen, which was in effect traded with his own Queen by the opponent's Bishop.

So we now have a game without Queens, without Rooks and without Bishops, and Nihal without both his Knights. This left the opponent with the advantage of a Knight.

Nihal's predicament was futile, as the opponent was now moving Pawns forward faster than he could himself. Eventually the opponent gained a Queen on the Pawn advance, and this Queen was the mate for the match's final blow.

Nihal lost the final, but he gained many friends and respect, and most importantly of all a well deserved finalist trophy.