"I don't like this," Bagas stated solemnly. "I really don't like how the game progresses so far." He added, emphasizing that the game was already out of his expectations.
It was about two and a half hours since the game began, and while it was still the 26th move of the game, half of the board was already cleared from the carnage that had descended on the battlefield. Gone were all the major pieces, falling one by one from the cruel war. Now, only one rook and a bunch of pawns were still standing for both sides, trying to defend their homeland from the enemy's desperate attack.
"I know why you are feeling that way, but honestly, you don't have any reason to worry," Medina said. "While yes, this is not the kind of game that we see a lot from Sheva, but it is not like he is bad at endgame. You still remember how he beat Johan Sebastian Christiansen from Norway in the last Olympiad, right?"
