As the first move was made, Nayaka pushed his C pawn two squares forward, going for the English Opening. This was a system that he had been learning for about a month, wanting to use it to surprise Sheva. After all, the boy knew full well that other than 1.e4, his teacher didn't play a lot of openings, and he might have a little bit of delusion that Sheva was probably bad at it.
The opponent, though, didn't want to get entangled in that dynamic system. No, he converted the opening decisively, turning it into the Queen's Gambit Decline. Nayaka frowned instantly, because this opening was always hard to navigate.
'Oh, well, no need to overthink it for now. Let's just follow the basic principle and develop steadily.' He made up his mind.
