Vijetha C

“She would have to bring her rook up to protect. He would take the knight with his queen, and if she took the bishop, the queen would pick off the roof in the corner with a check, and the whole thing would fall apart.”
― Walter Tevis, The Queen's Gambit

“Don't you get bored sometimes?”, she asked.
“What else is there?”, Benny replied.”
― Walter Tevis, The Queen's Gambit

“She felt in herself an inexhaustible ability to find strong, threatening moves.”
― Walter Tevis, The Queen's Gambit

“With the pawn gone, she was open to rook-bishop mate because of the bishop on the open diagonal.”
― Walter Tevis, The Queen's Gambit