'Wait, he has won his game already?!' Anna widened her eyes in surprise when she saw Sheva coming in her direction. 'This fast?! Is his opponent that weak, or is he in his best state today?' She couldn't help but ask herself.
While there was a chance that the first possibility happened and somehow, Sheva's opponent played poorly, Anna was still inclined to believe the second possibility here. It was clear that Sheva was in his best state today, and winning a game against the poor amateur player who got unlucky to get paired against him was not a difficult matter.
This only motivated the girl more, though, as she was determined to kill her opponent as quickly as possible.
She was paired against Marcel Marentini, a local boy whose rating was around 2050. He was somehow a decent opponent with a lot of tricks up his sleeve, yet Anna could only pity him as the boy decided to go with one opening that she started to get familiar with: the Dutch Defense.
