As the sun dipped below the horizon, the board was finally cleared. Elias felt a rare sense of peace. The Master’s Hand wasn't about holding the pieces—it was about holding the vision until the very last pawn crossed the line.
Leo sat down, eyeing the sparse arrangement of pieces. "White looks stuck."
He wasn't just playing; he was studying. Beside him lay an old, spine-cracked notebook labeled The Master’s Hand . Elias was obsessed with the way Fischer could make a lone bishop feel like a Gatling gun, or how a king, usually a target, became a marauding conqueror in the final act.