Painting Checkmate

I'm just gonna go... go bananas here, go for the quick kingside attack.

The master explains as he goes. He doesn't yet know how this will end, but there is the idea. The canvas is no longer pale and untouched, it is filled with sketched fantasies and uncertain lines. This is not preparation; this is when the art flows from the artist.

Okay, the pawns are ready to storm... No need to storm immediately; it's better to be calm before the storm.

Patience, that is key. You can't rush art, it has to flow, almost supernaturally, through your mind and soul.

So it does. Pieces fly off the board as tension is released. Art is taking form, inspiration is crackling through the air.

The problem is I might have to trade queens and grind down the endgame with little time.

There is always the threat of time. You never know what you are creating until it is done. Sometimes it is the crass functionality of the craftsman, but sometimes it is the grand spectacle of art. 

The knight does a good job defending... might have to triple battery... or even just shift onto the h-file.

There it is, the glimmer of a masterpiece. A faint whisper through the mind as divine inspiration takes hold.

You never know what a masterpiece will be until it is made. A subtle shift here, a slight adjustment there and something entirely new has taken form. If you knew what you would create before you had made it, there would be no need to create.

I'm not interested in taking on f7.

When you make art, everything else fades away. Every thought and every desire is overwhelmed by the need to create. You can think of nothing else but the art. You exist for one singular purpose.

If the king tries to run, I make it go back, and then mate.

It's there. You can see it now. No one else can, because it is not finished yet. But you know it is there. You know you can make it.

This is more than inspiration. This is a vision of the future. A vision of creation.

Absolute silence.

Baited breath as the art completes. Absolute focus.

This is how art is made.

This is how an artist makes a checkmate.

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