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whisper a little prayer for me by orphei for nickclose
Fandoms: Chess - Rice/Ulvaeus/Andersson
15 Feb 2026
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Katya recognizes her, she realizes — she’s the wife of Sasha’s American. She catches Katya staring and smiles.
She looks lonely. Or maybe that’s just how Katya feels.
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lonely days are through by orphei for clomp_froyo
Fandoms: Chess - Rice/Ulvaeus/Andersson
18 Jan 2026
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Florence and Svetlana, through the years.
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“You could have contacted me earlier. Why now?”
“The challengers’ tournament is in Athens this year. They asked me to go along.”
Walter looks at him expectantly, as if he can tell this isn’t the full story.
Alexander sighs. “I don’t intend to return home once it’s finished.”
Scenes from a brighter future.
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mysterious and important by orphei for sovietmayachine
Fandoms: Chess - Rice/Ulvaeus/Andersson
19 Oct 2025
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Flo's life is watching other people play chess.
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Your presence at my graduation would mean a lot. Some people here do miss you, still.
Yours sincerely,
Sofia Anatolievna SergievskayaTen years after the events of Bangkok, Anatoly goes home.
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avatar (av.a.tar). noun
1. a manifestation of a deity or released soul in bodily form on earth; an incarnate divine teacher.
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Whatever Walter's expecting to find in the box, it certainly isn't a ring.
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Walter repaints his nails, and talks to an old friend.
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In the summer, Katya and Alexander go up to the White Sea.
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come and find me in my coffin by orphei for janusjekyll
Fandoms: Chess - Rice/Ulvaeus/Andersson
19 Jan 2025
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Anatoly's different when he returns home.
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you cannot fool me (i am you and you are me) by orphei
Fandoms: Chess - Rice/Ulvaeus/Andersson
24 Dec 2024
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Alexander Molokov, on Bangkok, Leonid Viigand, and self-recognition through the other.
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careful what you pack by orphei for miniconsuffrage
Fandoms: Chess - Rice/Ulvaeus/Andersson
18 Aug 2024
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Up until very recently, Walter de Courcey has never even considered a career in the CIA. Despite this, he still finds himself in the middle of the 1990 World Chess Championship.
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just a way to mark the years gone by by orphei for nickclose
Fandoms: Chess - Rice/Ulvaeus/Andersson
23 Feb 2024
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Freddie becomes himself.
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another suitcase in another hall by orphei for topazchandelier
Fandoms: Chess - Rice/Ulvaeus/Andersson
21 Jan 2024
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Your life doesn't end when the story does. After Bangkok, Florence is left to decide where she goes next.
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when you leave you know you take more than your love by orphei
Fandoms: Chess - Rice/Ulvaeus/Andersson
20 Dec 2023
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When Florence calls you, she asks about Anatoly.
or: how to fall in love with your husband's ex-girlfriend in five easy steps!
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they say we are asleep until we fall in love by orphei
Fandoms: Les Misérables - Victor Hugo
10 Sep 2023
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It is not a new story. He is not the first person to fall hopelessly, impossibly in love with the sun.
on the making of history, or lack thereof.
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i'm not a good person (i'm hardly a person at all) by orphei
Fandoms: Chess - Rice/Ulvaeus/Andersson
01 Aug 2023
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You think about Florence now more than ever.
or: guy who struggles with intimacy and identity sleeps with his ex-best friend's ex-boyfriend, you won't BELIEVE what happens next!
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Promoting a pawn to a piece other than a queen is known as an underpromotion. This term is applied to this situation because the queen is the most valuable piece after the king. As a result, promoting a pawn to any other piece involves forfeiting the opportunity to supplement your army with the fiercest attacker in the game.
or: four years ago, freddie died at a chess competition. this won't stop him from defending his title in merano.
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but what would i do (if you had not been my friend?) by orphei for handmadeangels
Fandoms: Chess - Rice/Ulvaeus/Andersson
10 Jun 2023
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So instead of beating the Russian to a pulp (either mentally or physically) he was in a meeting room with the Russian’s second, trying to work out the most diplomatic way to deal with the situation.
Svetlana Sergievskaya, the aforementioned second, was putting significantly more effort into the discussion than Freddie.
the story of the world chess championships, as told through meetings between freddie and svetlana.
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The day her husband defects from the Soviet Union, Svetlana cuts her hair.
or: anatoly leaves russia. svetlana finds herself.