Silence.
Silence fell on the table as the handshake was made. Even though the venue was still filled with the sound of chess pieces hitting the board, the silence on the table where Indonesia's men's team was playing against Italy was so deafening. It filled one side of the table with surprise, as no one from the team Italy expected Sabino Brunello to lose this badly.
While yeah, they admitted that Sheva was strong, and the probability of their senior losing was quite high in this game. However… This? Just in 34 moves? One hour and 56 minutes? Wasn't that a little bit too fast?
