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1. Middlegame by the_weight_of_small_things

   Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   28 Aug 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
   • Shane Hollander & Hayden Pike
   • Shane Hollander
   • Ilya Rozanov
   • Hayden Pike
   • Alexei Rozanov | Andrei Rozanov
   • Cold War
   • alternative universe
   • Chess
   • First Time
   • Censorship Makes Flirting Difficult
   • Coded Conversations
   • Surveillance
   • History Recorded the Chess This Is Everything It Left Out
   • World Chess Championship
   • Every Chess Game Is Historically Accurate Just With More Kissing
   • Surveillance As A Cockblock
   • Cold War Yearning
   • Flirting Through Chess Notation
   • Forbidden Love
   • Protective Hayden Pike
   • Secret Relationship
   • Established Relationship
   • Hurt/Comfort

   Summary

   The World Chess Championship. Reykjavík, 1972.

   With the World Chess Championship entering its next phase, Shane Hollander should be focused on taking the title from Ilya Rozanov.

   Instead, the two men are carrying on a secret affair under the eyes of the press, their delegations, and a growing number of people who have started to notice just how much time they spend watching one another when there is no chessboard between them.

   For Shane, being caught with the Soviet champion could end his career and leave him branded a traitor. For Ilya, the consequences are less certain and far more frightening. As suspicion grows and the match begins to run out of games, they are forced to decide how much they are willing to risk for something neither of them expected to find in Reykjavík.

   There are many ways to lose a match. In Reykjavík, there are far more ways to lose each other.

   Series

   • Part 2 of The Match Of The Century

   Language:

   English

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