Sjakkturneringen
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What it's about: Retired harbour pilot Egil, 71, enters his first chess tournament in Stavanger and keeps losing practice games to a silent 19-year-old in big headphones, despite strong coffee and waffles as tactics. When he finds her shaking before a new café job, they make a deal: he plays difficult customer between rounds, she teaches him chess, and in the last round she says her first word in the club.
Egil hadde vært los i Stavanger i førti år. Han hadde ført store skip trygt inn fjorden om natta, og han var ikke redd for noe. Men da han ble pensjonist, visste han ikke hva han skulle gjøre med dagene. Kona hans, Bjørg, ga ham en sjakkbok til bursdagen. Bjørg«Du trenger noe å tenke på. Noe annet enn meg.» Egil leste boka tre ganger. En uke senere hadde han meldt seg på høstturneringen i sjakklubben, som spilte i en skolekantine på Storhaug hver tirsdag.
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