Mallory greenleaf was once a young chess champion. Then a life changing event her Mother’s rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis and helping to care for her sisters. While holding down a part time job makes her give up chess. Four years after quitting her best friend Easton Peña asks her to play a charity tournament to help out her former chess club. She is paired with Nolan Sawyer bad boy of the chess world and wins.After leaving the match she is approached by Defne Bubikoglu to play for money at her chess club Zugzwang. Will she return to chess and play Nolan again or will she refuse? Fun and touching story leaves the reader wanting to know what Mallory will do.