Grandmaster - A Short Story for the weekly writing contest #ZapFic50Friday - Promt: "Veteran"

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This post is an entry to the ZapFic50Friday "Veteran"!
The #ZapFic50Friday is a literary initiative from the Freewriters Community in which writers have to create a story, using the prompt provided, with exactly 50 words: no more, no less!
Grandmaster
When John saw that he was going to play against a veteran chess player, he realized that the only path to victory was to sabotage the poor old man.
"Just a little bit of poison on his coffee won't kill him, right?" John thought, moments before assassinating the famous Grandmaster.
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