"Let's have a good game…" Sheva muttered, offering a handshake.
"Da, let's have a good game." Kirill Alekseenko nodded, accepting the handshake gracefully before waiting for Sheva to make the first move.
It was finally game time, and as the alarm rang, Sheva didn't hesitate to push his E pawn forward. Even though some people would say that he should try to diversify his opening to any other one besides the 1.e4, Sheva was still comfortable with this, not having any urgency to change something that worked well in his career.
Kirill Alekseenko also didn't hesitate here. He returned the move by pushing his E pawn two squares forward, challenging the center of the board right off the bat. This was the most common opening in the chess world, the king's pawn opening.
