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Ruin Me Slowly, My Dear by Groovypalacehorselover (Annibrine)
Fandoms: The Queen's Gambit (TV)
24 Oct 2025
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Moscow was supposed to be the end of this persistent curiosity, yet it seemed now that it was only the mouth of the pitfall that would lead him to an early grave. Beth Harmon was a luminary- a flame that had caught Vasily in a choke-hold. From the moment he saw her eyes darken with the same hunger and madness that he holds- fervently staring at him as though she wanted to peel open his skin- he knew that she was going to dethrone him. But she was never supposed to be a linchpin. His life was meant to revolve around keeping himself superior to her, but instead he found it revolving around her.
He thought that getting bested would finally snuff out these dangerous feelings. But as he held her warm lithe form against his body- the sound of applause echoing around them like thunder; Vasily Borgov, consciously for the first time, was reminded of the fact that Beth Harmon was a beautiful woman.
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Five times Borgov thought of Beth's features in a way that made his stomach weak, and one time when he decided to finally do something about it.
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After another night spent together with Elizabeth Harmon in an anonymous hotel room, Borgov once again wakes up alone.
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- Part 3 of the king and the two queens
- Part 2 of songfics
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Yevgeniya Ilyinichna Borgova was many things - wife, mother, accomplished literary student, translator - but she was not a fool.
After all, it would take a fool not to see that her husband, Vasily Vladimirovich Borgov, had fallen in love with the American chess champion Elizabeth Harmon.
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- Part 1 of the king and the two queens
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from across the board and across the room by skeletondragon for Celemon
Fandoms: The Queen's Gambit (TV)
01 Jun 2025
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After tournaments, Elizabeth Harmon often finds herself in the company of beautiful men and women.
Borgov has begun to notice.
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Entering her new life of sobriety following her win in Moscow, Beth finds a healthier distraction to fill the hole: developing an all-consuming, school-girl level crush on Vasily Borgov. Luchenko, delighted upon learning that she's made an attempt to study Russian in the past, takes it upon himself to bring her up to fluency.
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Beth admits to Townes that her friendship with Borgov may not always have been entirely professional, and remembers the one time they decided to sleep together in Paris, three years after the Moscow Invitational, and how they agreed never to do it again.
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Gabriella, a fiery and fearless chess prodigy, steps into a world dominated by strategy and control, where every move is calculated, and every connection guarded. But her encounters with Vasily Borgov, the cold and enigmatic grandmaster, spark something unexpected—a tension that goes beyond the board. As their rivalry heats up, so does the pull between them, forcing Gabriella to question whether she’s truly in control or if she’s willingly surrendering to the most dangerous game of all.
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After Moscow, Beth and Borgov dream of each other.
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- Part 2 of the king and the two queens
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Passed pawn by Astrid21_BB
Fandoms: The Queen's Gambit (TV), The Queen's Gambit - Walter Tevis
22 Aug 2024
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Beth Harmon.
To himself, Vasily immediately half-jokingly dubbed her a “passing pawn” and smiled at his joke with a corner of his lips, the only smile that he could allow himself in relation to her.
He wasn't afraid of Harmon. But it will be interesting to see her the moment he puts her back in her place. There was something in this, in the fact that he was the one who returned her to her place. Something that excites him in a way that is different from ordinary victories. Wrongly exciting.
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When her mother deliberately crashes their car, it ends Beth’s life as she knows it and strands her at Methuen Home. She has yet to learn of the chain of events this will set in motion. The one that will start with her introduction to the world of chess, give her a new mother, and take her far beyond the borders of Lexington.
As she works her way towards the very centre of that world, she meets numerous other people along the way. But among weak opponents, friendships, rivalries, and hardships there is one person who sticks out from among them all. Vasily Borgov, the intimidating World Champion from the Soviet Union with a face that is much harder to read than the sixty-four squares he rules over, catches her eyes from the start and she finds it impossible to look away.
Or, we follow Beth through canon and into the years beyond as she struggles with finding her place in the world, creating bonds with others, and substance abuse, but also finds the good things in life, such as success, friendship, and love.
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- Part 1 of Chess and Love
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After beating Borgov at the Moscow invitational, Beth Harmon should feel more assured in her chess skills than ever before. So why does the thought of every tournament now fill her with dread?
The thing is, once you reach the top, there's only one way to go.
Podfic of circling back by midnightmew.
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Only time will tell if they are each other's worst blunders.
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Elizabeth Harmon caused headlines when she defected to the USSR, after the Moscow Invitational to marry her longtime lover, Vasily Borgov. A love story for the ages, the newspapers said.
Only that wasn’t the truth.
Beth and Borgov find themselves pawns in a political game, and the center of an obsession born during World War II, and they only have each other to rely on.
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- Part 1 of Long Shadows
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The universe of ‘Life and Love’ seen through Vasily Borgov’s eyes, starting when he is a young child and discovers chess. As time then goes by, he will meet both new and familiar faces as he tries to find his place in life and a sense of freedom.
First chapter is through Ekaterina Borgova's pov (Vasily's mother) and can be read as a standalone, but after that we get into ‘Life and Love’ spoiler territory, so please read that first for chapter 2 and onwards.
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- Part 2 of Chess and Love
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Sometimes I think how different it would have been if she had never studied Russian. We would have continued to be unable to communicate. We would have remained confined to our roles, in a kind of habitual quiet. I liked that sense of stillness, that it doesn't make you a gift of anything, but neither does it make you lose anything.
(Beth and Vasily during a cocktail party in Palma de Mallorca will find themselves talking for the first time.)
(Fancomic created for 17th P0rn Fest edition, prompt: “Russian words that Beth doesn’t know.”) -
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Borgov’s mouth turns up in a soft smile and tilts his head just so towards his son.
All at once, Beth is angry.
Angry that one defeat is all it takes for Borgov’s attention to deviate. Does he no longer try in his games against her?
Angry that he is a father who stayed.
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After beating Borgov at the Moscow invitational, Beth Harmon should feel more assured in her chess skills than ever before. So why does the thought of every tournament now fill her with dread?
The thing is, once you reach the top, there's only one way to go.
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The story between Beth and Borgov that I always imagined if they started to become lovers during the series. My recent re-watch gave me so many ideas!
Important: This is a fancomic, not a fanfiction. The medium is a little different, but I hope you enjoy it the same. -
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Fatherhood can mean different things to different people. For most of his life so far, it meant something easy for Vasily Borgov, no matter if it was his relationship with his own late father or his relationship with his son. But things do not always stay easy, and from the day his dear Liza entered his life, she has complicated many things. And now it is time to come face to face with the most significant complication of them all.
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Beth liked to have access to him, but Vasily was older and dropped her hand.
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- Part 2 of Played Positions