Chess Romance Story Premise

Chuck, a lonely autistic man in a small town, loves to play Chess online but wants to play Chess over the board like he has seen in only online videos. However, no one else in his town knows how to play Chess. He decides that he will have to teach people this game. He disappointingly finds out that no one is interested in learning Chess. He decides to hire a random woman, Laura, on a dating app to pretend to be his Chess student and play with him at the park so that people can witness.

At first, the woman is in it only for the money and doesn’t care about Chess. After a few days of playing, she sees why he loves the game. However, the children at the park have noticed the board game they are playing and ask to be taught. Chuck goes to the park with Laura once a week and teaches the rules of Chess to anyone who shows up.

Laura sees how the children love Chuck as he teaches them the game. She thinks about how he would be a good father because of how he is with children. Over time, Laura begins to develop romantic feelings for Chuck, but he is only interested in Chess. When she says she wants to date him romantically, he declines and tells her that it was entirely a business relationship and that her services are no longer needed.

Chuck continues going to the park by himself and teaches the children Chess. However, when a concerned parent reports to the police about a suspicious man who spends time with the children at the park, he is arrested. He is registered as a sex offender and branded as a pedophile by most people in the town even though he never did anything wrong, and there is no evidence to convict him. He loses his home, job, and everything that matters to him.

When Laura finds out what has happened to Chuck, she goes to the police and tells them that they have made a mistake and arrested an innocent man for nothing. When she is questioned about how she knows him, she explains that Chuck is her Chess Coach and that he never caused harm to her or any children.

Chuck is released from jail and thanks Laura for her honesty and for saving his reputation. When she asks him why he would not date her, Chuck explains that he is gay and doesn’t date women but that he fears homophobia if he spends time with a man in public. Laura explains that this experience shows that people will accuse people of doing something wrong, no matter what they do. She encourages Chuck not to let other people keep him from living the life he wants.

Chuck and Laura get to know each other and eventually get married, despite only caring for each other emotionally and playing Chess together. They open a Chess school together and everyone understands both that Chess is a great game, and that Chuck is a good guy. People realize they were wrong to make false accusations against him.