Her opponent for the first game was Laev . He was seated across from her during the ovation for Borgov , and she glanced at him while it was going on . Laev was in his twenties . There was a tight smile on his lean and youthful face , his brow was heavy with annoyance and with the fingers of one slim hand he was drumming inaudibly on the table .
Ее соперником в первой партии стал Лаев. Он сидел напротив нее во время оваций Боргову, и она взглянула на него, пока это продолжалось. Лаеву было около двадцати лет. На его худом и молодом лице была натянутая улыбка, брови его были тяжелы от досады, и пальцами одной тонкой руки он неслышно барабанил по столу.
