Billy is the World Union Champion and American Chess Champion. He became World Union Champion after defeating the British Chess Champion in a match for the title. Billy often plays games against Shion and has never won against her even though she often gets distracted during games. Shion has been seen winning against 4 chess players at once. These players were named Soga, Araki, Aruya and Fujiwara. The name Araki is a reference to Shin Araki, the creator of the series. As these players have Japanese names, it can be assumed that they are not grandmasters, as in real life there are no grandmasters from Japan. Hikaru Nakamura is one of the top 3 players in the world but has lived in America his entire life. No chess player in GJ CLUB has a real life equivalent. In the anime there doesn't appear to be a time limit on the chess games Shion plays. In the light novel, according to the Japanese Wikipedia page for GJ CLUB, Billy once visited the GJ CLUB room and played a game against Shion in person.
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