Answer:
The story starts as Waverly and her mother are shopping through different stores in Chinatown. Waverly happens to see some salted plums and pulls her mother towards the store. Her mother does not like this so she scolds Waverly. The next week, Waverly went into that store with her mother as her mother picked up the salted plums. Later in the story, Waverly's brother receives a chess set from the Chinese Santa, which his mother did not approve of having the chess set. As Waverly watched her brothers play the game, she thought of how fun it would be to play as well. She started to play and got better and better. She got to the point where she was a professional chess player. One day, Waverly and her mother were walking through some stores, when her mother started to talk about all of Waverly's accomplishments. This made Waverly so embarrassed that she ran away. In the allies, she realized that she needed someone to take care of her so she went back home and went to her room. In the calmness of her room, she imagined a chessboard and her unbeatable opponent, her mother, as she ponders her next move.
