Why is waverly drawn to the “elaborate secrets” of chess?

In Rules of the Game by Amy Tan details Waverly's rise and fall as an American chess champion when she is a child. Her mother taught her the art of invisible strength when she was six years old, saying that it is a strategy for winning arguments, respect, and chess games. She is drawn to the family's history involved in chess.

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