Recently, a video clip posted on Chinese social media has brought joy to many viewers. Specifically, a young man returned home to celebrate Tet in Inner Mongolia (China) and played chess with his grandfather. However, this game seemed a bit “unfair” as the young man used his phone to compete against his grandfather.
It turns out that the protagonist’s grandfather is a chess master, while the young man only knows a bit about the rules and moves on the chessboard. Seeing many images online of players using their phones to play chess against opponents, the young man decided to emulate this method.
Specifically, he activated the hardest mode on his phone, and each time his grandfather made a move, he would replicate the moves on his phone. He then learned from the machine’s moves to counter his grandfather. He played five rounds with his grandfather and… won them all.
The grandfather in this story was very astonished by this outcome, even asking in disbelief, “After not seeing you for years, how could you play chess so well?” Later, the young man admitted everything to his grandfather, but the grandfather did not seem annoyed; rather, he was amused by his grandson’s cleverness.