The Rules of the Game

I personally did not care for this story. I thought that it was selfish when Meimei's brother, Vincent, got the chess board for Christmas and then Meimei basically stole it from him by becoming a pro at it. After Meimei became so talented at it and was entered in tournaments and won all of them, her mother decided to take advantage of her fame. She would grip Meimei's hand in public and announce to everyone that Meimei was her daughter and that she was an extremely talented chess player. She told her mother that if she liked Meimei playing chess so much she should go and become a pro at it herself. This action bothered Meimei so much as to lead her to rip free from her mother's grip and run, and run, and run. Later that day when Meimei came home she found her mother awaiting her skill. She was prepared to play Meimei in chess.