Grandpa Tang naturally did not harbor any high expectations for Xiaohua, but seeing him begin to study the board with earnest concentration, he took the opportunity to sort through his own thoughts.
Looking at the endgame puzzle, Xiaohua found it vaguely familiar, though he could not place it immediately. Having been reincarnated, he had not touched chess in a long time, making it difficult to recapture the feel of the game right away. After pondering for a moment longer, Xiaohua's eyes lit up as he finally recalled the origins of this particular endgame. It was a remarkably famous puzzle that Yang Guanlin, the legendary grandmaster and former chess king of the East, had chanced upon during a national championship, using a single old horse to charge left and right through the opponent's half of the board and secure victory with a flurry of brilliant moves.
With the background of the endgame clear in his mind, Xiaohua's thoughts grew steadily clearer, and a sequence of exquisite moves flashed through his head. Once he had his strategy sorted out, he said to Grandpa Tang, "Grandpa Tang, see if this works!" He then demonstrated the moves step by step, with the final result showing a victory for the red pieces.
Chapter 159