Leveling the field

One day I was playing chess with Sahil. Sanjana decided that she will be on my side.

“Baba”, she whispered in my ear. “Kill one of Sahil’s chess pieces”.

Sahil was visibly upset. He said, “Baba, you are going to win because Sanjana is helping you.”

After a few moves, I killed one of Sahil’s pawns. Sanjana very proudly announced that she was the brains behind this, upsetting Sahil even more.

In a couple of minutes I had to get up to take care of something. While I was away Sahil had a little talk with Sanjana.

When I came back, I was greeted by both of them with wide grins, sitting on the same side of the chessboard.

“Baba,” they informed me. “Now it’s two of us against you.”