Tomás is an intelligent, but timid child who, at the suggestion of his teacher and a little reluctantly, enrolls in the chess classes taught by Natsuki Nakamura, where he meets Jacinta, a girl who will find important answers in this game. improve the difficult situation it is going through. There all the boys learn to move each piece and the legends around this ancient game, while they know the history of the ancestors of their new teacher. They will also understand what the strategy consists of and how they can apply it in their daily life to transform it.