At this point in the story, Waverly could decide to do anything, but here are
some possible decisions she could make:

**Waverly tries to explain how hard chess is.** It’s a lot of work, and when
her mother brags about Waverly, it seems like she’s taking the credit herself,
when really Waverly has done most of the work. Perhaps Waverly explains by
discussing with her mother, but it’s possible she also (tries to) teach chess
to her mother.

**Waverly teaches chess to her mother.** Not only does this help her mother be
in Waverly’s own perspective, but it also gives her mother more involvement
with her, strengthening their relationship.

**Waverly apologizes.** She may not feel very sorry, but if she apologizes then
perhaps the whole situation can be over before it continues to get worse.

**Waverly ignores the situation.** If she doesn’t bring it up, and nobody else
brings it up, maybe it can be forgotten or shrugged off[1], and things can go
back to normal.

**Waverly runs away.** It’s possible, though I don’t see too much evidence for
it. In the story, it’s written that Waverly “was not running from from
anything”. At the time she probably just didn’t want to be around her mother.
It’s possible that after thinking about it for a while she decides she really
does want to run, but her mother was helpful (getting rid of chores, suggesting
some (cultural) tips, and so on), especially before Waverly won any
tournaments.

I don’t have a specific option that I think Waverly[2] will choose, but
hopefully this helps give some insight on what she *could* do.

[1] Idiom alert!

[2] If *I* were in her position I’d probably go with explaining chess and
    possibly doing chess with her/my mother.