He vowed that he would never end up teaching children “how horsey moves” (the reference is to the knight, also called the horse). But now he does exactly that, earning more from teaching “how horsey moves” than he ever did as a competitive chess player.
我认识一位象棋大师，20年前就以在锦标赛中赢得奖金为傲。他发誓永远都不会去干教导小孩“怎样走马”的行当。但这正是他现在的工作，而教导孩子“怎样走马”所赚的钱比他当一位颇具竞争力的棋手还要多。不过这总比去宰马场当屠夫好。