“To Get Good at Chess, One Needs to be a Nerd”

Pakistanis aren’t much familiar with Chess as a game but fortunately, Karachi has youngsters like Shamir Khan who are passionate about the board game.

While talking to News360, Shamir Khan, a player who defeated Pakistan’s highest-ranked international master, shared that he used to watch his father and grandfather playing chess, and randomly he started taking interest in this game at school.

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“After 11 years of training, now I feel like I have achieved something”, he added.

Shamir Khan informed that the game needs a lot of practice and devotion.

“If you want to pursue it with passion, you need to a nerd”, he added.