Nationwide junior chess champion Mehak Maqbool (left) and Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah enjoying a chess match in Karachi, on March 1, 2025. — YouTube/@SindhCMHouse
KARACHI: After attaining an excellent victory in opposition to Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, Pakistan’s chess prodigy Mehak Maqbool revealed some attention-grabbing particulars about their pleasant but agency bout.
Mehak expressed immense pleasure and affirmed that she was very proud when the chief minister invited her for the chess match in response to the hosts’ questions asking if she was petrified of the sport with such an influential political character.
She additionally disclosed in regards to the superb chess abilities of the chief minister.
“He [Sindh CM] started with the queen’s gambit, white side was his and black was mine,” she mentioned.
She then added: “Queen’s gambit is a very strong opening in chess which makes it evident that he [Sindh CM] is a very good player.”
The younger chess participant praised the chief minister’s means of enjoying chess and took delight in gaining the chance of sharing a sport with him.
Moreover, Mehak additionally knowledgeable that she practices for chess day by day, follows chess books and desires of attaining the title of chess grandmaster.
Furthermore, she advised the viewers and listeners that chess helps youngsters in lowering their display screen time. The children who play chess are good at maths.
“I am to play internationally in Tajikistan. I will play in the Youth International Championship,” she additional added.
It’s price noting that Mehak, a pupil at SMB Fatima Jinnah College, which operates beneath Shehzad Roy’s Zindagi Belief, not too long ago claimed the Underneath-18 title to turn into Pakistan’s junior chess champion.
Mehak had additionally gained the Nationwide Youth Chess Championship (NYCC) 2025 organised by the Chess Federation of Pakistan (CFP) and Karpov Chess Membership (KCC).
Earlier on Saturday, Mehak checkmated the provincial chief government in simply 15 strikes, shocking the nation.
The CM had invited Mehak, the Underneath-18 nationwide junior chess champion, to the match to recognise her achievement.
Moreover, Sindh CM Shah congratulated the Underneath-18 nationwide chess champion on her achievement, in line with the provincial chief government’s spokesperson.
