This representational picture reveals a chess board. — Fb/Chess Federation of Pakistan/File
Pakistan’s third Nationwide Youth Chess Championship 2025 underneath the Prime Minister’s Nationwide Thoughts Sports activities initiative concludes with historic wins by authorities women faculty adopted by the Zindagi Belief.
The chess championship was efficiently held at Karachi Grammar College in collaboration with Karpov Chess Membership underneath the umbrella of the Chess Federation of Pakistan.
The 2-day championship, organised on February 22 and 23, was performed underneath Worldwide Chess Federation (FIDE) guidelines and attracted high younger chess expertise from throughout Pakistan, together with college students from a few of the nation’s most prestigious non-public faculties.
This championship served because the official choice event for the Pakistani Nationwide Youth Group. The chosen gamers will characterize Pakistan in upcoming worldwide FIDE competitions.
A exceptional spotlight of the event was the excellent efficiency of women from authorities faculties adopted by the Zindagi Belief, showcasing the affect of chess training in public faculties.
SMB Fatima Jinnah Authorities College’s — adopted by Zindagi Belief — Mehak Maqbool, Yamna Siddiqui and Alina Siddiqui gained 1st place within the U-18 class, 2nd place within the U-14 class and third place within the U-12 class respectively.
This achievement is a heartfelt testomony to the facility of generational change by way of high quality training.
It is profoundly transferring to see that Hira, the devoted chess instructor at SMB Fatima Jinnah Authorities College, not solely trains these champions but additionally as soon as walked the identical corridors as her college students. Her journey from pupil to mentor breathes life into the very essence of hope and progress, including an additional layer of inspiration to this success story — every lesson handed on, every transfer made on the chessboard is a robust reminder that our roots and goals are deeply intertwined.
Zindagi Belief has been on the forefront of integrating chess into public training, being the primary organisation to develop a structured chess curriculum for grades 3 to eight.
