Inspiring journey of local gangster turned chess champ FMTNews FMTLifestyle
Former gangster Genkeswaran Muniyan is now a chess master who won a bronze medal for Malaysia in the 2013 SEA Games.
In fact, he runs his own chess school, Chess Master Journey, where he trains amateur players to become grandmasters. It was at the premiere that FMT spoke with the reformed gangster to learn more about his unorthodox journey through life.“We used to live on RM150 per month,” he said about his family life back then. “And that’s all we had to survive on for the whole month.”
“They didn’t turn up,” he said, quietly. “Who turned up? My parents and a few very good friends of mine.” When his personal coach and mentor, Elango Thiyagu, suggested that he teach young kids how to play chess, he agreed albeit cautiously, despite having represented his school in a handful of district-level competitions before.
Initially, he lost money when teaching chess as he had to travel far to teach a small number of kids, but eventually, he found his footing.
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