Giant chess game spotlights SMA


Two players calling the moves while the human chess pieces carry them out on the giant board during the ‘Checkmate SMA’ event in Subang Jaya. — Photos: LOW LAY PHON/The Star

A BATTLE unfolded on a giant nine-by-nine-metre chessboard last weekend but instead of chess pieces, the players were children, adults, caregivers and volunteers from the Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) community.

The human chess match called “Checkmate SMA” at the PARC (Project A Reka Cipta) community centre in Subang Jaya, Selangor, drew more than 200 participants.

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