A chess player who made the right moves in life


Reel life: Genkeswaran (right) posing for photos with International Youth Organisation Ascendance co-founder and award-winning documentary director Sanadtkumar Ganesan during the premiere of ‘Wanted: Shades of Life Ep 3’ at the Petaling Jaya Performing Arts Centre. — YAP CHEE HONG/The Star

PETALING JAYA: From an early life of poverty and gangsterism to representing Malaysia in chess on the world stage, Genkeswaran Muniyan has made great moves in life.

The 45-year-old, who won the chess bronze medal in the 2013 SEA Games, said he was taught how to play chess in primary school by a teacher and took it up as a hobby.

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