International Chess Day: Manushi Chhillar Reveals She Is A Closet Chess Fanatic
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By Lekhaka
23-year-old
Manushi
Chhillar
plays
chess
regularly
to
sharpen
her
mind
and
it
seems
her
father
Dr
Mitra
Basu
Chhillar,
is
her
coach
and
sparring
partner!
The
father-daughter
duo
loves
a
close
game
of
chess
and
the
gorgeous
actress,
who
is
set
to
debut
opposite
Akshay
Kumar
in
Prithviraj,
is
actually
extremely
competitive
chess
fanatic.
"Chess
stretches
your
mind
in
terms
of
strategy
and
imagination
because
you
really
have
to
outwit
your
opponent
at
any
cost.
Playing
chess
with
my
dad
is
something
that
I
have
always
loved
doing
because
he's
the
most
unpredictable,
intelligent
and
sharpest
person
I've
ever
played
with," says
Manushi.
The
actress
thanks
her
father
for
infusing
a
sense
of
competitiveness
in
her
through
chess
which
has
definitely
helped
her
to
focus
on
her
goals.
Manushi
made
India
proud
by
winning
back
the
covered
Miss
World
crown
17
years
after
Priyanka
Chopra
won
the
crown!
"I'm
fiercely
competitive
and
my
father
fuelled
this,
encouraged
this
thoroughly
because
he
always
wanted
me
to
beat
him
at
the
game
which
I
did
manage
once!
He
is
a
very
clever
chess
partner
and
I
love
to
play
with
him
because
he
doesn't
give
me
any
room
to
make
an
error
even
though
I'm
his
daughter!"
says
Manushi.
Manushi,
whose
debut
in
Prithviraj
is
one
of
the
most
anticipated
big
Bollywood
launches,
says
her
father
is
also
equally
competitive.
"It's
exasperating
and
it's
equally
thrilling!
He
is
equally
competitive!
So,
the
games
just
become
too
much
fun.
We
have
had
several
nail
biters
and
I
can
say
that
I'm
still
learning
from
him,"
she
says.