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International Chess Day: Manushi Chhillar Reveals She Is A Closet Chess Fanatic
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.
