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Growing up, Tan Wei Hao was often labelled as hyperactive, a child with too much energy and no clear outlet. But a chance encounter with a chess board in a school canteen changed everything.

Today, he is a star Rapid Athlete for Malaysia's Men's Asean Chess Team, proving that the right "move" can transform a restless mind into a strategic powerhouse.

How do you turn a schoolyard hobby into a national sporting career? Catch Wei Hao’s full journey on Sinar Daily’s Sports Matters Podcast this Friday!

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00:00How I get linked with chess was kind of a funny story
00:04So last time I was a very hyperactive kid
00:08A lot of teachers actually kept complaining to me
00:13Even the teacher actually tell my mom
00:15Your children is already like no hope already
00:19Because it's like so naughty
00:20You better pray more to the God
00:23So my mom was very sad
00:26Then my mom go and see doctor how to save this kid
00:29How old were you that time?
00:30Seven years old
00:31Seven years old, very naughty
00:33So the doctor advised my mom to say
00:36Maybe you can try to do something to let him calm down his mind
00:42Tried piano, piano teacher banned me
00:46Tried driving class, teacher banned me as well
00:50Yes, it's like just too naughty
00:53And one day when I was in a school
00:56I was walking bypass
00:58So I remember it's a school canteen
01:01And I see a lot of people sitting down on the board
01:04Moving black pieces, white pieces, everything
01:06So I get curious
01:08I go and ask, what is this?
01:09Then he said, okay, this is chess
01:11Then I say, why are there people playing all this?
01:14Oh, we are actually selecting school team
01:15So then I was like
01:17You know what, I'm opt into this
01:20I want to try to win
01:22Because chess is the kind of game that
01:24You can't win by violence
01:26You must use, you know, you must checkmate people only you can win
01:29Thank you
01:34Thank you
01:38Thank you
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