Brother-sister duo of Shweta Rathore and Nitin Rathore from Chandigarh have brought glory to Punjab University and Chandigarh. These internationally rated players have discussed chess at length while being the contestants on hot seat facing Amitabh Bachchan at the ninth edition of ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’.

Shweta and Nitin on the 'hot seat' of Kaun Banega Crorepati'

Shweta emerged winner from five rounds of screening amongst two crore probables which finally ends at KBC set in Mumbai. She was the first one in final ten contestants at fastest finger first replying in just three second to reach hot seat.

Shweta who is used to time pressure in chess, was the fastest in 'fastest finger first' round giving the answer in 3 minutes 49 seconds

Of course, the reward was to meet legendary Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan and a chance to win some money on KBC

It's not everyday that you have Big B helping you to sit on the chair!

And we are off!

So the question is - how much did Shweta win? Well, we urge you to watch the show from the link given below

The shoot is over and episode was shown on Sony Television at 9 p.m on September 18, 2017. During the shoot, Shweta's mother Mrs Anita (as companion), who herself is a chess player, her brother Nitin Rathore (FIDE Arbiter) and sister in law Pooja Rathore (Played inter college chess) were present on the set to discuss every aspect of chess with host Amitabh Bachchan.

Watch the entire show with Shweta Rathore in Kaun Banega Crorepati

Anita Rathore, mother of Shweta, greets Mr. Bachchan

Nitin Rathore at the set of Kaun Banega Crorepati

“Our family is avidly devoted to the game of chess. My father Mr Baij Nath (initial chess coach of IM Himal Gusain) is an international rated player. He is into chess training now and we all trained under him. All of us in the family are delighted that we had a thorough discussion about the various aspects of chess that too on a platform like KBC. Chess runs in our family blood and we are sure this exposure to the game in a show like KBC will inspire numerous chess aspirants.” said elated Shweta who is serving in the Centre for Nuclear Medicine Department, Punjab University and as coach of PU Chess team. KBC crews shot various locations of Punjab University, Chandigarh and Tricity Chess Academy which was telecast on episode.

Father Baijnath is an avid chess lover and the one who trained both Shweta and Nitin

The most amazing thing about the family is that in their leisure time, they all play chess!

Shweta's brother, Nitin runs a chess academy – Tricity Chess Academy and also the President of Mohali District Chess Association. Nitin Rathore said, "We are very happy to promote chess at this international channel to make chess reach to common people, Its not an overnight success. As the saying goes 'Luck follows those who work hard.' It took us 11 years to reach KBC. In 2006 we started to promote chess. Our family plays the game for more than last 30 years and we hope that with the show, we have now promoted chess to reach common non professionals too. in the No. 1 TRP show with Sh. Amitabh Bachhan. Thank you for your blessings."

We congratulate Shweta, Nitin and the entire Rathore chess family for promoting chess in a very special way

Seeing the show, we also realized that Shweta's mother is looking for a suitable groom for her daughter. Of course the condition is that he must be a person knowing chess! The family tradition should not be broken!

A selfie with Big B to sign off!