HE SHOULD BE THE PRIDE OF ALL OF US, YET SERBIA KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT HIM: This is Pavle (18), visually impaired world champion in chess!

Pavle Dimic (18) is a teenager who should be a role model to us all!

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He was born with serious vision problems, which eventually resulted in poor sight, namely a dioptry that is currently  -16. That, however, did not stop him from being a cheerful teenager who, according to him, has no problem.

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As a kid, he expressed a love for chess, and later had only success in this mental art, and became a world at the youth competition in Rhodes, Greece.

When Pavle arrived in the newsroom, some colleagues thought there was a confusion, because everyone knew that he was a visually impaired person. But you could not tell because of his serenity, courage, determination ...

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His story will certainly make many of us who do not have any health problems, put a finger on our forehead, and wonder ...

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- When I was just two years old, my parents noticed that I have a dioptry, and when we went for a check-up, it was determined that it was -12. Now it is -16 and even though it has not grown much in this period, it is still very high - Pavle begins his story for Telegraf answering wjat are the chances of him ever  having a weaker dioptry.

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- There's laser surgery, but it will not drop my dioptry to zero. Now it is very difficult to do, but maybe someday in the future. Otherwise, I recently started wearing contacts.

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You say that thanks to the school for the visually impaired you began playing chess ...

- Well first it started with my grandfather, who was a chess player, and he taught me to play. So he gets a little credit for that. While he was alive, we were constantly playing and when I was a kid he taught me everything. I was five years old when I first learned to move figures. Later, the school launched a chess section, so I enrolled and I still continue today.

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How did your vision influence your childhood and did other kids tease you because of your thick glasses?

- I went to a school for the visually impaired. It was different, but that was probably why I began to play chess, the question is whether I would have played had the circumstances been different. I've been doing it since first grade. Now the situation is a little different, and I attend the 6th Belgrade High School. Fortunately, no one  has teased me so far, I have not encountered problems with other children, and I never felt discriminated against.

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At what age did you win your first medal?

- Very long ago. I think it was 2006 or 2007 in the competition of Stari Grad. It was a "normal" competition, not only for the visually impaired. I was the first  in the municipality. And that's when other prizes started.

How did you become a member of the Association of the Blind and Visually Impaired?

- I honestly can not remember exactly what year it was, but I  joined through my school. More specifically, I met a lot of people through the school.

How much did that help you in life in general and in chess up until now?

- I was helped by, first of all - the Union of the Blind, National Sports Federation of the Blind and my first blind chess club "Progress". They pushed me a lot and I went to a lot of competitions. After that, my first competition was the World Youth Championship up to age 20 in Sweden. Then I was seventh, but two years later in Rhodes, Greece, I was first. Later, in 2013, the championship was in Belgrade where I was second.

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You got a scholarship from the Ministry of Sport?

- I received it based on my success in Belgrade.

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Do you have the feeling that because you are visually impaired that you function with difficulty?

- Well, I feel a little bit. Given the fact that I went to school for the blind and visually impaired, and now I go to high school, it is a little harder. Also, I couldn't wear contacts for a long time, but now I wear them so it's easier. With glasses, it was a lot harder, I had to sit in the front row, and I had to rewrite  and copy. In essence, I only had those types of problems, but in getting around, I was always fine. I go out just like everyone else. However, despite the fact that I went to a school for the blind and visually impaired, I participated in tournaments that were not only for the visually impaired. I was a  champion of the city, so I was always in these circles.

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Do you play any other recreational sport and who do you root for?

- I play basketball and football with friends outdoors and I love sports and I follow it. I'm rooting for Red Star.

Do you think that the state should do something more for people who have a vision problem?

- The state supports us completely. I was thrilled when I heard that I got the scholarship.

Since you achieved great success, and you're very young. What would you suggest to others that have a health problem?

- I've never had any complexes even when I had thick glasses and now when I wear lenses. I have always behaved normally and I had no problems. I'm always looking to get interested with something, be it chess, school, or something else. That is the most important, to not have complexes and act normal.

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When can we expect a new medal from you?

- Numerous competitions are soon to be on their way. I think that the Lyon senior European competition is set for July 23rd and I sincerely hope that I will win a medal. Youth world competition, which was held in 2013 in Belgrade was supposed to be this year in Argentina, but it was canceled for financial reasons, and will be  either in Spain or in  Montenegro, but we still do not know the exact date. There will also be a cadet, otherwise the only competition where I've never been first in, so I hope that I will achieve a better result.

Have you started thinking about university, and where would you like to enroll?

- I'd like to be a programmer, and will most likely enroll in the Faculty of Organizational Sciences (FON) if I'm lucky, of course.

(Telegraf.co.uk)