He's 8 years old, an immigrant from Nigeria, and was living in a homeless shelter with his family. And, after learning to play chess a year ago, he's now a New York champion.
Tanitoluwa Adewumi, a third grader at P.S. 116 in New York, has won the New York State Scholastic Primary Championship in his age bracket. That's already an impressive feat in itself, but 8-year-old Tani only learned to play chess about a year ago.Tani and his family of four fled northern Nigeria in June 2017, worried about attacks by the extremist group Boko Haram, his dad Kayode Adewumi told CNN.
He hopes to become a grand master one dayTani said that what he really loves about chess is the"deep thinking" aspect. Eventually, he hopes to earn the grand master title, which is the highest honor a chess player can obtain.His father said the family was delighted to see the student win at the March 10 competition."We're really happy," he said, adding that" has a lot of competitions ahead.
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