8-year-old refugee wins new york state chess championship

[hitchhiker]

https://www.chess.com/news/view/8-year-old-refugee-wins-new-york-state-championship8

Although he is living in a homeless shelter and only learned to play chess a year ago, Tanitoluwa Adewumi, an eight-year-old Nigerian refugee, won the New York State Championship earlier this month.

Comments

[minoanmiss]

Well done, kiddo. :)
And well done, supportive parents.

[cjsmith]

Wow. Good on him!