Tanitoluwa Adewumi, who lives with his family in a shelter in New York City, has become a chess champion in little over a year.
The honour belongs to the 8-year-old Nigerian, previously mentioned. He is homeless and he has just won his seventh trophy in just over one year of playing chess – his category at the New York State chess championship.
He is a third grader and he lives in a homeless shelter in Manhattan, New York. His family’s request for asylum continues to drag with another hearing slated for August, but Tani says, “I feel American.”
According to New York Times, his dad, Kayode Adewunmi rents a car to drive an abuse, and has also passed an exam to be a real estate salesman while his mother, Oluwatoyin Adewumi has also passed an exam to be a home aide.
His name is Tanitoluwa ‘Tani’ Adewumi, the newly crowned chess champion for kindergarten through third grade. He went undefeated at the state tournament last weekend, outwitting children from elite private schools with private chess tutors.
Even with his recent affinity with a chess board, his play has skyrocketed month by month, and he now has seven trophies by his bed in the homeless shelter. He tells New York Times that he wants to be the youngest grandmaster.
Tani’s family fled northern Nigeria in 2017, from the threat of Boko Haram’s brute force, raiding, pillaging, killing and kidnapping. His father, Kayode Adewumi, made the decision to move his family.
