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Eight-Year-Old Refugee Chess Champion's Heartwarming Story Has A Fairytale Ending

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Tanitoluwa "Tani" Adewumi poses with his trophy after winning the NYS chess championship (Credit: Russell Makofsky/GoFundMe)

On March 10, 2019, eight-year-old Tanitoluwa "Tani" Adewumi defeated 73 young competitors to win the New York State Scholastic Chess Championship in his age category — kindergarten to third grade — with five wins and one draw. While the achievement is remarkable in itself, what is even more so is that the youngster, who was homeless at the time, began learning the game less than a year ago.