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« on: March 02, 2015, 07:01:28 am »

Ugandan slum girl turns chess champ

Phiona Mutesi stumbled upon chess as a famished nine-year-old foraging for food in the sprawling and impoverished slums of the Ugandan capital. “I was very hungry,” said Mutesi, aged about 18. Now a chess champion who competes internationally, her tale of triumph over adversity is being turned into a Hollywood epic with Oscar-winning Kenyan actress […]
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