A 10-year-old boy, Tanitoluwa Adewumi, who lives in New York, is now officially a United States National Chess Master.
The boy who won the New York State chess championship at age eight while living in a homeless shelter has achieved his dream.
Most recently, Adewumi won his latest championship, earning a chess rating of 2223.
The United States National Chess Master title is given to players with a rating of over 2200 points accrued from games, which Adewumi achieved.
It came just two years after Adewumi gained national attention by winning the National State Chess Championship.
He learnt chess just a year after he and his family arrived in the US in 2017 as they fled from Nigeria due to fears of terrorist attacks.
During their first years in New York City, his family lived in a homeless shelter near a school with a chess program. When several people learnt about his situation, a GoFundMe fundraiser was launched and eventually raised $254,000, which helped them move to a better home where they currently reside.
Last year, a biography called My Name is Tani, based on his life, was published and is set to be produced as a movie with Paramount Pictures.
