Former U.S President, Bill Clinton has congratulated an eight-year-old Nigerian chess champion and invited him and his parents to his office for personal introduction.
The young Nigerian, Tanitoluwa Adewunmi recently won the New York State Chess championship for his age bracket.
The New York Times reported that Adewunmi had won seven chess trophies including the state tournament, where he outwitted other children.
According to the New York Times, the young chess champion’s family are taking asylum in a homeless shelter in Manhattan after they fled the Boko Haram insurgency since 2018.
Adewunmi, went undefeated at the state tournament, outwitting children from elite private schools with private chess tutors.
Tanitoluwa rating is now 1587 and rising fast and he is being compared with the world’s best player, Magnus Carlsen, who stands at 2845.
