8-year-old homeless boy crowned chess champion in New York
 

Holy smokes this kid is smart! He beat all the private school & Christian school kids damn!

"I feel American," Tani told the Times."

"The Adewumis, including Tani, his parents and older brother, reportedly arrived in New York after fleeing Nigeria in 2017 due to fear of terror attacks from the group Boko Haram."

8-year-old homeless refugee boy crowned chess champion in New York

An 8-year-old Nigerian refugee was just crowned a chess champion in New York's statewide competition.

Tanitoluwa Adewumi, who lives in a Manhattan homeless shelter with his family, won the kindergartener through third grade category in New York's chess championship last weekend with an undefeated performance, according to New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof.

Tanitoluwa, known as "Tani," learned to play chess just one year ago, and now tells the Times that he wants to be "the youngest grandmaster."

The Adewumis, including Tani, his parents and older brother, reportedly arrived in New York after fleeing Nigeria in 2017 due to fear of terror attacks from the group Boko Haram.

Tani learned chess with his classmates at New York's P.S. 116, and joined the school's chess club. The club's organizer waived the fees for Tani because of his family's financial situation. Though he started out as the lowest-rated member of the club, he quickly improved and is now bringing his school statewide recognition, according to the newspaper.

P.S. 116's principal, Jane Hsu, told the Times that Tani's win is "an inspiring example of how life's challenges do not define a person," and credited the third-grader's supportive parents despite being homeless.

The Adewumis have applied for asylum, and are reportedly set for an immigration hearing in August. The hearing will take place just three months after Tani competes at the elementary national chess championship.

"I feel American," Tani told the Times.

Bladewire logic: yeah so let's flood the country full of whatever-the-fuck-this-kid-is because 1 out of 20 million is a chess playing savant.

Also bladewire logic: Just keep them as far away as possible from my neighborhood. thanks.

Where are the white supremacists to say this black child is inferior?

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Savage!

Only a damn fool believes this actually happened.

He probably had a tiny earpiece in feeding him moves from a chess expert.

$113,000 raised so far in GoFundMe.

You think kids in Nigeria can’t be smart? Great to Harvard and check the enrollment from Nigeria. His parents work hard to get him to practice by car every weekend. He studies chess and wants to be a champion.

He’s bright, studies and has a goal. He was forced to flee Nigeria and dad doesn’t make enough for rent. Dad is an Uber driver so they have a car and dad has a license to drive. If dad has a license he’s smart enough to learn in less than a year.

I think they were a good family and saved money. When forced to leave, they left their home and bank accounts to be safe. Used money for tickets to fly and hoped for freedom and prosperity Rough times now but $113k can be a down payment on a house.

Trump supporters would deport smart bright talented young minds like this because the color of their skin. Sad :disgust

That's awesome news!!

His GoFundMe has is now over $128k

His GoFundMe has is now over $181k

An 8 year old black immigrant is superior and smarter than you. Let that sink in.

OMG!!! Thank you. I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time! I’m still chuckling about it and swear I’ll bookmark this for when I’m unhappy.

Voted #1 Best Comeback Line of 2019.

(It just proves his ignorance and racism that he won’t believe a black immigrant who is homeless can win at chess).

Astounding. The folks can buy a house or most of a house plus fund college if he needs more than scholarships

Three highest donations:
$10,000
Boaz Weinstein
2 days ago

$10,000
Camila Cabello
1 day ago

$5,000
richard tarlow
13 hours ago

Most funds have a high donation of a thousand dollars. The ten grand for this kid is just incredible. They see a bright future for him and want to ensure he has a home. They see the parents working hard to help him.

Not to get mushy but this story really is heartwarming.

It is heartwarming.

The American dream is alive and well for them. Rags to riches story :thumbsup

:2 cents:

His GoFundMe has is now over $197k :thumbsup

a scientist or doctor stop fucking looking at his color and look at his contribution to the world

His GoFundMe has is now over $200k :thumbsup

This is what bladewire does. He's a democrat. It's all about identity politics. He makes these posts because he's shocked that a black person could be smart.

White liberals dumb themselves down when they speak to black people, a new study contends

^Should be no surprise to anyone.

that's a great story

Blaidwire thinks Asian and Hispanic women are inferior to white women.

https://gfy.com/fucking-around-and-p...nic-women.html

Look at the kid on the right.

Family portrait and he's throwing the two in the pink one in the stink sign.

That looks like a real winner.