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NEW YORK, New York (Achieve3000, April 2, 2019). It's not every day that an 8-year-old boy receives an invitation from a former U.S. president to drop by for a visit, but Tanitoluwa Adewumi (Tah-nee-ta-LOO-ah Ah-deh-WOO-mee) isn't your typical 8-year-old boy. Tani, as his friends and family call him, caught former President Bill Clinton's attention—and the media's—in March 2019, when he won the 52nd New York State Scholastic Championships chess tournament in his age group. Tani defeated 73 other kindergarten-to-third-grade players. Some came from well-to-do families, attended expensive private schools, and even had personal chess coaches. But they were no match for Tani. He won the championship without a single defeat. Part of the Tani buzz is that he accomplished this impressive achievement only a year or so after he learned how to play chess. But that's only half the story. The other half is the stuff that dreams are made of. Tani was homeless when he won the title. In 2017, he, his parents, and his older brother fled the country of Nigeria in Africa. Their area had become a dangerous place for them to live. Like millions of other immigrants, Tani and his family came to New York City in search of a better life. A better life, however, doesn't come easily for refugees in a new land. Tani's parents were directed to a homeless shelter. Tani's dad found work as a driver and began studying for his real estate license. Tani's mom entered a home health aide training program. And Tani and his brother began attending P.S. 116, the local elementary school. Some of Tani's classmates were unkind. They teased him about being homeless. Then came chess. Russell Makofsky is a part-time chess teacher at Tani's school. He taught Tani the game, and it was love at first move. Tani asked his mom to sign him up for the school's chess club. Tani's mom explained to Makofsky that she couldn't afford the chess club fees, so he waived them. Still, Tani wasn't a chess whiz from the start. He started as the lowest-rated member of the club. At his first tournament, he had the lowest rating of all the players. Tani was determined to improve. And he did, with continued practice and strategizing. Tani's international chess rating was 105 in 2018. It's currently 1587. (In chess ratings, the higher the better.) The world's top grown-up chess grandmaster, Magnus Carlsen, has a rating of 2845. So it looks like Tani is more than half the way to greatness! And now for the icing on the cake: Shortly after Tani's story made headlines, Makofsky started raising money for the Adewumis on GoFundMe. That's an online platform where people pledge money to support causes. Nine days later, nearly 4,800 people contributed almost $250,000! The Adewumis now have a two-bedroom apartment. They plan to use some of the money they received to help other African immigrants in the U.S. As for Tani, his focus remains on his chess game, but he has two important dates on his mind. The first is in May 2019, when the national chess championships take place. The second is in August when an immigration judge will review the family's request for permanent asylum in the U.S. Tani already feels like an American. Whether he becomes one remains to be seen. Either way, he hopes to become the youngest chess grandmaster in the world.
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