Title: The queen of Katwe
Description: In the slums of Kampala, Uganda, Phiona Mutesi sleeps in a decrepit shack with her mother and three siblings and struggles to find a single meal each day. Phiona is also one of the world's best chess players. One day in 2005 while searching for food, nine-year-old Phiona met Robert Katende, a war refugee turned missionary. Katende had an improbable dream: to empower slum kids through chess - a game for which there is no word in their language.
Subjects: Biography, Women chess players, Large type books, nyt:sports=2016-10-09, New York Times bestseller, Chess, biography, Uganda, biography, Women, biography, Poor, africa, Women, africa
Places: Uganda, Kampala
People: Phiona Mutesi