country birth_place title birth_date nickname birthname article_title name
united states / kenya new york , usa uscf national master november 23 , 1973 k k karanja kangugi wa karanja k. k. karanja
 kangugi wa karanja
k. k. karanja

kangugi `` k. k. '' karanja -lrb- born november 23 , 1973 -rrb- is a chess player regarded as the first african-american chess prodigy .
he became a us chess federation candidate master at the age of 10 , the youngest african-american to do so .
