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Tanitoluwa Adewumi is a 10 year old boy in New York.
He is the U.S. National Chess Master.
At the age of 8 he won the New York State Chess championship while living in a homeless shelter.
When word got out that he and his family were living in a shelter, a GoFundMe was started that raised $254,000 that his family used for the home they are currently living in.
Tanitoluwa Adewumi has become a National Chess Master at the age of 10.
Photo Credit: Nicholas Kristof/Twitter
Tanitoluwa Adewumi, the young New Yorker of Nigerian descent who came into national and international prominence about two years ago after he was discovered as a homeless chess genius, is now reportedly a United States National Chess Master.
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The prodigy is still only 10-years-old and a fifth-grader. Adewumi’s new status was reported by New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, one of Adewumi’s earliest media hype men. He also reiterated that the former Nigerian refugee still has a roof over his head as well.