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The 19 year old bus conductor, who was living under a bridge in oshodi, a surburb in lagos, has now become a popular face in the country after winning the chess competition. the bbc s daniel henry picks up adeoye s story about the competition that s transfomed his life and others like him. translation: i want to use chess i to change my life and become a star. i want people to know me. adeoye fawaz is 19 years old, and he s a chess champion in nigeria s largest city, lagos. translation: i learned tailoring hard living with my parents, - but i later came to lagos to seek a better life. i became a bus conductor and started living under the 0shodi bridge. adeoye and many of his friends learned to play the game from a group called chess in slums. tunde daniel organised the chess tournament. i started thinking about them, about those boys that have been neglected on the streets and left to fend for themselves and are evolving to criminals, ....