TANI ADEWUMI REFUSES TO GIVE UP ON BECOMING THE YOUNGEST CHESS MASTER

Tanitoluwa Emmanuel Adewumi (born September 3, 2010) is a Nigerian-born chess player who lives in New York City, USA. He won the 2019 K-3 New York State chess championship at the age of eight, after playing the game for only a year, while living with his refugee family in a homeless shelter in Manhattan

He well determined on being the youngest grandmaster in the game, and through hard work and giving hearts, things were good for his family, but just like the rest of the world, the pandemic might slow things down. “The world record is 12 years and seven months,” Tani asserts.

The longer COVID-19 stays and Tani cannot be in competition, the less his chances are to become a grandmaster

WATCH INTERVIEW BETWEEN TANI AND CBSTHISMORNING