To be a girl is to be an underdog in Katwe.”Ĭrothers provides in-depth portraits of the people and institutions around Mutesi, including her mother, who cannot read or write and was pregnant by the time she was 16 her dad, who died of AIDS her chess mentor, who grew up in Katwe but was able to graduate from college and the Sports Outreach Institute, which enabled her to start playing chess and eventually participate in international tournaments. A STORY OF LIFE, CHESS, AND ONE EXTRAORDINARY GIRLS DREAM OF BECOMING A GRANDMASTER. To be from Katwe is to be an underdog in Uganda.

To be Ugandan is to be an underdog in Africa. “To be African is to be an underdog in the world. “Phiona Mutesi is the ultimate underdog,” Crothers writes. Tims portrait of Ugandan chess prodigy Phiona Mutesi offers hope and inspiration to all humankind.-Laura Schroff, New York Times-bestselling author of An. Despite the national chess title she wins, Mutesi, too, is mired in limitations. Sportswriter Tim Crothers paints a dire picture of Katwe and the kids who grow up there. “The Queen of Katwe” is as much about the Ugandan slum of Katwe, in the city of Kampala, as it is about a young Ugandan chess player, Phiona Mutesi. Now a major motion picture starring Academy Award winner Lupita Nyongo and David.

A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl’s Dream of Becoming a Grandmaster Sports journalist Crothers' (The Man Watching: A Biography of Anson Dorrance, the Unlikely Architect of the Greatest College Sports Dynasty Ever, 2006, etc.) moving account of an impoverished Ugandan girl's unlikely rise to prominence in the world of competitive chess. Buy The Queen of Katwe by Tim Crothers for 52.00 at Mighty Ape NZ.