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. While there, Phiona proved herself to be on par with the greatest players in the sport and her goal is to one day become a grandmaster, the most elite title in chess, and to blaze a trail out of Katwe that other children in Robert's chess community can follow. In September of 2010 she traveled to Siberia, just her second time ever on an airplane, to compete in the Chess Olympiad, the world's most prestigious team chess event. By the age of 11, in 2007, Phiona was her country's junior chess champion and at 15, her country's national champion. Robert introduced Phiona to the game of chess and within months he discovered her immense talent. One day in 2005, while desperately searching for food, Phiona followed her brother to a mission church where she met Robert Katende, another child of the Ugandan slums, who works for an American organization that offers relief and religion through sports. Phiona Mutesi is also one of the top chess players in the world. Phiona has been in and out of school her whole life because her mother cannot afford to send her, so she is only now learning to read and write. She sleeps in a decrepit mud hut with her mother and four siblings and struggles to find a single meal each day. Phiona Mutesi, is a 15-year-old girl born and raised in a miserable slum called Katwe in Kampala, Uganda. The Queen of Katwe is the ultimate underdog story. And to be a girl is to be an underdog in Katwe. The Queen of Katwe is a “remarkable” (NPR) and “riveting” (New York Post) book that shows how “Phiona’s story transcends the limitations of the chessboard” (Robert Hess, US Grandmaster). But to reach that goal, she must grapple with everyday life in one of the world’s most unstable countries. Now a Woman Candidate Master-the first female titled player in her country’s history-Phiona dreams of becoming a Grandmaster, the most elite level in chess. By the age of eleven Phiona was her country’s junior champion, and at fifteen, the national champion. Of these kids, one girl stood out as an immense talent: Phiona.
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At first children came for a free bowl of porridge, but many grew to love the game that-like their daily lives-requires persevering against great obstacles. Laying a chessboard in the dirt, Robert began to teach. Katende, a war refugee turned missionary, had an improbable dream: to empower kids in the Katwe slum through chess-a game so foreign there is no word for it in their native language. One day in 2005 while searching for food, nine-year-old Ugandan Phiona Mutesi followed her brother to a dusty veranda where she met Robert Katende. The “astonishing” (The New York Times Book Review) and “inspirational” (Shelf Awareness) true story of Phiona Mutesi-a teenage chess prodigy from the slums of Uganda. Now a major motion picture starring Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o and David Oyelowo, directed by Mira Nair. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o and David Oyelowo, directed by Mira Nair. The astonishing true story of Phiona Mutesi, a teenager from the slums of Kampala, Uganda, who, inspired by an unlikely mentor, a war refugee turned missionary, becomes an international chess champion.
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