In the largest slum in Kampala (Uganda), she saw people moving black and white pieces on a chessboard for the first time. She immediately became interested in the game, which would change her life. One day, Fiona and her brother went to a makeshift church, where local missionary Robert Katende organized social activities for children, who came there to receive free porridge. Two years after the first of a chess move, Mutesi became Uganda’s Junior Chess Champion. Three years later, aged 14, she represented his country at the Siberian Chess Olympiad, and in 2013 he played against his idol, former world champion Garry Kasparov
Fiona Mutesi Was Nine When She Left School and Started Selling Corn
