By: Alyssa Wilson Tanitoluwa Adewumi, a 10-year-old boy from New York, is the newest national chess master in the United States. He won all four of his matches at the Fairfield County Chess Club Championship in Connecticut on May 1, NPR reported.   RELATED: Boko Haram claims abduction of students in northern Nigeria In 2017, his family fled Nigeria, afraid Boko Haram terrorists would attack them for being Christians. Two years later, Adewumi and his family lived in a homeless shelter. Despite the adversities he faced, he won the New York State chess championship in 2019.   According to U.S. Chess, he is now ranked as the 2223rd chess player, and he's […]

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