So you learn from that mistake, and so you learn. 'Because when you lose, you have to make a mistake to lose that game. 'I say to myself that I never lose, that I only learn,' he says. But Adewumi takes each loss in stride - and there's always the possibility of a comeback. 'I guess Hikaru Nakamura is my favorite person I've ever played,' he says. Keeping all of the pieces straight in his head might seem like a challenge but Adewumi says it's a skill that 'when you master, it just keeps coming back.'Р”Р„dewumi competes against other chess players at all levels. 'On a normal position, I can do up to 20 moves ', he says. As a chess player, he describes himself as a bit of an every man, 'aggressive' or 'calm' when he needs to be, and always thinking ahead. Now, Adewumi practices chess 'every day' after school for '10, 11 hours' - and still manages to get some sleep.

When he started, Adewumi and his family were living in a homeless shelter in Manhattan after fleeing religious persecution by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in their home country of Nigeria. 'Finally' is after about three years - the amount of time that Adewumi has been playing chess. 'I was very happy that I won and that I got the title,' he says, 'I really love that I finally got it.' Tanitoluwa Adewumi, a 10-year-old in New York, just became the country's newest national chess master.Р”Р„t the Fairfield County Chess Club Championship tournament in Connecticut on May 1, Adewumi won all four of his matches, bumping his chess rating up to 2223 and making him the 28th youngest person to become a chess master, according to US Chess.

World chessmaster 10