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Buch (Softcover): Ratgeber
The Queen of Katwe
One Girl's Triumphant Path to Becoming a Chess Champion
Verlag:
Scribner Book Company Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P35083931
EAN: 9781451657821
Erhältlich:
Nicht auf Lager
Zustellung: Di, 29.09.2026
Versand: Kostenlos
CHF 26.25
Beschreibung
The “astonishing” (The New York Times Book Review. ) and inspirational true story of Phiona Mutesi—a teenage chess prodigy from the slums of. Katwe,. Uganda—also a major motion picture starring Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’. o and David Oyelowo. 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. 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. Laying a chessboard in the dirt, Robert began to teach. 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. Of these kids, one girl stood out as an immense talent: Phiona. By the age of eleven Phiona was her country’s junior champion, and at fifteen, the national champion. 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. But to reach that goal, she must grapple with everyday life in one of the world’s most unstable countries. 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).
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Tim Crothers
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2013
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 256