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Tim Crothers

The Queen of Katwe

One Girl's Triumphant Path to Becoming a Chess Champion

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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 chess ­board 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… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-349-14177-0
  • EAN: 9780349141770
  • Produktnummer: 19895110
  • Verlag: Little, Brown and Company
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
  • Seitenangabe: 256 S.
  • Ausstattung: B-Format Paperback
  • Masse: H19.8 cm x B12.8 cm x D1.8 cm 236 g
  • Gewicht: 236

Über den Autor


Tim Crothers, a former senior writer at Sports Illustrated, is the author of The Man Watching and co-author of Hard Work. He lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with his wife and two children.

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