Homeless 8-y-o Christian refugee who fled Boko Haram wins NY chess championship, donations pour in

Christian Post ^ | 03/19/2019 | Leonardo Blair

[SeekAndFind]

[Rio]

I saw that movie.

[dp0622]

“I want to be the youngest grandmaster,” he said.

That’s good but stay away from the Jedi dreams and focus on chess. :)

Great story of a Christian refugee showing such talents.

Nice of Olivia Wilde to donate, though I’m not familiar with her acting.

[BipolarBob]

I love chess. I’m no good at it but I watch a chess channel called “agadmator” where he simplifies and gets down on my level. I applaud this kid. I can never achieve what he did.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

Nigerian immigrants tend to be very hard-working people whose culture greatly values education and strong family values. In fact, there's a backlash against Nigerian students at some Ivy League schools because they tend to be taking up slots (despite the claim that no quotas exist) meant for other black students.

https://www.good.is/articles/ivy-league-fooled-how-america-s-top-colleges-avoid-real-diversity

[Skooz]

His father currently works two jobs while his mother recently completed a course to become a home health aide.

What's YOUR excuse?

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

“currently living with his family in a homeless shelter in Manhattan”

Why do they always come to the most expensive worst run city in the country? If you want to live there today with any kind of a life, you basically have to make a salary in the mid 6 figures. So why are they dumping this family in a homeless shelter? There are so many other places all around the country where housing is so much more cheaper than that hellhole and you won’t have to deal with the creeps out on parole that the left spews out everyday with their revolving door brand of justice. People get killed in those shelters all the time.

[KC Burke]

I have also known some very fine Nigerians. Two of them, great engineers.

[Sacajaweau]

That’s amazing.

[nwrep]

That’s good but stay away from the Jedi dreams and focus on chess. :)

Grandmaster is the highest Chess title.

[wally_bert]

I can barely win against the built in game on my Windows 7 laptop.

At present, maybe an 8 percent victory rate.

[onedoug]

I play fair openings, but by the middle game I’m flummoxed. My end game? I once took some blowhard’s queen in about 10 moves. Otherwise, I’ve never made it that far.

[reg45]

Wait till he takes on a Russian.

[Skooz]

In my mid 20s, I became obsessed with chess.

I would play through old championship games on my chessboard, subscribed to Chess Life magazine, studied books on strategy and played everyone who would sit down to play.

My favorite openings were Ruy Lopez for white and Sicilian for black.

I loved chess, but I was never very good at it. A good player can see many moves in advance. I could only see 2 or 3.

Still love the game, but weak chess programs now beat me regularly.

[robowombat]

This was on TV last night on cBS I think. Said the boy was a ‘refugee migrant’, never said he and his family were Christians and refugees from the muzzards in Nigeria.

[montag813]

His asylum request is PENDING?? While 100k pendejos get instant “asylum” at the border? Ridiculous. Can Trump sign an EO giving this kid asylum?

[bramps]

The story mentions Magnus Carlsen as the world’s best player. I saw a video of him as a teenager when he played 10 simultaneous games with his back to his opponents. With a little work maybe that can be you!

[BipolarBob]

Russians are selected and groomed early in life. They generally dominate in country sponsored tournaments.

[BipolarBob]

Try agadmators channel on Youtube. I have learned a lot but I will never achieve greatness.
A good player can see many moves in advance. I could only see 2 or 3.
That's the key. That's why I will always be mediocre at best. Lichess.com You can play others, against the computer or preset challenges.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Just a stereotype, I know, based on a very limited survey: but all the Nigerians I have known have been good-looking, intelligent, and ambitious.