The next day, Tani won his fourth match, no sweat. Nerves over a chess match weren't about to cause a single lost z. Already in his young life, Tani had spent nights in fear - fear for his own life, fear for the lives of his parents. And so, reluctantly, Tani went to bed, and as soon as he closed his eyes, he fell asleep. "If you want to win tomorrow, you better get your butt to sleep like the rest of the champions are right now," his coach, Shawn Martinez, told him. He was heading into Day 2 - the final day of the tournament - in the lead, and he wanted to keep up the momentum when he returned to the huge Airbnb he was sharing with his family, his coach and a few other coaches in Saratoga Springs. The first day of the 2019 New York State Scholastic Chess Championship had just ended, and he finished with three wins in as many matches, surprising a former champion and two other seeded players. He had played chess all day, but he wanted to play more, at least until midnight. IT'S 9 P.M., and 8-year-old Tani Adewumi is wired, like he'd just swallowed a bag of sugar. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browserįrom homeless refugee to chess prodigy, 9-year-old dreams of becoming youngest grandmaster
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