Phiona Mutesi
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Age | 28 |
| Born | Kampala |
| Uganda | |
| Parents | Harriet Mutesi |
| FIDE rating | 1628 |
| Titles | FIDE titles |
| Date of birth | March 28,1996 |
| Zodiac sign | Aries |
| Titl | Woman Candidate Master |
| Peak rate | 1686 |
| Movies/Shows | Queen of Katwe |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 435888 |
Phiona Mutesi Life story
Phiona Mutesi is a Ugandan chess player. She has represented Uganda at four Women's Chess Olympiads, and is one of the first titled female players in Ugandan chess history. Mutesi is the subject of a 2012 book and a 2016 film called Queen of Katwe.
Nikita Pearl Waligwa: the Queen of Katwe stars pay tribute
... she starred in the movie 2016, based on the true story of Phiona Mutesi, a chess Prodigy from the Ugandan slum...
Ugandan Queen of Katwe star Nikita Pearl Waligwa dies at the age of 15 years
... The year is 2016, the film was based on the true story of Phiona Mutesi, who took up chess at the age of nine, although she s not in school, and went on to compete in international tournaments...
Nikita Pearl Waligwa: the Queen of Katwe stars pay tribute
Nikita Pearl Waligwa played Gloria, a friend of the protagonist Phiona, who declared to have paid to The Rules of chess
Stars of the film Queen of Katwe, a tribute to the actress Nikita Pearl Waligwa, has died at the age of 15 years.
Waligwa had been diagnosed with a brain tumor and died in a hospital in Kampala on Saturday.
she starred in the movie 2016, based on the True Story of Phiona Mutesi , a chess Prodigy from the Ugandan slum.
her co-star David Oyelowo , wrote on Instagram: "she was a ball of light, the Queen of Katwa and in life. "
He played The Role of Phiona Mutesi , chess is a teacher, while Lupita Nyong'o ' played O, your mother.
Waligwa presented, how the character is Gloria, a friend of Phiona who explains The Rules of chess to her.
Ms Nyong'o said on Instagram: "she played Gloria with such liveliness. In your Real Life you the enormous challenge of fighting the brain had cancer. "
Waligwa was to help the first diagnosis of a brain tumor in 2016 and the Queen of Katwe, directed by Mira Nair allegedly mobilised people to your treatment in India, with Ugandan doctors supposedly say that they don't have the necessary equipment. to get
In Uganda, only a fraction of the patients with such serious conditions the medical help they need, due to the cost.
she was given the all clear in 2017 and went back to Secondary School . However, last year, she was to have found another Tumor.
on Twitter.
"you were a favorite of many, and we lost, you said to a brain Tumor in such a delicate age," Gayaza High School .
The Funeral service for Waligwa took place on Sunday and will be buried later on Monday .
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Source of news: bbc.com
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