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Phiona Mutesi

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Gender Female
Age 28
Born Kampala
Uganda
Parents Harriet Mutesi
FIDE rating1628
TitlesFIDE titles
Date of birth March 28,1996
Zodiac sign Aries
TitlWoman Candidate Master
Peak rate1686
Movies/Shows Queen of Katwe
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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.

Ugandan Queen of Katwe star Nikita Pearl Waligwa dies at the age of 15 years

Feb 16,2020 4:19 pm

Nikita Pearl Waligwa played Gloria, a friend of the protagonist Phiona, who explains The Rules of chess

An actress who starred in The Queen of Katwe, a Disney film about a chess Prodigy from the Ugandan slum, who died at the age of 15 years, Ugandan media reports.

Nikita Pearl Waligwa had been diagnosed with a brain Tumor.

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.

He played Lupita Nyong'o as her mother, and David Oyelowo as their chess teacher.

Waligwa she played The Role of Gloria, a friend of Phiona who explains The Rules of chess to her.

she was mobilized the first diagnosis of a brain tumor in 2016 and The Queen of Katwe, directed by Mira Nair , allegedly, to help people get their treatment in India, with Ugandan doctors quoted, you do not have the necessary equipment.

she was found, given the all-clear, which was in the year of 2017, but last year, another Tumor.



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Source of news: bbc.com

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