Ugandan who took chess to the slums comes to Botswana

Fountain of Gems Chess Academy is hosting the two-day international chess seminar, which started on Wednesday and ends today. He is in the country at the invitation of Fountain of Gems Chess Academy founder, Jeremiah Dikgang.

World Chess Federation (FIDE) vice president, Betriz Marinelo from USA is the resource person and Katende has accompanied her. Katende believes chess can be used to transform lives and made a name for himself when he produced a movie based on the game, called ‘The Queen of Katwe’. The movie is about a young girl by the name Phiona Mutesi from a humble background who moves to chess and academic stardom.