Or Not." The author, Dylan Loeb McClain, questions Crothers' understanding of chess and compares Phiona with a young woman whom he considers to be a "true" prodigy. The New York Times chess blog featured a post entitled, " ESPN Discovers a Chess Prodigy. The first fashionable piece of Phiona-bashing I found dates from 2011, after Crothers published his very first article about Phiona Mutesi. You don't have to go far to find a snarky remark about Phiona's chess rating or the fact that she is a "candidate master" and not a grandmaster. Among some internet commenters, it's de rigueur to bag on Phiona and to put her down by saying that she's "not really that good at chess." Fortunately, there aren't too many haters out there, but there is at least one on every comment thread I've seen so far. I also noticed, however, that every party has a pooper. I also read several reviews of both the movie and the book, and I was happy to see that other people find Phiona's story as captivating as I do. Like pretty much everyone else who likes both chess and Disney movies, I've been captivated by Phiona Mutesi, the Ugandan chess player who is now known as the "Queen of Katwe." Tim Crothers' article for ESPN became a book in 2012, and is now a feel-good film with Disney backing.Īfter I read Crothers' book, I did what any responsible internet user would do: I Googled the crap out of Phiona Mutesi, because she's fascinating and I wanted to know more.
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