America's Newest Chess Master is 10-Year-Old Tanitoluwa Adewumi. As newly arrived immigrants to the United States, his family once lived in a homeless shelter. An extreme talent for chess, a Go-Fund-Me, and hours of dedicated practice have provided the fuel to change his life.

Meet America's Newest Chess Master, 10-Year-Old Tanitoluwa Adewumi
by Mary Louise Kelly, Karen Zamora, Amy Isackson
May 11, 2021
NPR

10-y-o Christian refugee is now America’s newest chess master
by Leonardo Blair
May 12, 2021
Christian Post

10-year-old boy who used to be homeless becomes national chess master
Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal
May 14, 2021
World Net Daily (WND)

This reminds me a bit of another child chess champion, Phiona Mutesi, The Queen of Katwe