The Queen of Katoy’s maneuver in playing with chess players in Uganda is still

The famous chess club in the poor neighborhoods of the capital of Uganda, which has become the axis of the Hollywood queen of Hollywood, is still producing heroes – but it faces a daily conflict for survival.

It is run by the chess coach, which is played by actor David Oilo in Disney, released in 2016, still believes that despite financial conflicts, he can change children’s life for the better through chess.

“We use chess as an educational tool. To determine the capabilities of learners and guide them to their fate,” Mr. Katindi told the BBC on a visit to the Sumtis Academy in Katwe, a poor neighborhood in Kampala.

Soon after graduation as a civil engineer, he initially started working in Katwe as a soccer coach before he decided to chess – starting from the single chess panel in 2004 and design.

Within one year, Fiona Mutisi, who left the school, joined the miracle of chess.

She won the title of National Women’s Beginners Champion three times, competing in many prestigious international chess Olympics, and by the age of 16, he received a candidate for the title by the World Chess Federation.

It was her wonderful story that she had listed in the movie, as Oscar -winning Labbita Nyongo played her mother’s role.

Mr. Katindly says that its success came from flexibility and design – and the transformational power truly shows chess.

It is still an inspiration for many of the 18 -year -old players, including Patricia Kauma.

“Regardless of winning school scholarships, this game taught me how to strategy and plan for the future, and instill discipline and patience,” said the National Chess Chess Chess Cheation at the British Broadcasting Corporation.

Uganda also represented in two international championships and received money by winning chess competitions.

The money and sponsorship of the award enabled her to pay for her school fees, as well as her brothers’ money.

Mr. Katindly says that more than 4000 children have passed his programs over the past two decades, some of them have ended with doctors, engineers and lawyers.

A big batch came to him after a book published in 2012 by journalist Tim Crazs about Mutei, which caught the attention of Disney.

When the films company decided to move forward and prepare the book to a movie, it was given a single grant of $ 50,000 (36,000 pounds).

This allowed him to purchase a property in Katoy for the academic headquarters and in terms of running the Robert Katindy initiative.

He was able to expand the chess club from Katoy to sessions inside Ugandan prisons – and to neighboring in the neighboring Kenya and Rwanda, and those in the countries to Angola, Botswana, Cameron and Malawi.

Currently, there are more than 2,500 children and about 800 prisoners in its programs, which helps them to develop and make critical decisions, he says.

The 43 -year -old told me: “Chess is a lifelong borrowing. There are challenges and surprises everywhere, but if you look closely, you can find opportunities, you can find your way.”

“A bad step in chess means that you will lose, the same thing with life.”

There is one step that was not the coach, who worked on the Queen of Katwoy as a great consultant in the story and who trained the actors in their chess scenes.

Walt Disney has a loss on the film – this was repercussions on flourishing chess projects.

He promised, Mrs. Mutisi and the mother of chess champion with a large share of any Disney profits – 67 %, he says.

But the company told him that after investing about 15 million dollars (11 million pounds) in the drama, which was directed by Mira Nair, it was only $ 10 million.

“The loss put me in a bad place because people believe that I hid some money,” Katindly said.

“Many people think I am a wealthy chess coach in Hollywood after the movie, but the difficult fact is that we have not yet benefited from his profits.”

However, he says it is not bitter because the film has published its chess programs, as it attracts local and international partners.

“If Disney does not do the movie, we will not be in our place; I don’t think we will know – and many other people have come to support our philosophy,” he said.

Mrsii’s fame helped her to win a scholarship for the University of North West in the United States in 2017, and she is now working in Canada as a business analyst, and she is able to support her mother, who returned to her mother village outside Cambia.

But Mr. Katindly’s mission is facing huge financial challenges, as most of his partners have decreased since the Korona virus.

“We had to reduce operations and close some training centers,” he said. “

Thousands of his players in Uganda must defend only 120 chess panels due to lack of money.

The current young chess champion in Uganda, Jovan Kasozi, 19, also suffered a Katindez of Mr. Katindy – to an injury.

The Katende Chess initiative is paid in his education, and the teenager was sometimes able to collectively finance some good wishes to obtain additional chess training sessions – but last year he missed the international championship because he could not collect $ 400 for a ticket.

“But I do not give up chess, the game stimulates my mind and has made me good at mathematics. It makes me think as a computer,” the young man told BBC.

Mr. Katunde is equally optimistic, saying it may be a long game when it comes to Disney.

“We hope they will contact me if they break,” he said, adding that the profits may start entering.