CHESS PLAYER

Phiona Mutesi

1996 - Today

Phiona Mutesi

Phiona Mutesi (born 28 March 1996) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Phiona Mutesi is the 430th most popular chess player (down from 351st in 2024), the 48th most popular biography from Uganda (down from 37th in 2019) and the most popular Ugandan Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Phiona Mutesi ranks 430 out of 461. Before her are Hannes Stefánsson, Tatiana Kosintseva, Lê Quang Liêm, Ernesto Inarkiev, Eva Repková, and Olga Alexandrova. After her are Jeff Sarwer, Markus Ragger, Vladimir Potkin, Bartłomiej Macieja, Tania Sachdev, and Mateusz Bartel.

Most Popular Chess Players in Wikipedia

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Hannes Stefánsson
1972 - Present
HPI: 38.85
Rank: 424
Tatiana Kosintseva
1986 - Present
HPI: 38.85
Rank: 425
Lê Quang Liêm
1991 - Present
HPI: 38.74
Rank: 426
Ernesto Inarkiev
1985 - Present
HPI: 38.73
Rank: 427
Eva Repková
1975 - Present
HPI: 38.67
Rank: 428
Olga Alexandrova
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.28
Rank: 429
Phiona Mutesi
1996 - Present
HPI: 38.17
Rank: 430
Jeff Sarwer
1978 - Present
HPI: 37.97
Rank: 431
Markus Ragger
1988 - Present
HPI: 37.95
Rank: 432
Vladimir Potkin
1982 - Present
HPI: 37.44
Rank: 433
Bartłomiej Macieja
1977 - Present
HPI: 37.31
Rank: 434
Tania Sachdev
1986 - Present
HPI: 37.27
Rank: 435
Mateusz Bartel
1985 - Present
HPI: 37.22
Rank: 436

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1996, Phiona Mutesi ranks 559. Before her are Richairo Živković, Noor Vidts, Tsend-Ochiryn Tsogtbaatar, Miku Itō, Sandra Näslund, and Olivier Ntcham. After her are Jenifer Brening, Sarah Jeffery, Xiao Ruoteng, Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, Mark Padun, and Michael Estrada.

Others Born in 1996

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Richairo Živković
SOCCER PLAYER
1996 - Present
HPI: 38.28
Rank: 553
Noor Vidts
ATHLETE
1996 - Present
HPI: 38.22
Rank: 554
Tsend-Ochiryn Tsogtbaatar
WRESTLER
1996 - Present
HPI: 38.22
Rank: 555
Miku Itō
ACTOR
1996 - Present
HPI: 38.21
Rank: 556
Sandra Näslund
SKIER
1996 - Present
HPI: 38.19
Rank: 557
Olivier Ntcham
SOCCER PLAYER
1996 - Present
HPI: 38.18
Rank: 558
Phiona Mutesi
CHESS PLAYER
1996 - Present
HPI: 38.17
Rank: 559
Jenifer Brening
SINGER
1996 - Present
HPI: 38.13
Rank: 560
Sarah Jeffery
ACTOR
1996 - Present
HPI: 38.13
Rank: 561
Xiao Ruoteng
GYMNAST
1996 - Present
HPI: 38.12
Rank: 562
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
BADMINTON PLAYER
1996 - Present
HPI: 38.11
Rank: 563
Mark Padun
CYCLIST
1996 - Present
HPI: 38.09
Rank: 564
Michael Estrada
SOCCER PLAYER
1996 - Present
HPI: 38.04
Rank: 565