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 different languages on Wikipedia. Phiona Mutesi is the 402nd most popular chess player (down from 351st in 2019), the 47th 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 402 out of 461. Before her are Ferenc Berkes, Bu Xiangzhi, Marie Sebag, Tatiana Kosintseva, Lê Quang Liêm, and Ernesto Inarkiev. After her are Jeff Sarwer, Markus Ragger, Vladimir Potkin, Tania Sachdev, Mateusz Bartel, and Zhao Xue.

Most Popular Chess Players in Wikipedia

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Ferenc Berkes
1985 - Present
HPI: 39.01
Rank: 396
Bu Xiangzhi
1985 - Present
HPI: 39.01
Rank: 397
Marie Sebag
1986 - Present
HPI: 38.88
Rank: 398
Tatiana Kosintseva
1986 - Present
HPI: 38.85
Rank: 399
Lê Quang Liêm
1991 - Present
HPI: 38.74
Rank: 400
Ernesto Inarkiev
1985 - Present
HPI: 38.73
Rank: 401
Phiona Mutesi
1996 - Present
HPI: 38.17
Rank: 402
Jeff Sarwer
1978 - Present
HPI: 37.97
Rank: 403
Markus Ragger
1988 - Present
HPI: 37.95
Rank: 404
Vladimir Potkin
1982 - Present
HPI: 37.44
Rank: 405
Tania Sachdev
1986 - Present
HPI: 37.27
Rank: 406
Mateusz Bartel
1985 - Present
HPI: 37.22
Rank: 407
Zhao Xue
1985 - Present
HPI: 37.12
Rank: 408

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1996, Phiona Mutesi ranks 510. Before her are Andoni Gorosabel, Richairo Živković, Noor Vidts, Tsend-Ochiryn Tsogtbaatar, 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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Andoni Gorosabel
SOCCER PLAYER
1996 - Present
HPI: 38.28
Rank: 504
Richairo Živković
SOCCER PLAYER
1996 - Present
HPI: 38.28
Rank: 505
Noor Vidts
ATHLETE
1996 - Present
HPI: 38.22
Rank: 506
Tsend-Ochiryn Tsogtbaatar
WRESTLER
1996 - Present
HPI: 38.22
Rank: 507
Sandra Näslund
SKIER
1996 - Present
HPI: 38.19
Rank: 508
Olivier Ntcham
SOCCER PLAYER
1996 - Present
HPI: 38.18
Rank: 509
Phiona Mutesi
CHESS PLAYER
1996 - Present
HPI: 38.17
Rank: 510
Jenifer Brening
SINGER
1996 - Present
HPI: 38.13
Rank: 511
Sarah Jeffery
ACTOR
1996 - Present
HPI: 38.13
Rank: 512
Xiao Ruoteng
GYMNAST
1996 - Present
HPI: 38.12
Rank: 513
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
BADMINTON PLAYER
1996 - Present
HPI: 38.11
Rank: 514
Mark Padun
CYCLIST
1996 - Present
HPI: 38.09
Rank: 515
Michael Estrada
SOCCER PLAYER
1996 - Present
HPI: 38.04
Rank: 516