Tanitoluwa Adewumi
Adewumi (left), receiving 2019 Tribeca Disruptive Innovation award as his father applauds | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Tanitoluwa Emmanuel Adewumi September 3, 2010 |
| Chess career | |
| Country | United States |
| Title | International Master (2025) |
| FIDE rating | 2448 (March 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2448 (January 2026) |
Tanitoluwa Emmanuel "Tani" Adewumi (born September 3, 2010) is a Nigerian-American chess player who currently holds the title of International Master (IM). A chess prodigy, he won the 2019 K-3 New York State chess championship at the age of 8 after having played the game for only a year while living with his refugee family in a homeless shelter in Manhattan.