Robert Katende

Robert Katende is a Ugandan chess coach, footballer, and engineer. He is also the executive director of Sports Outreach.

He promoted the game of chess to the slums and street kids of Kampala. He is also known for mentoring Phiona Mutesi, Uganda's first woman candidate master chess player and the subject of a 2012 book by Tim Crothers and a 2016 film, Queen of Katwe, directed by Mira Nair and written by William Wheeler. David Oyelowo played the role of Robert Katende in the film, which also features Lupita Nyong'o and Madina Nalwanga.

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