A King in Hiding A King in Hiding: How a child refugee became a world chess champion

LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2015






Forced to flee his native Bangladesh, eight year-old chess prodigy Fahim arrived in Paris with his father. Refused asylum, as illegal immigrants they spiralled downwards into homelessness and desperation.








By a stroke of luck, Fahim was introduced to one of France's top chess coaches, Xavier Parmentier, who tutored him and gave him a sense of purpose, his struggles on the chessboard mirroring both his victories and his crushing d...