Watu Kobese

Chess Player

Birthday June 27, 1973

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace South Africa

Age 51 years old

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About

International master and FIDE trainer who won his first South African Chess Championship in 1998.

Before Fame

He won his first chess tournament when he was 8 years old.

Trivia

He first competed for South Africa in the Chess Olympiads in 1992.

Family Life

His father taught him how to play chess when he was 4 years old.

Associated With

He defeated grandmaster Peter Leko in the 2001 FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament.