Phiona Mutesi

Phiona Mutesi
Mutesi at the Women in the World Conference 2013
CountryUganda
Born28 March 1996 (1996-03-28) (age 29)
Kampala, Uganda
TitleWoman Candidate Master (2012)
Peak rating1774 (March 2024)

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.