My Inspiring Chess Story

At some point during my final year in school, I was really low on cash. My final year project really took a big chunk of my budget and my account was red. . I didn't know what to do. No help was coming from home and some other substantial money I was expecting from a reliable source was delayed for some reason. . I was just hoping for a miracle. I wouldn't classify myself as a student who was too religious. I am seldomly seen in church on other days apart from Sunday and the only exceptions were during some weekdays, when I was either going to the chapel to pray or for a meeting. . So, on one of those occasional days during my financial drought period, I was returning to my hostel and I ran into a fellow student. We greeted and he asked me if I wasn't aware of the chess competition that was currently on(because he knew I played chess). I told him I wasn't and he was surprised about that. . So he directed me to the venue and when I got there, I saw a number