The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them.” This powerful quote from Liberian president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is shown in the beginning of the trailer for Disney’s Queen of Katwe, a new film starring Oscar Award-winning actress, Lupita Nyong’o. The film follows the true […]
What the unsuspecting, trash-talking chess player didn’t know was that he was sitting across from Maurice Ashley, one of the world’s best chess players. Maurice Ashley is one of the best chess players in the world. This is what happened when he sat down to play against an über-confident chess player in Washington Square Park […]
There were plenty of signs that 16-year-old Joshua Colas was a chess prodigy. “He told me one day, ‘Daddy, I can play you blindfolded,'” his…
In promotion of his new RZA’s World App, The Wutang Abbot challenges Jay-Z to a friendly game of chess. “What up Jigga, holla at the RZA. Let’s get a game goin,” he says while brandishing some seriously over-the-top jewelry. One of the app’s features is a 3D chess game. “I think that would be a […]
Three young African American chess players from the New York City area have each become masters before their 13th birthdays. Fewer than 2 percent of…
NEW YORK — James Black Jr. is making all the right moves! Black hopes to beat the record for the youngest American chess grandmaster, which is currently held at 14. The Daily News reports: Black led the chess team from Intermediate School 318 in Williamsburg to national championships in both the K-8 and K-9 divisions […]
