Maurice Ashley, the world’s first internationally recognized Black chess grandmaster, has taught the game to elementary school children and to celebrities. In a recent video clip that has since gone ...

Losing money from a trash-talking chess (or backgammon!) hustler in Washington Square Park or Union Square is a quintessential New York experience, up there with throwing yourself into an overcrowded ...

There’s is something viscerally gratifying about watching a hustler get hustled. It’s part of what makes “Ocean’s 11” and “The Italian Job” so good. In this edition of The Lasso, we bring you a clip ...

Vincent Hubbard plays chess inside a friend's party bus in South L.A. While Hubbard works to break into L.A.'s elite chess spaces on the westside, his friend uses the bus to spread their love of chess ...

The chess hustler took one look and clearly thought this would be easy. I let him get comfortable, play fast, and settle into that confidence before the position started turning against him. By the ...

If you've ever spent any time downtown in New York City, there's a good chance that you're familiar with the chess hustlers who hang out in Washington Square Park and Union Square. These guys are ...

The world's best chess player, Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen, swapped the chess board for the poker tables Wednesday and lost a $17,095 pot by playing the worst possible starting hand. The reigning ...