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 […]
We rarely see positive national news about young black men and when we do it’s usually not on a mainstream or majority news outlet. Well The Grio published a story about Justus Williams and James Black who won the National High School Chess Championship. Read the entire story in The Grio here and watch Justus […]
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 […]
