This is
what happens when a New
York hustler faces a
chess Grandmaster
Checkmate.
The famed collection of permanent chessboards nestled in a corner of New
York City's Washington Square Park is where tourists go
when they want to see
what it's like to lose to a pro. That's how things go for most people who pay to sit down and play, but it wasn't the case for Maurice Ashley.
The Jamaica-born
chess pro*became the game's*first black International
Grandmaster back in 1999, which is apparently far e**ugh in the past that his opponent — who immediately recognizes the name at the end of the video — doesn't realize
what he's walking into
when Ashley sits down to play. Their trash talk-heavy game goes quickly and, unsurprisingly, turns in Ashley's favor by the end. He even catches his opponent trying to cheat at one point.
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