Chess is dope but how come gangsters and people within hiphop seem to love it so much?
 

I refuse to believe this scene is the cause:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8lyda_ZkLQ

but it'd at least explain the draw for people you wouldn't expect to actually know about gambits, openings, mid and late game plays.

What got y'all into it?

It’s war

Because Liquid Swords has a chessboard on the album cover and it’s historically been considered proof of someone’s intelligence.

It definitely has nothing to do with the Wire.

Well i'll tell you this much my nigga... I was in bx CC, and they had dorms.

This old as dude who did maintenance and what not in the wreck room.. he wreckeded me... in like a few moves... and im not a retard.. he just said... you're gonna move the pawn up, one side next pawn too up... move the rook up..

reguardless me smashed me he taught me some stuff but I stil don't know

but to my behest he said he played in a chess club... so wtf am I supposed to do...

reguardless therses no way im a fool playing with a master... but yeah people like that

its just like anything else... it takes a lot of practice and work...


jordan was a good basketball player.... but jordan wouldn't have been jordan with out a TON TON TON of work...

if lebron didn't practice much and didn't give 2 shits... lebron would be a foot note nah mean... theres probably 100 lebrons and jordans that didnt.... I know a few

I love chess

It is a strategic game of gangsta shit. Basically conquering the opposition on some well thought out G shit