Does this guy know how to play chess? I guestion this entire story.
he probably does... i dated this guy back in my younger days... he knew how to play chess because he learned how to play during his stint in the slammer... haha!
“Never insult seven men if you’re only carrying a six shooter.”
Harry Morgan
Never judge someone's chess playing abilities by their appearance.
At our chess club, one of the top player lives in a hotel on skid row. The other is a 12 year old Chinese boy from the suburbs.
I also play on the street. Mostly against guys who live off the game and learned it in prison.
Generally, they beat me but it's worth the $5 because you learn some really weird and crazy moves and strategies.
Once I played a older gentleman who was brilliant. Later he pulled out of his pocket a copy of his diploma from the Soviet Chess School.
“Does this guy know how to play chess? I guestion this entire story.”
I see lots of similarly dressed folks playing chess downtown. You don’t have to be upper class to play chess.