NYT article on Hip-hop chess and the recent HHCF Kings Invitational in San Francisco. The Kings Invitational will be followed by the “All Queens Invitational” there in February. The Queens Invitational features a keynote panel around the subject, “Life Strategies: The Female Journey to Success.” Invited participants include: Queen Latifah, Fergie, J.K. Rowling, Emma Bentley (10yr Junior World Chess Champion), Sandra Bullock, Susan Polgar, Irina Krush, Bonnie Blair, Mia Hamm, Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Jennifer Shahade, Morgan Fairchild, Kate Jackson, Julia Roberts, Missy Elliot, Roxanne Shante, Wanda Sykes, Mae Jemison and others. (Source)
Check out the Queens Invitational Sponsorship package here (pdf).
http://hiphopchessfederation.org/
http://www.hiphopchess.blogspot.com/
I’m a big fan of both chess and hip hop, but hip hop chess? Doesn’t sound like a match made in heaven at first.
They’re doing a much better job promoting chess than the Goichberg / Sloan gang.
Do you think Goichberg even knows what hip hop is, let alone hip hop chess? Let’s face it. The USCF seems stuck in another decade but I don’t know if it’s the 50s or the 70s.
It says “Invited Participants” include, I wonder how many wil accept.
Hip Hop Boxing Chess on Ice?
Am I on to something?