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There’s a rich history of Black chess players. Moody, for instance, learned chess from his uncles. “They were born from the 1940s to the 1980s, they've all been in a penitentiary.

Maurice Ashley, the first Black chess grandmaster found a worthy opponent, when he sat across from Cass Tech senior Charisse Woods for a blitz match.

Also a decorated coach, he has lead chess teams such as the Dark Knights and Harlem’s Raging Rooks to national championships and was inducted in the 2016 class of the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame.

Chess Club is now active at Linda’s Tavern and Rose Temple on Capitol Hill, Black Cat in Belltown, Big Time Brewery in the University District and King’s Hardware in Ballard.

Howard University’s chess club has been around since the early 1900s but hasn’t been active in recent years until a student decided to bring new life to the club in 2020.