There’s is something viscerally gratifying about watching a hustler get hustled. It’s part of what makes “Ocean’s 11” and “The Italian Job” so good. In this edition of The Lasso, we bring you a clip ...

Maurice Ashley, the world’s first internationally recognized Black chess grandmaster, has taught the game to elementary school children and to celebrities. In a recent video clip that has since gone ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Losing money from a trash-talking chess (or backgammon!) hustler in Washington Square Park or Union Square is a quintessential New York experience ...

Union Square in New York City, USA, and chess heroes called 'hustler' play against the general public and make stakes and lesson fees. I'm earning. An article has been published that asks such chess ...

The chess hustler took one look and clearly thought this would be easy. I let him get comfortable, play fast, and settle into that confidence before the position started turning against him. By the ...