Hip-Hop + Chess Federation + Chessmaster Video Game Announce 1st Annual Chess Kings Invitational

The Hip-Hop Chess Federation and the Makers of the Chessmaster Video Game Announce the 1st Annual Chess Kings Invitational

The Hip-Hop Chess Federation and the Makers of the Chessmaster Video Game Announce the 1st Annual Chess Kings Invitational The Hip-Hop Chess Federation (HHCF), an organization that uses music, chess and martial arts to promote unity, strategy and non-violence, and Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers[...]

RZA Wins!! 1st Annual Chess Kings Inv.

RZA Wins!! 1st Annual Chess Kings Inv. October 14, 2007 – 4:36 pm RZA from Wu-Tang Clan took home the belt in this year’s Hip-Hop Chess Kings Invitational.  It was a great event and we send out congratulations to Adisa, Leo, Me’ko of HHCF and Tom Langland of[...]

Hip Hop Chess Tournament

[ Video thumbnail. Click to play] We got wind of a big chess tournament happening with some of the big names in hip hop, so of course we had to see what this was all about. Turns out the Hip Hop Chess Federation was[...]

RZA and GZA Play With The Hip-Hop Chess

If you love the game of chess, and you also love Hip Hop, the San Francisco Design Center (101 Henry Adams St) is where you need to be tomorrow (Saturday, October 13th) beginning at 10 a.m. so that you can witness the 1st Annual Chess Kings Invitational. RZA and GZA[...]

Hip-Hop Chess Federation

It’s where the ‘four-knights opening’ could inspire a rap song. The Hip-Hop Chess Federation holds tournaments that combine chess, poetry, and martial arts. Founded by a lecturer and a visual artist, its last tournament in October was frequented by multiple founders of the Wu-Tang Clan, members[...]