Trash Talking Old Guy Gets Schooled By A Chess Grandmaster!

The chess games that take place in Washington Square Park, New York, are like nothing you have ever seen before. Fast, frantic and brutal, the regulars brush off challengers with ease. Well, usually…

Step forward chess grandmaster Maurice Ashley. Ashley, one of the greatest chess players on the planet, rose to fame in 1999 after beating Adrian Negulescu to become the first ever black grandmaster. As part of the Tim Ferriss Experiment TV show, Ashley went undercover at the park to take on one of the locals.

Step forward Wilson. Wilson is one of the trash talking, hustling, Washington Square Park regulars. When he sits down with Ashley, Wilson assumes that he’s just another sap ripe for beating. But things don’t exactly go as he planned…