How This Houston Lot Became A Thriving Chess Park (Street Chess Ep. 4)
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- This episode of Street Chess features a Houston chess-loving community who transformed an empty lot into the thriving 3rd Ward chess park in Texas. We are proud to bring you this five-episode portrait of Street Chess across the United States, and a celebration of the resilient communities that have formed through the universal love of the game.
Director: Chandler Toffa
Producer: Chandler Toffa
Editor: Austin Remington
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Hope "Bishop" and "Chicago" succeed in developing the chess park. Would be good to see younger generation getting involved. ❤️🏴😎
I love this series! Please keep it going. Chess is life, and life is chess.
It’s crazy I passed by that new chess park over 100 times and never played over there. I mostly play at slowpokes on occasions that’s crazy I might go over there this weekend.
Yeah Rodger come get you a game in
@@ethancurry3470 I definitely will soon.
I went to Slowpokes once and it was fun but it’s too far for me with the traffic. I think this park might be a better option for me!
@@andrewvillarreal2152 Yeah slowpokes is far from me I just moved, but I still might go here and, there.
Mad props to you guys! Teaching the Youngers to think strategically!!
I appreciate this! Chess is so interesting to me and would love to learn. Seeing the part in the community like this is always great!!
This felt like I was watching a Netflix show
Heck ya. Very well done 👏👏👏
This needs to be a netflix series
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@@deftrooper yes it was
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Okay, so I'm new to Houston, just here a few years and finally this year have been looking to play somewhere OTB, and this is awesome, thank you for featuring this city!
If you looking to play and come out fellowship drop a message
@@ethancurry3470 Definitely will do that!!
I like how southern street chess players/chess hustlers play more regular traditional chess without the clocks, more methodical pace and test your wits in overall chess game. It's cool that different regions got there own style , flavor and culture when it comes to street chess and street chess players.
personally i find standard better than no time control. 60 mins or more per side is definitely enough time to think so worrying about running out of time is hardly a concern most of the times, but the idea of a limit is still there, without losing the aspect of thinking thoroughly
@@upisntdownsillyI think 10 minutes would be safe . Not to fast and not to long.
8:26 - "how to rationalize my thinking before I make a decision in life because in life one wrong decision can cost you your life"
I’ve seen some of these players in tournaments around houston, played Kevin twice in club tournaments, games ended up very fun and dynamic for both sides
I love the talking/banter while in play here. Maybe a little "creative trash talking" can put some good life into the game for a while? Just keep good values, and hope it catches on. :)
Don't forget, this game is all about the individual, and that means a lot. :)
More of these. I like this.
Thanks!
This was great , excellent vid..
This is lovely. Remains me of the chess movies searching for bobby Fischer!!!
This my city bro love to see it.
Well produced!!
If there was a playlist, that would be awesome to find the other episodes easier
Fantastic. Being so enthusiastic about the amazing game of chess!
Every time I see street chess I think of the time the hustler took both of Maurice’s knights with the same pawn move 😂
love this series
This was great.
Really good content!
Fab production and work on that park 👏
I love how they are playing with a dubrovnik set - this man has great taste in pieces. I also love the Hungarian and Austrian coffee house sets. If there was more equity and black people had the same access to jobs that white nerds from the rich suburbs have (who 95% of the time give jobs to other rich white kids from the suburbs) we would have as many or more black GMs. The only variable here is poverty and wealth. If you’re poor you don’t have as much time or energy to sit and play chess you’re always stressed and you always have to work. This isn’t actually about black or white it’s rich and poor but wealthy people don’t like to admit that it’s about class - that’s why they give money to charity it makes them feel better about indirectly exploiting the poor
100% having a "title" mostly means "had the money to travel for tournaments"
I should know about this living in Htown
same here... excited to learn about it.
Where is this Park I’m putting together some chess classes for the youth in my barbershop in Humble I would love to come down and build
Great video )
Dope.... Come to Chicago... I mean y'all did the county jail but we play in the streets too..,🧩🧩🧩
Where is this?
What's physical address on this place ?
0:31 That prison looks almost empty. Is that how?
I didn't put it in the vid. lol
next tournament: street chess championship
I'm down for that let's put a tournament together
Good to see specially from the hood...but y'all don't play with clocks... Yall mite get roughed up by the big dogs all in fun tho
Where do you play at we will come to your venue if you want some clock you can get all you want what's your number my brother
They play different in the South (Houston, New Orleans), no blitz just regular with street flavor, basically different style of street chess. Great if your trying to get a regular game in and practice regular chess.
I rather play that way its the way I learned how to play sitn bk and talkn shit havn fun i dont like the clock at all.. i think Ethan took wat i said the wrong way i was saying the big dogs like magnus and Maurice Ashley them would rough them up bc of no clocks was shown on the video. Dont get it twisted Ima have to link up and go play under the tree fosho
@@draymondgreen7606 no my brother I didn't take offense to your comment just was playing with some humor
I'm incarcerated but this is how I was introduced to the game and I love it!!! Elo866