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# RZA to defend his chess champion title, because he is the RZA
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/rza-go-shaolin-style-hip-hop-chess-tourney-next-week/
- Published: 2014-02-07T18:33:38.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T16:25:58.000Z
- Description: The RZA is the grandmaster of hip-hop, and we do not mean that in like a “Grandmaster Flash” context. The dude is mega-good at chess. Next week in Anaheim he will be defending his crown at the Hip Hop Chess Federation’s celebrity tournament, which is the most RZA-sounding federation ever. He’ll prob
- Author: Jason Johnson
- Tags: News, chess, music, Music Videos, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

The RZA is the grandmaster of hip-hop, and we do not mean that in like a “Grandmaster Flash” context. [The dude is mega-good at chess](http://www.uschess.org/content/view/7924/349/?ref=killscreen.com). Next week in Anaheim he will be defending his crown at the Hip Hop Chess Federation’s celebrity tournament, which is the most RZA-sounding federation ever. He’ll probably repeat because, well, he’s an evil genius, and he is mega-good at chess.

The event will also feature a jiu jitsu tournament and a presentation on the parallels between chess and the Brazilian martial art, because it is the most RZA-sounding federation ever. The federation itself is a solid charity, applying the discipline of chess to teach kids how to make the right choices.

Positivity, hip-hop, chess, martial arts—it’s RZA’s wheelhouse, alright. Has there ever been an artist whose output was so largely influenced by a single game?