Victor Wembanyama brings his own chess set to play at Washington Square Park, a known spot for chess in New York.He even lost a couple of games. Not in basketball, though.
Wembanyama was there for an hour in the rain, from about 10-11 a.m. He played four games, winning two and losing two—he told Bleacher Report afterward that both of the losses were to professional chess players—before departing to catch the Spurs’ flight.
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