Maurice Ashley is one of the best chess players in the world. This is what happened when he sat down to play against an über-confident chess player in Washington Square Park in New York City.

He wouldn’t stop trash talking from the first move. The louder he got, the more mistakes he made — and the board started falling apart fast. One clean attack later, the game was basically over and the ...

This chess game started with constant trash talk and confident predictions from one player. As the position developed, the board began telling a very different story. The talking didn’t stop, but the ...