Victor Wembanyama, star player for the San Antonio Spurs, took a break from his NBA schedule to play chess with fans at Washington Square Park in New York City. Despite the rain, Wembanyama played four games, winning two and losing two, before catching his flight to Minnesota.
Victor Wembanyama went to a park in New York City and played 1-on-1 with fans on Saturday. He even lost a couple of games. Not in basketball, though. Wemby was playing chess. Before the San Antonio Spurs left New York for a flight to Minnesota, Wembanyama put out the call on social media: 'Who wants to meet me at the SW corner of Washington Square park to play chess? Im there,' Wembanyama wrote. It was 9:36 a.m. People began showing up almost immediately.
He played four games, winning two and losing two before departing to catch the Spurs' flight. Wembanyama had been trying to get somewhere to play chess for the bulk of the team's time in New York — the Spurs played the Knicks on Christmas and won at Brooklyn on Friday night. The schedule never aligned, until Saturday morning. And even with bad weather, he bundled up to make it happen.
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