Hip Hop Chess in San Francisco Print E-mail By Jennifer Shahade
 May 30, 2007 Photo Shaminder Dulai  by Jennifer Shahade  On May
19, the Hip Hop Chess Federation hosted the second edition of
"Hip Hop Chess and Life Strategies" at the Omega Boys Club, a
community center in inner-city San Francisco.  Besides, IM Josh
Waitzkin, the recent author of "The Art of Learning", the
headliners of the event were RZA from the Wu-Tang Clan and Qbert
, a famous DJ ("revolutionary scratcher" in Waitzkin's words)
who plays to sold out crowds all over the world. The day
included casual chess, freestyle rapping and a panel discussion
about the relationship between hip-hop, chess and martial arts.
Adisa Banjoko, the co-founder of the Hip Hop Chess Federation,
moderated the panel, and was particularly excited by: "the
synergy between RZA and Josh....it was like an unstoppable
object meeting an immovable force."  Video edited by Michael
Perry. Song "The Formula" by DOC.  Adisa Banjoko aka "The
Bishop" made the many connections b