{"id":694,"date":"2013-09-19T02:02:10","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T02:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/judeacers.com\/?p=694"},"modified":"2013-09-19T02:02:10","modified_gmt":"2013-09-19T02:02:10","slug":"nefarious-chessplay-in-sf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/judeacers.com\/?p=694","title":{"rendered":"Nefarious Chessplay in SF?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Neal J. Riley @\u00a0SFGate<\/a>:<\/p>\n

On Tuesday afternoon, the only sign of street chess was at the feet of\u00a0Marvin Boykins<\/a>, 57. Across from his latex chessboard, a friend moved chess pieces at the command of a smartphone computer game set at the grandmaster level, which Boykins refused to listen to after it warned him that he’d made a bad\u00a0move.<\/p>\n

“I’ve been playing since I was 7 or 8 years old,” said Boykins, who has been playing at the spot for decades. “Chess is a true San Francisco\u00a0tradition.”<\/p>\n

His friend,\u00a0Hector Torres<\/a>\u00a0Jr., said chess saved him from a gambling addiction when he moved to San Francisco from Las Vegas more than 20 years ago. He said the chess games are a discrimination-free zone that has welcomed everyone including\u00a0San Francisco Giants<\/a>\u00a0players, millionaires and people who have been in prison for\u00a0decades.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Neal J. Riley @\u00a0SFGate<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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On Tuesday afternoon, the only sign of street chess was at the feet of\u00a0Marvin Boykins<\/a>, 57. Across from his latex chessboard, a friend moved chess pieces at the command of a smartphone computer game set at the grandmaster level, which Boykins refused to listen to after it warned him that he’d made a bad\u00a0move.<\/p>\n

“I’ve been playing since I was 7 or 8 years old,” said Boykins, who has been playing at the spot for decades. “Chess is a true San Francisco\u00a0tradition.”<\/p>\n

His friend,\u00a0Hector Torres<\/a>\u00a0Jr., said chess saved him from a gambling addiction when he moved to San Francisco from Las Vegas more than 20 years ago.\u00a0He said the chess games are a discrimination-free zone that has welcomed everyone including\u00a0San Francisco Giants<\/a>\u00a0players, millionaires and people who have been in prison for\u00a0decades.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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