A Crenshaw District resident brings people together with chess tournaments featuring halftime shows with live entertainment, comedians, spoken-word artists, DJs and more.
Most recently, Payne took his tournament to Washington, D.C. to collaborate with Howard University’s chess club. Working with young people from the historically Black college reassured his belief that there should be more representation in the game of chess.
“When I was looking at chess tournament events or trying to get into a chess tournament, I always tried to mentally prepare myself to be in a different environment,” Payne says. “[The president of the Howard University chess club] told me when they completed in the Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Tournament, they were the only African American team there. They felt unrepresented but they knew they had to make a mark.
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