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Inside the NBA's Chess Obsession: Wembanyama, Antetokounmpo, Rose, and the Players Who Can't Stop Playing
From Wembanyama playing strangers in the rain at Washington Square Park to Derrick Rose hosting a chess tournament with Magnus Carlsen in Las Vegas, ESPN reveals how chess has quietly become a fixture of NBA culture. Doncic, Jaylen Brown, and Jaquez even have their own Chess.com bots.
Magnus CarlsenVictor WembanyamaGiannis AntetokounmpoDerrick Rose