NEW YORK — By 11:30 a.m. Saturday, the mass of people cleared the southwest corner of Washington Square Park in downtown Manhattan. So had the 7-foot-3 NBA unicorn. The chess tables remained ...

Wembanyama played chess for an hour in the rain ... Shortly after his visit, Wemby thanked everyone who pulled up in the rain. He posted a picture of those who met him on X.

He even lost a couple of games. Not in basketball, though. Wemby was playing chess. And this wasn't on a whim: He knows how to play and even brought his own chess set. Before the San Antonio Spurs ...

Chess aficionados in New York City were in for a pleasant surprise over the weekend. Spurs phenom Victor Wembanyama initially asked fans on X to direct him to the best public spot to play chess ...

Victor Wembanyama is tapping into his inner monk. As part of an offseason excursion to China, the 7-foot-4 Spurs center is ...

Raynaud and Wemby are good friends, and they even met to play a game of chess. Raynaud's NBA Draft projection varies. Some mock drafts list him as a late first-round pick or early second-round ...