R&B legend Ray Charles was no mere dilettante ... That’s when Charles brought out a chess board and challenged Nelson to a game. Fair enough, but these were not ordinary chess pieces, as Nelson ...

NMAH/SI Ray Charles loved the game of chess, and his own chess set was designed for blind players. NMAH/SI Ray Charles began recording in the late 1940s, and in 1952 signed with Atlantic Records.

Charles was an avid chess player who was known to set up a game between sets at nightclubs or concert halls and frequently engaged his peers in matches. “Ray could kick my ass any day in a chess ...

Willie Nelson recounts a memorable chess game with Ray Charles that taught him humility. Materialists official trailer 30 Dream Cars for 30k La Liga’s all-time top 10 goalscorers: Messi ...

Friends of Ray Charles sent ... about always losing chess games to Charles. Nelson joked that after his last loss to the sightless performer, he asked him, “Next time we play, can we turn ...

Ray Charles led one of the most extraordinary ... a free-lover and free thinker, a superb chess player, an infamously tough boss and fierce competitor. He had his critics - the church for one ...