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 ...

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 ...