St. Louis County Justice Center Holds Inmate Chess Tournament

St. Louis MO

24 February, 2021

8:27 AM

Description

CBS St. Louis February 24, 2021 The St. Louis County Justice Center held its first inmate chess tournament Tuesday. 106 players signed up for the tournament, overseen by Justus Williams. Williams was the youngest African-American chess master in history at the age of 12. "We're trying to bring more faces into chess. So we gotta get into the underrepresented communities," Williams said. "I mean, I haven't really heard of any chess-related activities within the jail really. As soon as I did I was like, 'alright we gotta do this here.'" News 4's Steve Harris has the story on the battle of the board.