Washington Square Park Chess Player - Johnny

Chess People interview and portrait of Johnny. Johnny plays chess every day at Washington Square Park in New York City. He has been playing there since 1984. Johnny was recently featured in a photo on the front page of the New York Times - link to article and photo: www.nytimes.com/2021/07/05/ny...

[@diphyllode1]

My kiddo played Johnny couple days ago, he was so kind and instructive! Great guy, great interview!

[@sohrabpanday6886]

Played Jonny today in Washington square and was in awe of his kindness his character and his chess. A legend.

[@Constantz1]

ayyyyy happy for you must of been Wicked👍👍

[@em-nq6pl]

Johnny played my 5 year old nephew this morning. He's an awesome teacher. Great energy.

[@johngalantini6910]

Played chess with Jonny last week in NYC. Right where you'd expect to find him. Washington Square park, pretty much any day, if it's not raining. He was great fun to talk to and play against.

[@mareksadowski9256]

Great interview. Chess & People...

[@ckriswallenstein3771]

Great interview!

[@comradeyars]

Just stumbled on this during my nightly random chess video routine. What a great conversation and wonderful insight into the 'inner-workings' of a kind and insightful soul. Good stuff - 10/10.

[@henrimathieu5509]

Wow, Johnny is real. Thank you.

[@sohrabpanday6886]

What a guy !!

[@user-up3lg1de1i]

You more strong than Ronnie Coleman.😁💪🏿💐