Chess vs. Music, Volume I - Dr. Dre

Keeping with my usual theme of complete and utter amazement at the current unpopular state of chess, I have compiled a bunch of examples showing chess used in popular music. I'll run several of these posts in the weeks to come showing examples across all genres of music...and yet, professional chess stands like a wallflower in the corner.

First up, Dr. Dre on a recent cover of the popular hip-hop mag, XXL...


Nice shot of Dre and extra props for the board being set up correctly!!