Grandmaster Maurice Ashley plays NYC trash talker - The Tim Ferriss Experiment 

This is what smurfing in real life looks like.

Chess rating: 1880 Trash talk rating: 2588 Double horse taking pawn: off the charts.

LOL "Are you rated?" "Maurice Ashley, Grand Master." That's better than "Bond. James Bond."

I aspire to be as calm as the grandmaster.

Grandmaster has to be one of the coolest titles to have.

30% Chess 70% “oH oHoOooOOoHHhhHhHhh OoHHhhHhhooooOh”

He was slick with that double knight take, I wonder how many amateurs he’s gotten with something like that

You can tell he was embarased getting schooled in his own house. I used to walk by these guys all the time

His "double knight with pawn" technique was phenomenal. My go-to chess strat has always been the "forearm massacre swipe" where I take out the entire opponent's side with my arm prior to flipping the entire board to go along with a curse-filled rant.

I tried to play chess with this dude but he offered me pills and took me out of the matrix.

"Do you think he's in trouble?" "He could be in trouble" "He might be in trouble" "I think he's in trouble"

A lot of NYC chess hustlers use talking and verbal deflections to try and distract from what’s happening on the board but Maurice has played chess hustlers too many times over the years and knows all their tricks (being a grandmaster helps too!)

pawn takes both knights. Best move.

Wilson’s Immortal: Pawn takes 2 knights in one move.

“YoU dOn’T eVeN lOoK aT tHe BoArD.”

Love the way Maurice refuses to let go of his hand at the end. Wasn’t about to let him escape this moment.

"What if I go in your house?" "It's alright it's okay."😂😂😂

I didn't know Morpheus was so good at chess

This guy knew it was over as soon as Maurice moved the clock.

Random guy in the back: "MATE IN 3" Maurice: "Mate in 23" *plays 3 moves* Random guy in the back still: "MATE IN 3!!"

Anderson Silva adding the chess game to his bag of skills! I like it!

There are VERY few things more satisfying than beating an obnoxious opponent at Chess, or any game for that matter.

An underappreciated moment here is when he moves the clock in the beginning.

Maurice: "Hello how are you?" Other guy: "mee mopbloop beep chigaro meep moop"

This is the closest thing I've seen to anime in real life

I've got to learn that capture-two-knights-with-one-move tactic!

„Once the time is over, you know, click click click click. That’s it.” Chess hustler, NYC, 2016.

I love how much humility the GM showed. Of course old dude gonna try and cheat, but the GM just takes it in stride. Dude is an absolute beast of a player! Absolutely worthy of the title.

Being a GM born in Jamaica raised in Brooklyn makes Maurice perfectly suited to deal with the Brotha Hustlers 😂😂😂😂😂

"u dunt even louk at de bourd!!"

When he asks him what his name is. Maurice Ashley. And the guy just stops moving.That was a golden moment.

He had him when he tried to cheat. He knew he'd met his match...LOL

-What is your name? -Maurice, *Ashley* ... *Avengers Theme Song*

-"What if I go in your house?" -"......I mean....It's alright.....It's ok!"

He's haitian!!! I can feel the haitian uncle vibe from him w/ the trickery, the trash talking and the accent!

I’ve played Wilson before in Washington Square Park. He’s a good player, but mostly full of parlor tricks. If you can play a solid endgame, you’ve got an advantage.

I love how everyone sounds like a GTA pedestrian

I've never lost a chess match. I've never played one, either.

"What is your name?" "Maurice Ashley" *avengers theme plays*

I f_cking HATE cheaters! That little knight trick pissed me off, and Maurice took it a lot better than I would have!

Trash Talk and Cheating, that's the chemistry of a toxic player

That pawn was definitely on steroids taking two muscular knights down.

That old dude did a ton better than i would have managed.

4:15 When Maurice says he's GM I think the hustler says "It's an honor" as he stands up. That's cool :)

You know why that sleight of hand trick doesn’t work with chess champs like these? Because they play the game for years. They know by memory where all their pieces are at that very moment.

I analysed the game with Stocfish and according to the engine the double knight capture was a Brilliancy. Even the engine couldn't find it at first

Loved all of this. What's awesome is Maurice being in a very relaxed environment. He looks so happy compared to the super serious demeanor on a Grandmaster level. This was truly a treat to watch.

Maurice was very professional. He kept his cool and remained polite the entire time during all the trash talking and attempted cheating.

Like a true grandmaster, dignified. He remained calm and friendly throughout even when the other guy deliberately tried to cheat.

When I was in jail, I played chess for 8 hours a day for a year and a half straight, I got real good at playing chess. Then I went to prison and i ran into a ton of old geezers that always talked a lot of shit when I played chess with them, it was so much fun making them tip over their kings. I can't say that I enjoyed being there in that hell for my bad choices I made in life, but those memories are priceless man, I kinda miss those people. It makes me sit back and realized chess kinda saved my life, cause if it wasn't for chess, I would have gotten myself in trouble, and trouble usually means death or endless PC in prison...

Maurice is the Mace Windu of chess. He’s my favorite commentator by far with how animated he is in the explanation of each other GM’s personality in the game. His Ted Talk explains efficient ways to navigate and think about complex systems. Overall, powerful person and a gift to the world.

Wilson: remember what I said! Maurice: what was that? Wilson: shit… I didn’t say shit aside from “OOOOOOH”

I love the way he says "I've heard of that rule en passant" yes grandmaster Ashley I'm sure you have lol

"what was your name?" "maurice.... maurice ashley." you can see the hustler just stunned

His heart sank when he heard “mate in 23”

Maurice is so fucking smooth with the guy, what a legend!

me: watching car and videogame videos almost exclusively youtube: go watch this chess video from 2016, you'll like it

Old man: Are you rated? Maurice: Grandmaster Old man: D:

I want to see two GMs who are both too drunk and play chess against each other.

“ What if I go in your house?” “ it’s OK” Crowd: uh...

This is priceless. Love how the guy is real quick and talking trash to get his opponent off his game, then gets real quiet and tries to cheat when he starts losing.

2:57 'Remember what I said' *can't remember what he said himself*

Maurice tried to be civil, but the trash-talker left him no choice. That was handled with poise and command. Much respect.

Love how he pretends to be outraged and still shakes his hand and asks for his name.

"AaaaAAAA aAAA?!! aaAAAA?! Oh! OHHH!!!" "There's a lot of trash talkin' in this place."

"I've heard of this rule called 'en passant'". Okay, but hav u herd of da Jamaican pawn he can take two nites my bruddah.

Be comfortable, be comfortable, be nice, that's yours, that's okay. That's okay, I'll take all of these. lmao

I would bet that this old man is a master himself, not getting crushed in the opening, surviving into the endgame albeit losing.

it will be nice if Magnus Carlsen disguises as a street chess player and they tell a grandmaster to play him😂😂👍 the joke will be on the grandmaster

Alternate story line of the Wire where D got out of the game and became a chess grandmaster

The guy: Aaah, Uuuuh, Ooooh Maurice: Wow, that's a lot of trash talking.

2:58 Hustler: REMEMBER what i said.. Maurice: what did you say? Hustler: *doesnt remember what he said*

"What if I go in your house?" "I mean... it's alright..." "I dont know..." "There's nothing wrong with dat..." "Nothing? I dont know... could be some trouble" "Nah there is no trouble..." (He is in trouble!) "Do you think he is in trouble?" "I agree he is in trouble" "He could be in trouble... he MIGHT be in trouble..." "Yeah I think he is in trouble... see?" love dat bit haha

I don’t get tired of Maurice’s complete disbelief and astonishment of that trickery move that was made. Gets me every time, ALL ON CAMERA! The gall!

I was coached by Maurice and Gerald Times for 3 years of my life as an elementary school kit. Best memories ever.

When he’s not coaching the Stanford Football Team David Shaw likes to get his chess game on vs the notorious hustlers in NYC… well played David.

Had the pleasure of playing Maurice back in the early eighties, and he could trash talk with the best of them in blitz. In blitz he was seeing the entire plan of a game while we were seeing just a move or two. A total gentleman in a tournament game. I'll never forget at the Kingsmen chess club they had a tournament, and Maurice was in it. In our game I forgot to hit my clock twice, and he brought it to my attention by extending his open palm toward my clock.

The hustler is a pretty good player! Didn't realise until the end he was playing a GM of course! Surprised he didn't twig earlier!

I watch this video every so often and I just replayed the ending from 4:12 on and its so wholesome. The hustler is extremely impressed and shocked, motioning to his buddys like ''who the hell is this guy, he just beat me with ease and talked the talk at the same time'' And then he finds out Maurice is a GM and almost seems elated to have played a game (you can see it in his smile) At the same time maurice is humble but with a devious smile (expecially the chuckle when the bystander reveals his status/rating as a grandmaster)

Maurice is so cool. Could have a career in film easily. So polite and articulate.

I love this video. Maurice’s confidence comes out as calmness and respect. We should all strive to be calm and respectful.

In case anybody says this was staged: it's footage of multiple cameras, there's obviously a crowd, it's Maurice Ashley, the hustler yells to cut the cameras in the end. Televised, but not staged.

Maurice is such a class act.

1:44 "what if I go in your house?" *slams the rook down in enemy territory* That's when it got real.

After seeing that pawn taking two knights in a single ply my scouter was broken to pieces, his power level was beyond 9000 elo rating.

Tried to cheat a GM? They can play these games blindfolded.

Having perfected my Chess skills in prison, I can definitely relate to the trash talk game going on while they play. Most people would probably be extremely surprised, but some of the best Chess players I've ever gone up against were in the penitentiary.

"What I said was ehhhh" "What I said was ehhhh"

This was one of my favourite scenes from The Wire.

The trash talker is a cheater too lol

The moment Maurice told him his name the trash talker stood up immediately as a mark of respect.

2:42 That angry slap on the clock because he got called out 🤣

It was a great effort against a Grand MASTER, especially when you don't know it's a Grand MASTER you are facing. BRAVO!!

I would never play a hustler. I don't like their cheating tactics like knocking over pieces and putting them on the wrong square.

I dont know why but I have watched this like 10 times

"Can I take this? Of course it's yours"😂😂😂

What a class act. Even though he won and was provoked, he didn't talk smack back after he won.

I'm no expert, but I think this man should be very proud of getting to a semblance of an endgame vs a grandmaster

First he didn't care for small talk introductions... Then he tried to cheat... Then he wanted to turn back the hands of time after getting his butt kicked. Heeheehee 😁

Hahahah. Good ol ' , Frenchie. I used to play him many years ago. He stopped playing me when I got better then him. He's been there forever.