It is hard to believe that at one time the dominant image the public had of a chess player was an old man with a long, gray beard. Perhaps he had a pipe. My, how thing s have changed. The Hip Hop Chess Federation is the latest organization combining chess with pop culture elements, in this case hip hop and martial arts. Adisa Banjoko's organization celebrates its fifth anniversary this month.

Read this article, and much more, in the February 2012 issue of Chess Life Magazine.