Willie Nelson is well-known as a dynamite chess player and real fan of the game.
Here’s another photo of Willie at the board, in Austin, Texas, in 2001. Great photo by Scott Newton, the photographer for “Austin City Limits.”
On Facebook, Turk Pipkin said in comments:
Awesome Scott Newton photo of the awesome man himself. I was sitting across the board from Willie. Lost $100 on that game, haha. Scott has been the official photographer for Austin City Limits TV for 50 years. Check out his work – it’s always great.
Tip of the old scrub brush to Willie Nelson’s feed on Facebook.
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