Alan Cowan started playing chess when he was in middle school.
The rising chess player says often times people get overwhelmed at the thought of playing the game because of the level of critical thinking that they think is involved.
Cowan further explained that it’s a mind over matter.
“It’s definitely a matter of being confident,” said Cowan on Friday’s edition of “Closer Look.”
Cowan, a student at Morehouse College and the CEO and co-founder of The Black Odyssey Society, was accompanied on the program by Maurice Ashley, the first African-American Grandmaster.
