Bogie fan Charlie Kondek said he knew Bogie loved chess, but wondered if he was any good at it. Bogie was actually a world-class chess player. He played
one level below ‘master’ and served as a United States Chess Foundation tournament director. He even achieved a draw against Grandmaster Samuel Reshevsky
in 1955. He played almost every day, between takes when filming, or down at the Hollywood chess club. It was at his suggestion that chess scenes were added to
Casablanca. Bogie and Bacall were featured on the June-July 1945 cover of Chess Review magazine. It is rumored that, as a young man during the Great Depression,
he scrounged up lunch money by hustling chess in New York City parks.
