Editing Ray Charles (section)

===Chess hobby===
Charles enjoyed playing chess. As part of his therapy when he quit heroin, he met with psychiatrist {{ill|Friedrich Hacker|de}}, who taught him how to play chess.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=chj91X0dWzUC&q=heroin+ray+charles+1966&pg=PA44|title=Icons of Rock: An Encyclopedia of the Legends Who Changed Music Forever|last1=Schinder|first1=Scott|last2=Schwartz|first2=Andy|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2007|isbn=978-0-313-33845-8|page=44|language=en|access-date=November 19, 2020|archive-date=May 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508045407/https://books.google.com/books?id=chj91X0dWzUC&q=heroin+ray+charles+1966&pg=PA44|url-status=live}}</ref> He used a special board with raised squares and holes for the pieces. When questioned if people try to cheat against a blind man, he joked in reply, "You can't cheat in Chess... I'm gonna see that!"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=81063&kpage=1#reply22|title=The chess games of Ray Charles|publisher=Chessgames.com|access-date=December 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007021455/http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=81063&kpage=1#reply22 |archive-date=October 7, 2014}}</ref> In a 1991 concert, he referred to Willie Nelson as "my chess partner".<ref>{{cite AV media|people=Charles, Ray |date=2005 |title=[[Genius & Friends]] |medium=CD |publisher=[[Atlantic Records]]|location=Burbank, California|time=Track 13 2:22}}</ref> In 2002, he played and lost to the American [[Grandmaster (chess)|grandmaster]] and former U.S. champion [[Larry Evans (chess grandmaster)|Larry Evans]]. When Evans complimented him for spotting a tactical trap he had set, Charles replied "Come on man, I play bad, but not ''that'' bad!"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6814|title=Chess News – GM Larry Melvyn Evans (1932–2010)|date=November 17, 2010|publisher=ChessBase.com|access-date=December 30, 2011|archive-date=November 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109160545/http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6814|url-status=live}}</ref>