RZA, a long-time chess aficionado and advocate, will partner up with ChessPark.com to launch WuChess.com, an online community geared towards chess playing and hip-hop culture. The website will allow players to face each other in live play and interact in text messaging and live chat. Members will be able to challenge others around the world, including RZA himself. There is no official launch date for the site but the first 500 members to sign up will be given the status of “founder” as well as regular updates on the site’s progress. [All Hip Hop]

RZA is also gearing up to release his new album for the summer Digi Snax under his MC alter-ego Bobby Digital. He will be touring for the album during the summer.

Dates are listed below:

Tue-Jun 10, 08 Houston TX Warehouse Live
Wed-Jun 11, 08 Austin TX Emos
Thu-Jun 12, 08 Dallas TX Palladium Ballroom
Sat-Jun 14, 08 Denver CO Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom
Sun-Jun 15, 08 Salt Lake City UT Urban Lounge
Tue-Jun 17, 08 Tucson AZ Rialto Theater
Wed-Jun 18, 08 Phoenix AZ The Brickhouse Theater
Fri-Jun 20, 08 Los Angeles CA Henry Fonda Theater
Sat-Jun 21, 08 San Francisco CA 1015
Mon-Jun 23, 08 Portland OR Hawthorne Theater
Tue-Jun 24, 08 Seattle WA Showbox at the Market
Wed-Jun 25, 08 Vancouver BC Richards On Richards
Fri-Jun 27, 08 Calgary AB Sled Island Music Festival
Mon-Jun 30, 08 Minneapolis MN First Avenue
Tue-Jul 1, 08 Chicago IL House Of Blues
Wed-Jul 2, 08 Pontiac MI Crofoot Ballroom
Fri-Jul 4, 08 Ottawa ON New Capital Music Hall
Sat-Jul 5, 08 New York NY Webster Hall
Mon-Jul 7 08 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero
Tue-Jul 8 08 Washington, DC 9:30 Club