Article: KING OF THE CASTLE; Oscar winner, recording artist, stand-up comic and Al Pacino's favourite chess partner - Jamie Foxx's strategy for life appears flawless. But, as Lina Das discovered, it belies a chequered.

Byline: LINA DAS

Jamie Foxx suddenly springs to life. 'I'm a fighter. Oh yeah! I love to engage in guerrilla warfare.' We have been sitting in a hotel room quietly chatting up until this point when, for one horrible moment, it seems as though the spirit of Russell Crowe has suddenly entered the room. But there is no need to panic: Foxx, the star of such testosterone fuelled films as Stealth and the recent Jarhead, is simply letting slip his passion for a certain harmless pastime.

'Chess - I love it,' he says, bounding up from the sofa and talking about the subject with such enthusiasm and delight that it's difficult to believe this is a famous Hollywood ...

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