I used to play Chinese Chess on and off in Hong Kong. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiangqi). Just has NY has chess hustlers in parks, Hong Kong has Chinese Chess hustlers in parks. The hustlers were always excited to see me, a white American, stopping by and asking for a game and some tips: I was fresh meat! They'd gather in big groups to watch the sucker. But after my first move (the "P-K4" of Chinese Chess: Canon to beneath the center Pawn) their faces would change radically, as it suddenly became obvious that I knew somewhat how to play. :-)

Now while Chess strategy transfers reasonably well to Chinese Chess, I'm not particularly good, and certainly not better than the hustlers. But I'd often beat them because they couldn't get it out of their heads that they weren't playing an American patsy, and so they kept making showy moves rather than good ones. It was a lot of fun.