For other people named Maurice Ashley, see Maurice Ashley (disambiguation).
Maurice Ashley
Ashley in 2015
Born
(1966-03-06) March 6, 1966 (age 58)
Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica
Citizenship
United States
Spouse
Michele Ashley-Johnson
(m. 1993; div. 2014)
Children
2
Country
United States
Title
Grandmaster (2000)
FIDE rating
2440 (June 2024)
Peak rating
2504 (July 2001)
Website
mauriceashley.com
Maurice Ashley (born March 6, 1966) is an American chess player, author, and commentator.[1][2] In 1999, he earned the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM).[3]
Ashley is well known as a commentator for high-profile chess events.[4] He also spent many years teaching chess.[5][6] On April 13, 2016, Ashley was inducted into the US Chess Hall of Fame.
^Eisenberg, Ophira (March 29, 2013). "Ask Me Another - Maurice Ashley: Chessmen At Work". NPR. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
^Marshall, Colin (February 4, 2016). "The Wisdom & Advice of Maurice Ashley, the Jamaican Chess Grandmaster". Open Culture. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
^"FIDE Chess Profile: Ashley, Maurice". FIDE. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
^Stewart, Barbara (December 29, 1999). "In Harlem, a Chess Champion Passes On His Moves and Enthusiasm". The New York Times. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
^Lidz, Franz (November 11, 1991). "The Harlem Gambit". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
^Jones, Brent (October 3, 2007). "Grandmaster Maurice Ashley comes to Baltimore, playing chess - and teacher". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
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by a word would modify the impression made." By the 1960s and 1970s, MauriceAshley and Stuart Prall began to reconsider James's motives in granting religious...
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Open chess tournament. The tournament was associated with grandmaster MauriceAshley. The 2014 iteration of the tournament featured a $1,000,000 prize fund...
registration on Chess.com shifting from 22% to 27% of new players. GM MauriceAshley said "A boom is taking place in chess like we have never seen maybe...
documentary film for Hennessy following the rise of the chess player MauriceAshley, the first Black person to attain the title of Grandmaster. On 12 April...
and 2018 World Chess Championship challenger), and was interviewed by MauriceAshley, the world's first Black GM. His coaches set up a GoFundMe site shortly...
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vocabulary Xenophon (1839). "Book VI Chapter I". In Spelman, Edward; Cooper, MauriceAshley (eds.). The Anabasis, volume I. Harper. p. 217. Bundrick, Sheramy (October...
shifting from 22% of new players to 27% of new players. Grandmaster MauriceAshley said "A boom is taking place in chess like we have never seen maybe...
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