Maurice Ashley (chess player)

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Maurice Ashley, 2005
Association United StatesUnited States United States
Born March 6, 1966
Saint Andrew , Jamaica
title International Master (1993)
Grand Master (2000)
Current  Elo rating 2440 (August 2020)
Best Elo rating 2504 (July 2001)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Maurice Ashley (born March 6, 1966 in Saint Andrew , Jamaica ) is an American chess master . He is the first and so far only African American to hold a grandmaster title .

When Ashley was 12, his family moved from Jamaica to Brooklyn , where he soon learned to play chess. He made rapid progress and became a National Master in 1986 , then was awarded the title of International Master by FIDE in 1993 .

At this stage Ashley had already started to find a livelihood as a trainer and chess teacher. From 1991 to 1997 Ashley was a chess teacher at the Harlem Educational Activities Fund . At the 1999 Manhattan tournament he managed to meet the final standard for the title of grandmaster, after which he was also awarded this title.

His success found widespread coverage in the US mass media. Ashley has been featured in articles in the most important magazines and newspapers ( The New York Times , USA Today , Time Magazine , Sports Illustrated , Reader's Digest and others) and has been invited to numerous television programs.

Ashley did not play a rated game between the US Championships in Seattle in January 2003 and the Manhattan Open in November 2011. Currently, Ashley et al. a. monthly chess lessons on the world's largest chess server, Schach.de, operated by ChessBase . In 2016 he was inducted into the US Chess Hall of Fame .

Publications

  • Chess for Success: Using an Old Game to Build New Strengths in Children and Teens . Broadway Books, New York NY 2005, ISBN 0-7679-1568-2 , ( autobiographical work ).
  • Maurice Ashley Teaches Chess . 2005 ( DVD ).
  • The Most Valuable Skills in Chess . Gambit Publications, London 2009, ISBN 978-1-904600-87-9 .
  • The Secret to Chess . Chessbase, Hamburg 2010 (DVD).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ US Chess Hall of Fame, accessed February 28, 2016

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personal data
SURNAME Ashley, Maurice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American chess player
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint Andrew Parish , Jamaica