Maurice Ashley
Chess grandmaster and commentator
Maurice Ashley is a Jamaican American chess grandmaster, author and commentator. He became the first African-American to earn the Grandmaster title.
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American Born 1966 in Saint Andrew, Jamaica
Influenced by Garry Kasparov
Photo: Jennifer Huemmer, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
About Maurice Ashley
Maurice Ashley was born in St. Andrew, Jamaica, in 1966. In 1999 he became the first African-American to earn the Grandmaster title in chess. Ashley is well known as a commentator on major chess events, and he also spent many years teaching the game. He was inducted into the US Chess Hall of Fame in 2016. His book in our catalog is Move by Move.