A conversation with chess master Maurice Ashley

with Maurice Ashley
in Sports
on Wednesday, April 7, 1999 * * * * *

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A conversation with 14-year-old Maurice Ashley about his role as the first African-American chess grand master, his background playing the game and his plans for the future.

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    1. matt jarosinski  04/21/2008 10:15 PM Report

      great achievement - probably the one of the biggest - taking into consideration how late in his life he started - all alone.

    2. j.b.  12/02/2007 03:28 AM Report

      He is not 14!

      "A conversation with 14-year-old Maurice Ashley about his role as the first African-American chess grand master, his background playing the game and his plans for the future."

      *A conversation with Maurice Ashley (who started playing chess at 14) about his role as the first African-American chess grand master, his background playing the game and his plans for the future.