Maurice Ashley
Bio: Maurice Ashley has been called the Tiger Woods of Chess. He made history when he became the first and only African-American to attain the coveted title of International Grand Master of Chess in 1999. His media coverage on becoming 1st African-American International Grandmaster includes Time magazine , USA Today, New York Times, Sports Illustrated, London Times, Ebony, Investor's Business Daily, New York Daily News, Jet, New York Newsday, New York Post, Emerge, and a host of other papers around the world served by the Associated Press and Reuters. He served as commentator for the IBM Kasparov vs. Deep Blue rematch (1997), 1996 Man vs. Machine match (Kasparov vs. Deep Blue), and other world championship matches. Maurice was coach of the Raging Rooks (J.H.S. 43) of Harlem, winners of the National Junior High School Championships (1991) ; and also coach of the Dark Knights (also from Harlem), two time National Champions (1994 and 1995) in the Junior Varsity Division and was the head of the Dark Knights program as they continued to win six National Championship titles. Maurice has created hours of multimedia lectures for Chesswise.com, the Internet's leading chess training center. Maurice makes appearances all over the country speaking to young people and adults about chess and its benefits.
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The Road to the Chess Grandmaster Title: Part 1 [Audio/Video]
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ChessWise Multimedia Series: In this series of Audio/Video chess lectures, Maurice Ashley, the first African-American Chess Grandmaster in history, explores key games from his career that led to the coveted title. This lecture features a game played by GM Ashley against chess master Danny Shapiro. A noted chess commentator for ESPN, GM Ashley's commentary is both entertaining for chess fans and instructive for players looking to improve their game. Visually, you see an animated chess board as th... more info>> (Published: 2003)
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The Road to the Chess Grandmaster Title: Part 2 [Audio/Video]
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ChessWise Multimedia Series: In this series of Audio/Video chess lectures, Maurice Ashley, the first African-American Chess Grandmaster in history, explores key games from his career that led to the coveted title. This video features a game played by GM Ashley against International Grandmaster Alexander Shabalov, who is the current U.S. Champion and is known as a brilliant attacking player. A noted chess commentator for ESPN, GM Ashley's commentary is both entertaining for chess fans and instruc... more info>> (Published: 2003)
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The Road to the Chess Grandmaster Title: Part 3 [Audio/Video]
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ChessWise Multimedia Audio/Video Series: Maurice Ashley, the first African-American Chess Grandmaster in history, explores key games in his career that led to the coveted title. A noted chess commentator for ESPN, this entertaining chess multimedia series provides excellent training tips as GM Ashley goes through the key games move by move. Visually, you see an animated chess board as the audio lecture plays in the background. This lecture features a game played by GM Ashley against Internationa... more info>> (Published: 2003)
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The Road to the Chess Grandmaster Title: Part 4 [Audio/Video]
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ChessWise Multimedia Audio/Video Series: Maurice Ashley, the first African-American Chess Grandmaster in history, explores key games in his career that led to the coveted title. A noted chess commentator for ESPN, this entertaining chess multimedia series provides excellent training tips as GM Ashley goes through the key games move by move. Visually, you see an animated chess board as the audio lecture plays in the background. This lecture features a game played by GM Ashley against Internationa... more info>> (Published: 2003)
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The Road to the Chess Grandmaster Title: Part 5 [Audio/Video]
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ChessWise Multimedia Series: In this series of Audio/Video chess lectures, Maurice Ashley, the first African-American Chess Grandmaster in history, explores key games from his career that led to the coveted title. This lecture features a brilliant game played by GM Ashley against U.S. Champion, GM Patrick Wolff. A noted chess commentator for ESPN, GM Ashley's commentary is both entertaining for chess fans and instructive for players looking to improve their game. Visually, you see an animated ch... more info>> (Published: 2003)
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The Road to the Chess Grandmaster Title: Part 6 [Audio/Video]
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ChessWise Multimedia Series: In this series of Audio/Video chess lectures, Maurice Ashley, the first African-American Chess Grandmaster in history, explores key games from his career that led to the coveted title. This lecture features a brilliant and unexpected move in the middlegame and a finish with a flourish! A noted chess commentator for ESPN, GM Ashley's commentary is both entertaining for chess fans and instructive for players looking to improve their game. Visually, you see an animated ... more info>> (Published: 2003)
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The Road to the Chess Grandmaster Title: Part 7 [Audio/Video]
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ChessWise Multimedia Series: In this series of Audio/Video chess lectures, Maurice Ashley, the first African-American Chess Grandmaster in history, explores key games from his career that led to the coveted title. This game features an important development technique that leads to a fast and brutal attack! A noted chess commentator for ESPN, GM Ashley's commentary is both entertaining for chess fans and instructive for players looking to improve their game. Visually, you see an animated chess bo... more info>> (Published: 2003)
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Positional Power in Chess Series: Part 1 [Audio/Video]
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ChessWise Multimedia Series: In this series of Audio/Video chess lectures, Grandmaster Maurice Ashley explores key concepts behind playing powerful positional chess. In these lecture, GM Ashley reviews a brilliant positional blowout by former world champion Bobby Fischer. A noted chess commentator for ESPN and the first African American chess grandmaster in history, Maurice Ashley's commentary is both entertaining for chess fans and instructive for players looking to improve their game. Visually... more info>> (Published: 2003)
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Chess for Success: Using an Old Game to Build New Strengths in Children and Teens [Secure Mobipocket]
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 Maurice Ashley immigrated to New York from Jamaica at the age of twelve, only to be confronted with the harsh realities of urban life. But he found his inspiration for a better life after stumbling upon a chess book and becoming hypnotized by the game's philosophies; his dedication would eventually lead him to break the chess world's color lines by becoming an International Grandmaster in 1999. During his ascent to chess's pinnacle, Ashley realized that chess strategies could be used as an educa... more info>>
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