Mr. Maurice Ashley This is Me

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1. 1. www.MauriceAshleyChampions.com

   www.MauriceAshleyChampions.com - [Cached]

   Published on: 6/26/2008   Last Visited: 8/30/2008

   Maurice Ashley, Uncommon Idol
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   GM Ashley came to Richmond, Virginia in June of 2008 to attend Chess Day with the Richmond Braves.He played chess, spoke about the benefits of chess for kids, and threw out the first pitch.
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   GM Ashley came to Richmond, Virginia in June of 2008 to attend Chess Day with the Richmond Braves.He played chess, spoke about the benefits of chess for kids, and threw out the first pitch.
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   GM Ashley came to Richmond, Virginia in June of 2008 to attend Chess Day with the Richmond Braves.He played chess, spoke about the benefits of chess for kids, and threw out the first pitch.
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   GM Ashley came to Richmond, Virginia in March of 2008.He spoke at four schools: Richmond Montessori, Three Chop Elementary, Collegiate, and Adams Elementary.Ashley spoke to students about what it takes to be successful in life.The Times-Dispatch ran this article about his visit to Adams Elementary School.
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   GM Ashley came to Richmond, Virginia in March of 2008.He spoke at four schools: Richmond Montessori, Three Chop Elementary, Collegiate, and Adams Elementary.Ashley spoke to students about what it takes to be successful in life.WTVR Richmond Channel 6 News ran this piece about his visit to Adams Elementary School.

2. 2. www.newinchess.com

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   Published on: 6/7/2008   Last Visited: 6/7/2008

   - GM Maurice Ashley

3. 3. HEAF.org | Press Release

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   Published on: 12/12/2007   Last Visited: 4/14/2008

   But Maurice Ashley may be about to change that.The 33-year-old Brooklynite recently made history when he became the first Black international chess grandmaster.
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   Ashley is one of about 45 active grandmasters in this country and 470 internationally.
   
   Ashley, who directs the chess program at the non-profit Harlem Educational Activities Fund (HEAF), started playing at 14, when a classmate challenged him.
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   But when Ashley started playing competitively, he "could count the number of Black faces on one hand."He persevered with the support of the Black Bear School of Chess, a group of Black chess players who competed in Brooklyn's Prospect Park."I learned a lot from them as men because I didn't have a father at home," Ashley recalls."I also learned a lot of chess."
   
   Now the grandmaster's sharing what he learned with the mostly Black and Latino kids who attend HEAF's after-school programs.And this fall, Ashley plans to get more kids hooked on rooks and pawns when HEAF opens its Harlem Chess Center."Hopefully it will be a start for chess," Ashley says, "not just in the Harlem community, but in many neighborhoods in the city and then around the country."