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Maurice Ashley (born March 6, 1966) is a Jamaican and American chess player, author, and commentator. [1] [2] In 1999, he earned the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM).[3]Ashley is well known as a commentator for high-profile chess events. [4]
It includes American chess players that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "African-American chess players" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
The following people have all been grandmasters (GM) of chess.The title is awarded to players who have met the standards required by the sport's governing body, FIDE.Other than world champion, it is the highest title a chess player can attain and is awarded for life, although FIDE regulations allow for the revocation of titles for cheating or fraud.
African-American chess players (16 P) American female chess players (83 P) F. Bobby Fischer (3 C, 12 P) P. American chess players by populated place (8 C)
In January 2024, he earned his second GM norm at the NYC Chess Norms event. [7] In August 2024, at the 2024 Sants Open, Hardaway qualified for his third and final GM norm at age 15. In November 2024, at the New York GM/IM Fall Invitational, Hardaway passed 2500-live FIDE rating. This will make him the first US-born African-American grandmaster. [8]
Tanitoluwa Emmanuel "Tani" Adewumi (born September 3, 2010) is a Nigerian-American chess player who currently holds the title of FIDE Master (FM). A chess prodigy, [2] he won the 2019 K-3 New York State chess championship at the age of 8 after having played the game for only a year while living with his refugee family in a homeless shelter in Manhattan.
At age 15, he became the youngest African American to earn the US Chess Federation (USCF) title of National Master (NM), a record since surpassed by Justus Williams and then Joshua Colas. [1] [2] Korley switched federations from the United States to Denmark in 2014 and has triple citizenship through Ghana as well. [3]
During the tournament, he scored 6½/9 with a performance rating of 2667, having defeated two Grandmasters. [3] [4] [5] Colas attended Webster University alongside fellow African-American and New Yorker chess players James Black Jr. and Justus Williams, where he played on the chess team coached by GM Susan Polgar while on a full chess scholarship.