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Mon, 03.15.1999

The First Black Chess Grand Master is Ranked

Maurice Ashley

*On this date in 1999, the first African American chess player attained the rank of International Grand Master.
Maurice Ashley, a Jamaican immigrant, received the rank (given only to 500 worldwide).

A New York City College graduate, Ashley learned chess with a chess group known as the Black Bears School of Chess.

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