Maurice Ashley

I think that by and large chess players have been very kind. Like I said there have been a few read more

I think that by and large chess players have been very kind. Like I said there have been a few incidents, but they certainly didn't serve to bring me down any.

I let my game do the talking. I've had incidents like that but when I compare my own story to read more

I let my game do the talking. I've had incidents like that but when I compare my own story to the stories that have happened forty or fifty years ago particularly to Jackie Robinson for example.

He actually came up to me and we started speaking. And from that conversation we were able to come to read more

He actually came up to me and we started speaking. And from that conversation we were able to come to a meeting of the minds and it seemed as if it was clear to me that he wanted to do similar things to what I wanted to do.

I have to say that I got off very easy. There were incidents.

I have to say that I got off very easy. There were incidents.

His tenacity is unmatched in my opinion. Incredible how someone could have suffered that long and come back out of read more

His tenacity is unmatched in my opinion. Incredible how someone could have suffered that long and come back out of prison with such a good heart and positive things to say and do.