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| In this April 12, 2016 photo, chess grandmaster Maurice Ashley talks during an interview at Chess Forum in New York. The Brooklyn resident has been inducted to the World Chess Hall of Fame in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) |
Maurice Ashley was 14
when he saw a high school friend playing chess and challenged him to a match.
He lost badly, but it sparked a love affair that started him playing nearly
non-stop ever since.
