Maurice Ashley

American professional chess player and authorWikipedia

13

MENTIONS

6

EPISODES

3

PODCASTS

Oct 20, 2026

Perpetual Chess Podcast

Perpetual Chess Podcast

Ep 504- John Hartmann on the U.S. Championships, Chess Books, and the Future of Chess Technology

Oct 20 · 1 Mention

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10:21

That is now basically like a free play or spectator space, and they've even got a little bit all the way at the end of the building that is where they do live commentary on site for people who are there for the events.

John HartmannGUEST

10:35

So, you know, everyone knows Yaz and Katarina Nemcova and, uh, Maurice Ashley do the broadcasts, and you can see those anywhere in the world.

John HartmannGUEST

10:44

But if you're on site, you can go, uh, to this little commentary area and you can watch, you know, people like I, I saw, um, Dennis Boros and Onischerewicz.

John HartmannGUEST

10:59

Uh, they were doing commentary one day, and so you go in and it's you and, you know, maybe 10 other people, and they're explaining the games to you and answering your questions and sort of talking about chess in general.

Unknown podcast

The Opening, Oct 16: Caruana and Liang join the leaders

Oct 16 · 1 Mention

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1:19

Chess.com puts Liang's record against Aronian at four wins, one loss, and seven draws.

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1:27

Asked how, Liang told the broadcast's Maurice Ashley, Probably he just doesn't take me too seriously.

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1:35

Among the draws, Woodward held a pawn-down queen ending against Hans Nieman.

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1:42

Round seven is today at 1 p.m. Eastern.

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The Opening, Oct 15: Andy Woodward beats Fabiano Caruana

Oct 15 · 2 Mentions

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0:30

Chess.com calls Caruana the third highest rated player of all time.

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0:36

Woodward told the broadcast's Maurice Ashley it was his career best win.

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0:42

He said, I've beaten some low 2700s, but this was the first time beating Fabi.

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0:50

Rook Review reports Caruana dropped to fourth on the live list.

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1:43

She has four and a half from five.

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1:45

That's a full point clear of Rachel Lee and two others.

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1:49

Lee told Maurice Ashley, Once it got to the endgame, I thought it was very pleasant.

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1:56

She plays Lee in round six on Thursday.

Unknown podcast

The Opening, Oct 12: Shankland and Woodward win in round three

Oct 12 · 1 Mention

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0:43

He gave up the exchange against Robson.

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0:46

Grandmaster Maurice Ashley said on the St. Louis Chess Club broadcast, as Chess.com reports, "...a bad, bad, bad exchange sack." Robson was playing for a win with half a minute left.

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1:00

He erred on move 40 and lost.

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1:04

Round four is today, Monday, at 1 p.m. Eastern.

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The Opening, Oct 11: Wesley So and Awonder Liang share the lead

Oct 11 · 1 Mention

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1:42

Paragua is number two on the U.S. chess girls under 16 list.

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1:47

Paragua told Maurice Ashley, I'm still in shock.

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1:52

Paragua shares the lead with two points from two.

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1:56

Level with Thalia Cervantes Landero.

E Train Talks Books: A Literacy Initiative

E Train Talks Books: A Literacy Initiative

Steve Sheinkin on MIND VS. MACHINE: The Chess Match That Changed the World! ♟️

Oct 10 · 7 Mentions

Ethan MintoHOST

2:28

Now, obviously, Steve is going to talk more about this book in essence, but a little bit to kind of get you all excited, to get you thinking, hey, I want to learn more about it.

Ethan MintoHOST

2:36

It is also co-written by chess grandmaster Maurice Ashley, and it's illustrated by Tien Pham, and it takes us inside the match between Garry Kasparov and IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer.

Ethan MintoHOST

2:50

It's a very interesting, entertaining story.

Ethan MintoHOST

2:52

So yeah, welcome back to E-Train Talk, Steve.

Ethan MintoHOST

5:48

I think, you know, we talk about characters in terms of, you know, fictional beings, but all of these people are real and they have very interesting stories to tell.

Ethan MintoHOST

5:56

And you weren't the only one that told this story.

Ethan MintoHOST

5:58

You also featured Maurice Ashley.

Ethan MintoHOST

6:00

It was co-written with him.