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Maurice Ashley

"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."

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Akshay Vasu

"In Kansas I have a chess school."

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Akshay Vasu

"Chess is not for timid souls."

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Akshay Vasu

"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."

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Akshay Vasu

"After that, Kasparov stepped back from chess which is, and I want this to be clear, not good for chess in general at all. As a whole, the current situation in the chess world leaves a lot to be desired."

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Akshay Vasu

"Chess is intellectual gymnastics."

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Akshay Vasu

"Chess is the gymnasium of the mind."

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Akshay Vasu

"I also follow chess on the Internet, where Kasparov's site is very interesting."

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Akshay Vasu

"I try to help developing junior chess. When I lived in USSR, I got a lot of free help from very good coaches - now I am trying to repay that debt."

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Akshay Vasu

"Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though."

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Akshay Vasu

"The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that."

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Maurice Ashley
"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."

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Maurice Ashley
"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."

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Maurice Ashley
"I see myself more as an ambassador of the game. And I hope to bring chess to a higher level in the United States. Making bigger tournaments, more interesting events. Making it a respectable profession for young people to be able to pursue in the future."

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Maurice Ashley
"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."

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Maurice Ashley
"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."

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Maurice Ashley
"Well, I'm still looking for Maurice Ashley. My essential qualities. I think that more than anything, I try to do the right thing, I think about doing the right thing."

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