Sports – Chess
Pontus Carlsson (1982- )
Pontus Carlsson has been competing in chess matches since age 5 and he is currently a chess Grandmaster. His improbable...
Maurice Ashley (1966- )
Maurice Ashley, the first African American chess grandmaster, was born in St. Andrew, Jamaica on March 6, 1966. At age...
Theophilus Thompson (1855-?)
Theophilus Augustus Thompson was one of the first notable African American chess players. Thompson was born into slavery in Frederick,...
