Editing Maurice Ashley (section)

== Personal life ==
In 1993, Ashley married Michele Ashley-Johnson. Their daughter Nia was born the following year, and their son Jayden in 2002. The couple divorced in 2014.

Maurice's sister is former world boxing champion [[Alicia Ashley]], and his brother is former world kickboxing champion Devon Ashley.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/03/29/175409267/chess-for-success |title=Chess For Success |website=NPR.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/ashley-che-is-intellectual-karate- |title=Ashley: 'Chess is intellectual karate!' |date=16 November 2010}}</ref>
He once stated
"African[-]continent GMs do exist; but, according to the system of racial classification, I am the first Black GM in history... it matters, and doesn't matter, all at the same time."<ref name=USChess-GMProfile>{{cite web |title=Players and Ratings: GM Maurice Ashley |url=http://www.uschess.org/content/view/142/195 |website=[[United States Chess Federation]] |access-date=18 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The United States Chess Federation - GM Maurice Ashley |url=http://www.uschess.org/index.php/Men/GM-Maurice-Ashley.html |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=www.uschess.org}}</ref>