Two New Orleans Chessplayers Named to the 43rd Annual PAUL MORPHY MEMORIAL 2015 Chess Championship


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New Orleans, Louisiana December 10, 2015 TWO NEW ORLEANS CHESSPLAYERS NAMED TO THE 43RD PAUL MORPHY MEMORIAL FIELD

A legendary and mysterious anonymous donor … indeed … all the cash behind 43 straight Paul Morphy chess events … today listed two New Orleans chessplayer invitations to the November 1, 2015 Paul Morphy Memorial chess tournament (6-11 PM) at the New Orleans French Market Seafood Restaurant, 1001 Decatur Street … rear patio. They are: MR.MICHAEL TISSERAND (the well known inventor of the CHESSFEST chess logo promotions for city wide youth chess, in photo above) … named to the T.C. Louis-Paul Reifnsyder Memorial “KILLER B” EXPERT SECTION … WITH FOUR-TIME CHAMPION MR. SAM CAVETT OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA DEFENDING. The Big Kahuna Section A will feature Miss Cecilia Tisserand (also in photo above), a fierce New Orleans scholastic competitor. … Bringing to four the women facing the all time “Big Kahuna” 11-TIME tourney winner, Mr. Paul Batiza of New Orleans.

— Jude Acers

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