Norway million Dollar Grand Tour Sponsor Altibox Leaves Grand tour London, England … THEY ARE GONE … faced with elitism, UNKNOWN TO TENNIS, GOLF, SOCCER … (just 10 great players and no women), horrific long, impossible to broadcast worldwide time controls … ALTIBOX OF NORWAY has suddenly pulled totally out […]
Grandmasters NAKAMURA and today’s opponent GRISCHUK … the beast is back! M. Carlsen of Norway is expected to win $75,000 on three-way tiebreak today … Carlsen did not lose a single game … won 2, drew 7. — Jude Acers Update: WORLD CHESS CHAMPION CARLSEN WINS $75,000 FINAL ROUND SHOCKER […]
“Do not miss this quiet but terrific piece … how chess can and must be promoted.” — Jude Acers Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle (h/t John Donaldson): Forty chess boards and tables were ordered in rows throughout the Chess Room for the Tuesday Night Marathon at the Mechanic’s Institute. Numbered cards […]
Editor’s Note: This is a quick edit with only a single angle but sound is decent. Jude Introduces GM Irina Krush from K&D Photo + Video on Vimeo.
$100,000 FIRST PRIZE TO AMERICAN RED HOT SUPER GRANDMASTER “MILLIONAIRE CHESS” TOURNEY WINNER Las Vegas, Nevada — Coming world chess champion H. NAKAMURA today bested 50 grandmasters and players from a mammoth FIFTY nations at the Planet Hollywood Hotel/Las Vegas … it was also a truly mind boggling experience for […]
ACERS HAS ARRIVED! LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, OCTOBER 7, 2015 — all photos courtesy the Suzee, little sweetie of the mysterious FATKATZ INTERNATIONAL, DIRECT FROM THE FRONT FROM OUR FORE DESK OBSERVER … like a ghost … ACERS AT THE CRACK OF LAS VEGAS DAWN as workers kindly unfurled the Millionaire Chess […]
Baku Azerbaijan S. KARJAKIN (RUS) WINS THE GREATEST WORLD CHESS FEDERATION MATCH OF ALL TIME … TAKES $100,000 CLEAR (NO TAXES AS THRILLED ENERGY RICH BAKU ORGANIZERS PAID ALL THE BILLS) in the 10 game monster 6 game to 4 victory sudden death NO HOLDS BARRED match for all the […]
Baku, Azerbiajan WORLD CUP KNOCKOUT CHESS RESULTS … P. SVIDER/Russia 2-0 already rolling in the four classic game finals … versus S. KARJAKIN … THAT IS RIGHT … one million and six hundred thousand dollars paid out to 128 chess players from all over the world! There are now but […]
By Sam Sloan I was invited to an advanced screening of the movie Pawn Sacrifice held on Thursday, August 13, 2015 at 10AM in New York City, based on the fact that I had been a close friend of Bobby Fischer. I was invited to the screening by Katherine Matthews. […]
From Michael Tisserand in the Advocate: Fifty-one years later, Jude Acers can still hear the champion’s footsteps approaching him. It was late on a Thursday night — March 24, 1964 — at the Young Women’s Christian Association on Gravier Street. The YWCA’s old floor creaked when you walked on it, […]
