Jude’s “Whistlestop Tour” Problem 2
Elwood: It’s 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark … and we are wearing sun glasses.
Jake: Hit it.
— The Blues Brothers
Michael Ciamarra
In the spirit of Paul Morphy – Don “The Mon” Westfall’s Smothered Mate 2
Jude Acers was busy making sure the recently arrived participants who will compete in the Paul Morphy Memorial Chess Tournament were paired off to play countless, practice games. Two days of intense chess competitions awaited everyone. Jude admonished: you need the practice now! Not later but now! Chess set – […]
Unpublished Files: Acers v. Soltis (1978)
Acers v. Soltis, 1978 – a great game from the past In our continuing series, The Unpublished Files, we have another first. For your review, we present to you a game that has not seen light of day since 1978. The Acers v. Soltis game was played in the National […]
Unpublished Files: The first two games played at the Gazebo (possibly)
In our ongoing series, The Unpublished Files of Jude Acers, we recently unearthed what are likely the earliest known games played by Jude at The Gazebo on Decatur Street, New Orleans. The Gazebo became Jude permanent residence in 1981. No sooner had Jude set up his chess table at […]
Unpublished Files: Acers v. Marker
From our collection of Jude’s games, combinations, select endgames and unpublished manuscripts – can you spot the win? Jude’s chess table was set up at one time on Jackson Square before his permanent move to Decatur street. The position was the conclusion of a ‘fee’ game played against a Mr. […]
Unpublished Files: The LA Chess Swindle 1
Many of our regular JudeAcers.com readers know that Jude contributed annotations and short stories to many chess publications before the dawn of the internet. Many of his articles were published worldwide and in a variety of chess periodicals of the day. Some magazines, columnists and newspapers did not publish his […]
The best of Jude Acers’ chess writings, selected games, combinations and endgames
Dear Jude Acers fans, We are in the process of compiling select Jude games, favorite combinations, favorite endgame excerpts, endgame studies and unpublished Jude annotations and articles for a book on Jude’s chess content. We are deeply interested in publishing this book preserving Jude’s unique contributions to chess analysis and […]
