Jude Acers Proposes A “US Chess World Flagship Chess Tournament”
In a comment posted below an article entitled, “From Today in Chess to the Daily Show: Grandmaster Ashley to Appear on Trevor Noah,” Jude wrote:
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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 – […]
ChessFlash World News/Oct 22, 2018
This just in from Edwin Lam/Hamburg , Germany: We regret to note the death of Malaysian mega chess financier Dato Tan Chin Nam at age 92. Mr. Dato Tan anticipated the world champion Chinese Olympiad gold medal chess teams long before 2018 olympiad glory … a mega chess sponsor /building […]
World Chess Master, Jude Acers, Returns to Rocky Mount (NC)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE World Chess Master, Jude Acers, Returns to Rocky Mount September 11, 2018 (Rocky Mount, NC) – World Famous Chess Master Jude Acers returns for the 2nd Annual CheckMate! Rocky Mount chess exhibition. The main event will be held Saturday, October 6, beginning at 9am at the Dunn […]
IN MEMORIAM: JOHN HALL [Updated] 4
JOHN HALL stood kind of tall, looked kind of shy and if he talked at all he just said hi. Big John looked more than a little like Buddy Holly … just as tragic … was on the road summer 1968/60 day/25 state urban legend with SUBU THE INDIAN, […]
CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/May 18, 2018 [Updated x2]
ELECTRIFYING NEW AMERICAN CHESS CHAMPION SHOCKS CHESS WORLD WITH 8 WINS NO LOSSES VERSUS WORLDS BEST AND WILL WIN SECOND MONSTER EVENT IN 30 DAYS IN CUBA…A DRAW TOMORROW IN 53RD CAPABABLANCA 30 DAYS THAT SHOOK THE CHESS WORLD…CALIFORNIAS FANTASTIC GRANDMASTER /working class hero … SAMUEL SHANKLAND … WHO NOW […]
CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS, May 10, 2018: RIP Evgeni Vasiukov [w/”Wild Child” Langla “The Laminator” Bonus]
Bonus Eddie “The Laminator” Langla reports: From the early 1960s to the mid-1970s, Vasiukov scored wins in individual games over many top Soviet players, such as Smyslov, Bronstein, Tigran Petrosian, Mikhail Tal, Paul Keres, Mark Taimanov, Efim Geller, and Lev Polugaevsky. He was unable to defeat top-ranking Soviet stars such […]
A Fabulous “Cover Stories with Chess Life” Podcast — But USCF Deleted Jude’s Comments? What’s Going On, USCF?
Jude Acers is a big fan of a new Chess Life podcast (go here) — but did comments by Jude on the USCF post announcing the podcast get deleted? Here’s a screenshot of the first comment that got deleted: Kat the Lifeguard (Kaitlin Hanrahan of K & D Photo + […]
CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/Mar 27, 2018
25-year-old AMERICAN “FABULOUS FABIANO” CARUANA ELECTRIFIES CLOSING OUT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BID … WINNING VERSUS RUSSIAN GRISCHUK DRAW IN HAND … WILL PLAY CARLSEN FOR THE WORLD CHESS TITLE in London/2018 WOW!!!!!! AS THE WHOLE CHESS WORLD WATCHES IN AMAZEMENT 25 YEAR OLD AMERICAN ”FABULOUS FABIANO” CARUANA (born in Miami! and […]
CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/Mar 26, 2018
JUST IN FROM MARK CROWTHER OF ENGLAND. 107 year old(!!) Johan von Hulst/ultimate survivor and legendary chess player/organizer who was honored worldwide for personally saving the lives of hundreds of Jewish World War II children via slicky-tricky anti-Nazi moves … has died at age 107 in Holland. Mr. Hulst was […]
CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/Mar 4, 2018 1
CHESSLAB MONSTER ROAD MACHINE JUDE ACERS OF NEW ORLEANS WILL PLAY 2018 FIDE WORLD SENIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP (BLED, SLOVENIA/Nove 17-30, 2018) NEW ORLEANS PROFESSIONAL CHESS MASTER (CHESSLAB MONSTER ROAD MACHINE) JUDE ACERS TO PLAY IN THE 2018 WORLD FIDE WORLD SENIOR CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS (Bled , Slovenia Nov 17-30, 2018) … […]
CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/Feb 23, 2018 1
THE GREATEST CHESS TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR OF ALL TIME … BILL GOICHBERG “MR. WORLD OPEN” NAMED TO WORLD CHESS HALL OF FAME FOLLOWING FIERCE CHESSLAB MONSTER ROAD MACHINE JUDE ACERS WORLDWIDE LETTER CAMPAIGN THE GREATEST CHESS TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR OF ALL TIME BILL GOICHBERG “MR. WORLD OPEN” TODAY NAMED TO THE WORLD […]
Chessflash World News/Dec. 11, 2017
WORLD CHAMPON MAGNJS CARLSEN WINS $245,477 “Grand Tour” … defeats World #2 ranked ARONIAN today … EVENT IS SCRAPPED/NEW 2018 MULTI MILLION DOLLAR FINAL4 CITY LONDON BLITZ/RAPID PLAYOFF FORMAT WITH SUDDEN DEATH ELIMINATION PLAYOFF ANNOUNCED London, England … CHESSLAB TOLD YOU SO … It had to happen at a multi […]
CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/Nov 30, 2017
LONDON GETS MEGA MILLION WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP MAGNUS CARLSEN (NOR) MATCH NOV 9-28, 2018 …. This just in from Mr. George Osborne/former English financial minister … it is official … To the amazement of almost everyone London, England is the mega million dollar world chess championship title host … the […]
CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/Nov. 14, 2017
$400,000 “CHAMPIONS SHOWDOWN” AWARDED TO 8 CHESS GRANDMASTERS IN ST LOUIS! St.. Louis, Missouri — That’s the way to do it … $60,000 apiece awarded to FOUR individual rapid and blitz 4 day match winners … boom, bam, wham … ka ching-ka ching … NAKAMURA/CARUANA/WORLD CHAMPION CARLSEN and the surprising … DOMINQUEZ PEREZ OF CUBA. Sensation […]
Lessons from the 2017 SPICE Cup
From IM Kostya Kavutskiy @ the USCF website: Last week one of my favorite yearly events, the Spice Cup Open, concluded in Saint Louis, Missouri. This is a small but densely packed tournament open to about 50 players, organized by Susan Polgar & Paul Truong and Webster University. With both […]