New Orleans Chess
Paul Morphy: World Champion, 1858-1861
Chessbase: Paul Charles Morphy was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1837, and by watching games of chess as a young child he intuitively grasped both the tactical and positional elements of the game. He routinely beat the best players of New Orleans before he was ten years old, and […]
Jude & the French Quarter Festival [Updated]
Jude made it to Lynn Drury’s FQF performance, afterwards presenting her with a Southern Candymakers special box of goodies. Sunday he reserved a special chair for “the princess,” New Orleans writer Dedra Johnson; he treated her to a couple fine drinks from the Gazebo Cafe [follow link to an Instagram video […]