Jude
Chess.com Names Browne v. Acers (1971) One of Top 100 Best Chess Games of All Time
Follow this link to Chess.com article. (Note that the game was played in Berkeley, CA, not New Orleans, LA). Or just jump straight to the game viewer.
Throwback Thursday: Oct 13, 1966 Chess Simul Exhibition 1
Source: Daily Reveille (LSU student newspaper)
Oral History: Jude Acers on Adrian L McAuley
Have you heard Jude Acers talk about Adrian L. McAuley, the first rated chess master in New Orleans history? Here is your chance … Check out Sarrah Danziger‘s “Listen to New Orleans” interview with Acers.
A Happy Visitor to the World Chess Table: Jamie Foxx Edition [Updated x2]
Update 1: Be sure to also check out the Chess.com coverage: OutFoxxed. Update 2: Jude follows up with additional commentary in the Chess.com comments section:
Throwback Thursday: Kane Webb’s ‘The Great Jude Acers’
The Great Jude Acers by Kane Webb/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette September 2, 2007 LITTLE ROCK — NEW ORLEANS “Still five dollars a game?” I ask the man in the red beret, his nose buried in the New York Times. “Have a seat!” says Jude Acers, stuffing the Times under his folding table […]
Bobby Fischer’s 1964 Visit to Baton Rouge & New Orleans
The Mind of a Grandmaster – Report of a visit; Robert James Fischer; Chess Death, Inc. Baton Rouge March 24-25: 1 a.m. 128 Graham Hall Louisiana State University. Memories. HE IS HERE. WALKING. TALKING. SMILING. LAUGHING. HE IS ALIVE. HE BREATHES. IT IS TRUE BUT TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. […]
Russell W. Miller Once Told Me
Russell W. Miller once told me, “I am not a genius. Quit calling me a genius. I do not want my name in print.” But make no mistake—that is exactly what Russell W. Miller was. Forty million copies of the Guinness Book of World Records reported his two monster 117-board […]
USCF Chess Life Deep Dive [Apr/1983]: Larry Evans’ “Readers’ Showcase” featuring Jude Acers
Source: Chess Life and Review Digital Archives
Throwback Thursday: 1961 Chess Review Letter to the Editor by 17-Year-Old Jude Acers
SOMEONE IS HIGHHATTING As a member of the restless, sure-to-be-served, younger generation of future chess masters, I see little in chess vignettes, various chess cartoons, etc., that are published in your extremely fine periodical. However, it is my pleasure to announce that CHESS REVIEW has produced a humorous vein in […]
Throwback Thursday: John Parsons Edition
JUDE ACERS REMEMBERS JOHN PARSONS THURSDAY JOHN PARSONS FLASHBACK … “What the world needs more of is…more bad girls. Yes, more bad girls.” (New Orleans, Louisiana, 1993). John Parsons/former Louisiana state chess champion … also Louisiana ranked tennis player. John Parsons_Bad Girls from K&D Photo + Video on Vimeo.