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FANTASTIC PROMO ART WIZARD “the Warhol of New Orleans” NEW ORLEANS ARTIST JAMIE HAYES DIES Recently updated !
Jamie Hayes DID THE WORLDWIDE TOUR JUDE ACERS WORLD CHESS tours/TABLE ARTISTE SIGNATURE SIGN … VIEWED/PHOTOGRAPHED BY MILLIONS … Acers’ memories coming. – Jude Acers Photo with Jonathan. Photo credit: Anna Setyaeva. Photo credit: Holly Barton
CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/May 15, 2019
World chess federation ends “fraud by draw agreement” to move 40/declares 2 hours flat/40 move time control /NEVER ANY TIME ADDED … ALSO declares knockout ELIMINATION in all world candidate/final world title match This just in from the brand new Lausanne, Switzerland World Chess Federation (FIDE) headquarters: “Fraud by draw […]
Jude Acers’ French Quarter Music Festival Picks PLUS an NPR Tiny Desk Contest Video
It’s music festival season in New Orleans. This afternoon a couple of Jude Acers favorite local bands perform at the French Quarter Music Festival. Gal Holiday and the Honkey Tonk Revue perform at the Esplanade Stage at 2 p.m. while The Iguanas hit the Abita Beer Stage at 3:45 p.m. […]
Morphy Chess & Cultural Center Opens in New Orleans
Via Chess Life Online: The Morphy Chess & Cultural Center (“Morphy”) celebrated its grand opening in New Orleans on Friday, April 5 with a ceremonial ribbon cutting, tandem simuls and one heckuva party! The opening was the start to a weekend of chess where Louisiana would be running multiple events […]
The Road Machine Hits Waller, TX [Updated] 1
BONUS: Kangaroo Man in Waller sends along pictures from a recent Waller High School chess tournament: Bonus 2: John Himsel sends more pics (“Here are pics of the top 3 lady finishers”):
Throwback Thursday: The Death of Capablanca
From March 8, 2007: José Raúl Capablanca, World Chess Champion, 1921-27, died on this date in 1942. Wikipedia article: On 7 March 1942, he was happily kibitzing a skittles game at the Manhattan Chess Club in New York when he collapsed from a stroke. He was taken to Mount Sinai […]
