Throwback Thursday
Throwback Thursday: In the spirit of Paul Morphy – Don “The Mon” Westfall’s Smothered Mate
Originally published November 9, 2018. 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 […]
Throwback Thursday: Standing Tall
Originally posted May 17, 2021. For more from the “Standing Tall” series, please go here.
Throwback Thursday: “we were chess players”
Originally published at JudeAcers.com July 15, 2015. By Dennis Fritzinger we were chess players once, and young; our songs are sung, our bells are rung. our names, that once tripped off the tongue, are now less than a heap of dung. while victory strews her wreaths among the present gen […]
Throwback Thursday: Tisserand’s ‘Fischer King’
SEPTEMBER 2015/THE all time great Tisserand documentary masterwork … hundreds of hours of labor… WITH MASSIVE just breaking AUDIO UP ON US CHESS FEDERATION WEB PAGE [player of episode embedded above] … The time is now … WE ARE THRILLED TO PRESENT ONE MO TIME … THIS MONSTER OLDIE BUT […]
Throwback Thursday: Oct 13, 1966 Chess Simul Exhibition 1
Source: Daily Reveille (LSU student newspaper)
Throwback Thursday: CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS/April 5, 2017
ARTHUR BISGUIER DIES AT 87 … THIS JUST IN FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES … America’s chess legend is gone. Chess grandmaster Arthur Bisquier, the last living witness to the entire 1950-2000 fabulous era United States grandmaster team of chess giants (RESHEVSKY, FINE, DENKER THE BYRNE BROTHERS, ROSSOLIMO, BENKO FISCHER, […]
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: Super Suzee ZZ Top & Stones Edition
FABULOUS Thursday FLASHBACK … THE FANTASTIC NEW ORLEANS /FEMME FATALE / ROLLING STONES -DR. J0HN /FATKATZ INTERNATIONAL WONDERGIRL CONCIERGE /MISCHIEVOUS BEYOND WORDS/TRULY FEISTY PLAYGIRL THE SUZEEEEE OF FATKATZ INTERNATIONAL … Yup, THAT OUTFIT … YUP, THE VERY SAME international crew that SENT JUDE ACERS OF NEW ORLEANS 7 TIMES AROUND […]
