Chess History
Acers Responds to L’affaire Niemann
John Hartmann @ Chess Life: One of the enduring values of print journalism is that it allows authors and readers time to think and digest. Those heady September days were thick with accusations and innuendo, and in real-time, it was very hard to do anything but surf the social media […]
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 […]
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.
JUDE ACERS’ FINAL MATCH NOTES
US Chess: Stopping the Bleeding Readers kindly note ROUND SIX :THE DUBAI IMMORTAL SIXTH “GAME,,,, Because the match produced already a staggering one in a billion duel to be seriously considered by many as the greatest world title game ever played /definitely watched live … move by move by more […]
Acers’ World Chess Championship Commentary
Read full thread here: Carlsen Wins Sixth Game Of World Championship; So Annotates! (US Chess)
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. […]