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, “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 […]
Jude Acers (Part XV: The Price is Austin of “The Road,” originally published in the Berkeley Barb, Sep 20-26 & Sep 27-Oct 3, 1974): It will be Miller who will watch in absolute awe as you move from $50 an appearance to a $1,000 per shot attraction. He is a […]
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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 […]
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.
Photos by Kaitlin Hanrahan. Originally published November 27, 2013. 9th Round Photos
CHESS PROBLEM WIZARD/SURVIVOR MAESTRO/PAL BENKO “Mr. Benko Gambit” DIES AT AGE 91 This just in from the New York Times and confirmed by chess Grandmaster Susan Polgar … Mr. Benko will forever be remembered for being aside 1972 world chess champion R. J Fischer … indeed almost all epic Fischer […]
Jude Introduces GM Irina Krush from K&D Photo + Video on Vimeo. Jean Ann Troendle JANUARY 22, 1949 – JULY 11, 2019 “JEAN TROENDLE/LEGENDARY CAJUN CHESS COMPANY OWNER WHO JUST DIED IS AT THE VERY START of VIDEO HERE TALKING TO ME AS I GO IN … She held hundreds […]
New York — $28 million “Chess in the Schools” sponsor LEWIS B. CULLMAN “the desk calendar king” dies at 100 in Stamford, Connecticut … this just in from Robert D. McFadden of the New York Times (full page New York Times obituary June 8 ). The man who gave one […]
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 […]
Originally published Dec. 26, 2013 LEGENDARY AMERICAN CHESS SHADOW AND US CHESS CHAMPION JOHN GREFE DIES Dallas, Texas … this just in from Dallas … “The Chief” of Fat Katz International chess promotions … the here-there-and-everywhere shadow … international chess master and U.S. chess Co-Champion (with the great Kavalek) in […]
This just in … GREAT AMERICAN CHESS LEGEND/problemist/chess author/San Francisco advertising executive chess master R. E. Burger dies at age 88 … defeated Fischer in 11 moves / April 13, 1964 Mr. Burger was in the chess backstreets always with the epic 25 year running CALIFORNIA CHESS REPORTER MAGAZINE (Guthrie […]
London England … AS PERFECTLY PREDICTED LONG AGO HERE by JUDE ACERS/CHESSLAB IT HAS EXACTLY HAPPENED AS ACERS CALLED IT… MAGNUS CARLSEN IS THE WORLDS GREATEST CHESS GRANDMASTER HANDS D0WN IN SUDDEN DEATH SPEED PLAYOFFS … BUT… THANK HEAVENS THIS JOKE IS OVER … WITH THREE STRAIGHT BRILLIANT/KILLER RAPID WINS […]
Jude Introduces GM Irina Krush from K&D Photo + Video on Vimeo.
