Throwback Thursday: Oct 13, 1966 Chess Simul Exhibition 1
Source: Daily Reveille (LSU student newspaper)
Chess History
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. […]
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 […]
In Memoriam: Russell (Rusty) Miller, May 30, 1942 – Dec. 29, 2020
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 […]
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.
Throwback Thursday: 2013 FIDE World Senior Chess Championships, Round 10 1
Photos by Kaitlin Hanrahan. Originally published November 27, 2013. 9th Round Photos
ChessFlash World News: Aug 26, 2019 [Updated]
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 […]
RIP Jean Ann Troendle
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 […]
