The World Chess Federation (FIDE) today posts official confirmation: $100,000 SUSAN POLGAR YOUTH SCHOLARSHIP NEW ORLEANS TOURNEY “2014 SPNO” set for March 22-23, 2014 … Hilton Garden Inn Convention center … New Orleans, Louisiana – With THREE DOZEN ROSES ALREADY ORDERED for her on behalf of Chesslab readers all over the globe … monster chess organizer, chess freedom fighter, international chess grandmaster SUSAN POLGAR brings her $100,000 Webster College (Missouri) scholarship awards (with Susan Polgar simultaneous exhibition anyone can play in) for the third straight year … ALREADY ON THE CASE … YES, at the frontline dear readers is Chesslab’s very own Jude Acers … “I am once again exercising, training hard, in shape for hauling all those flowers up the stairs for ‘THE SUSAN!'” … For Chesslab readers tuning in late … Madame Polgar hit the big time with New York Times, Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio coverage amidst her overnight chess team hurricane move from Lubbock, Texas eclipse … to the Webster College collegiate grandmaster chess team program … with EIGHTY MILLION DOLLARS ENDOWMENT … Oh how sweet it is.

— Jude Acers