Photo credit: Derek Bridges
Legendary NEW ORLEANS 41ST PAUL MORPHY MEMORIAL ‘BIG KAHUNA’ CHESS EVENT INVITEES ANNOUNCED TODAY … New Orleans, Louisiana … The invitees for the 41st Paul Charles Morphy Memorial chess event … the ’BIG KAHUNA’ SECTION A tournament (SUNDAY 6-11PM OCTOBER 19, 2014 AT THE NEW ORLEANS FRENCH MARKET SEAFOOD RESTAURANT REAR PATIO, 1001 Decatur Street NOLA 70116 ) WERE ANNOUNCED TODAY … THEY ARE:
- THE MARILYN OF NEW ORLEANS (defending champion)
- James “Tycoon”McCain of Katy Texas
- Sir Paul “The Gentleman” Batiza (10 times first prize winner)
- “BIG JOHN” Ormins (Indiana) … all time tourney veteran
- Dr. Arthur Marlin (St. Petersburg, Florida)
- Royden “Po-Boy” Lynch, CEO Computrols
- FATKATZ INTERNATIONAL MYSTERY PLAYER (Texas)
- Sir Patrick
- Thomas Hale
- The one, the only titan of the camera, darling of the 200 player World Senior 2013 Championship (Rijeka-Opatija Croatia] … international playgirl and Class Action Films wonder kid … THE KAITLIN.
Photo credit: Derek Bridges
THE expert SECTION B TC LOUIS ‘KILLER B’ TOURNEY will definitely feature defending champion ”MISSISSIPPI SAM” CAVETT (more than 100,000 games already contested by Mississippi Sam on ICC internet chess tourneys!!!) …. Mr. Cavett “The Silent” is chief honcho, manager of Mercedes Benz/Baton Rouge dealership … has now won the expert division an unprecedented three years straight. Mr.Cavett is now going for 20 years in a row … The expert ’B’ tourney honors both TC LOUIS AND PAUL S. REIFSNYDER … both huge supporters of chess plus the Jude Acers World Chess Table … both won Morphy Memorial events decades ago … HONORARY REFEREE/ARBITER IS MR. C. CHARLES “THE FIRST CITIZEN” BROOME OF NEW ORLEANS … Mr. Broome’s duties will be primarily to applaud the players.
— Jude Acers
Update: We were remiss in not including a photo of last year’s Morphy Memorial Tournament winner, Marilyn “The Marilyn” Pelias. Here she is at the 2012 tourney (video from her 2013 victory will likely appear in the forthcoming Class Action Films documentary, The Man in the Red Beret):
can’t wait! do you have a picture of the winning person of the “Big Kahuna” division?????
The Marilyn is not to be denied. A photo has duly been added.
Thank you! hope to see all of you soon – now that I have moved to the ‘burbs, I hope to have more time to play. Come see my new shack soon. It isn’t by the river but it is home.
Is this by invitation only, or can we pay and play when we get there? How much is registration, and how do we pay? My husband and I plan to make the trip that weekend, and we would like to participate!