In the spirit of Paul Morphy – Don “The Mon” Westfall’s Smothered Mate 2
Jude Acers was busy making sure the recently arrived participants who will compete in the Paul Morphy Memorial Chess Tournament were paired off to play countless, practice games. Two days of intense chess competitions awaited everyone. Jude admonished: you need the practice now! Not later but now! Chess set – […]
RIP Alfred “Big Al” Carlin
From The Chess Drum (April 3): On April 2nd, Selby Anderson of San Antonio, Texas informed the chess community that Alfred “Big Al” Carlin passed away at Presbyterian Hospital on April 1st (Easter Sunday). He had been suffering from the effects of congestive heart failure. Herminio Baez stated that the five-time Louisiana state champion had worked […]
ChessFlash World News/Oct 22, 2018
This just in from Edwin Lam/Hamburg , Germany: We regret to note the death of Malaysian mega chess financier Dato Tan Chin Nam at age 92. Mr. Dato Tan anticipated the world champion Chinese Olympiad gold medal chess teams long before 2018 olympiad glory … a mega chess sponsor /building […]
Jude Acers Proclaims THE IMMORTAL EIGHT: “THE GREATEST STOP-THE-CAR-NOW-I-GOTTA-HEAR-THIS” 2
THE SOUNDS THAT ELECTRIFIED IN SYMPHONIC ROCK … your car just SHOOK … Yes, the haunting whispers of time … Even your grandmother was shocked/adored every moment … the immortal eight live in your car for all time: “ODE TO L.A”/THE RAVONETTES … so good it is scary with […]
World Chess Master, Jude Acers, Returns to Rocky Mount (NC)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE World Chess Master, Jude Acers, Returns to Rocky Mount September 11, 2018 (Rocky Mount, NC) – World Famous Chess Master Jude Acers returns for the 2nd Annual CheckMate! Rocky Mount chess exhibition. The main event will be held Saturday, October 6, beginning at 9am at the Dunn […]
Happy Visitors to the World Chess Table
60 Minutes: Chess in the Bible Belt Chess Instills New Dreams in Kids from Rural Mississippi County
Throwback Thursday
Originally published June 24, 2015 6-TIME US CHESS CHAMPION GRANDMASTER WALTER S. BROWNE DIES WITHOUT WARNING IN HIS SLEEP IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA (AFTER SUCCESSFUL PLUS SCORE NINTH PLACE TIE AT THE LAS VEGAS INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL/CHESS CAMP LECTURES/SUCCESSFUL 25 BOARD SIMULTANEOUS CHESS EXHIBITION) AT THE HOME OF VETERAN CHESS […]
IN MEMORIAM: JOHN HALL [Updated] 4
JOHN HALL stood kind of tall, looked kind of shy and if he talked at all he just said hi. Big John looked more than a little like Buddy Holly … just as tragic … was on the road summer 1968/60 day/25 state urban legend with SUBU THE INDIAN, […]