ChessFlash World News/Oct 22, 2019
This just in…ISLE OF MAN -UK … October 21 …155 PLAYER MONSTER WORLD “GRAND SWISS TOURNAMENT” IS OVER … with a fantastic come from behind last round victory over England’s D. Howell … thirty year old WANG HAO of China — winner on tiebreak — split $120,000 with American F. […]
Throwback Thursday: Jude Acers Proclaims THE IMMORTAL EIGHT: “THE GREATEST STOP-THE-CAR-NOW-I-GOTTA-HEAR-THIS”
Originally published Oct 22, 2018 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 […]
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 […]
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