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Read more »World Senior Chess Championship Final: home boy Jude Acers brings home a top third finish, having played a strong lineup that included four Grandmasters and three International Masters. His performance was twenty points above his FIDE rating. Just today I learned that this was done without access to a computer […]
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Today is a free day at the World Senior Chess Championship for participants to recharge their batteries and/or perhaps take an excursion. Rounds 8-10 will be played Wednesday-Friday with round 11 and the closing ceremony scheduled for Saturday.
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This is getting interesting. Home boy Jude Acers rang up his third consecutive win today, and now is just a half point behind the tournament leaders, three European grandmasters. Tomorrow’s opposition is Czech Grandmaster Vlastimil Jansa, a perennial top player. This is on Board 6, so should be one of […]
Jude scored his second consecutive win and now stands at 3.5, one point behind the tournament leaders, GMs Vaisser and Balashov. For Round 6 his pairing is IM Craig Pritchett of Scotland.
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Jude scores his second win against one loss and a draw. Tomorrow’s opposition is Robert Beltz of Germany.
Jude takes his first loss at the hands of IM Mehrshad, one of the strongest players in the tournament. With 1.5 points, he currently ranks number 45, and tomorrow will play Fernando De Andres of Spain.
World Senior Chess Update: despite a three hundred point rating differential, Jude battled to a draw against Grandmaster Sveshnikov in Round Two. Tomorrow he faces another tough pairing, playing on Board 9 against International Master Sharif Mehrshad of France, a 2462 rated player. This should be another live viewing opportunity.
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As wbport notes: Just found Jude on Google Earth. Go to 29.959436,-90.060289 and select Street View.
World Senior Chess Championship update: in opening round action, New Orleans Chessmaster Jude Acers scored a victory with the black pieces, defeating Alavi Mir Mahmood of Iran. Jude has elevated his tournament ranking from 31st to 9th, and will next face Latvian Grandmaster Evgeny Sveshnikov, who carries a FIDE rating […]
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