Jude Acers
Chess.com Names Browne v. Acers (1971) One of Top 100 Best Chess Games of All Time
Follow this link to Chess.com article. (Note that the game was played in Berkeley, CA, not New Orleans, LA). Or just jump straight to the game viewer.
Throwback Thursday: Oct 13, 1966 Chess Simul Exhibition 1
Source: Daily Reveille (LSU student newspaper)
Oral History: Jude Acers on Adrian L McAuley
Have you heard Jude Acers talk about Adrian L. McAuley, the first rated chess master in New Orleans history? Here is your chance … Check out Sarrah Danziger‘s “Listen to New Orleans” interview with Acers.
Throwback Thursday: Kane Webb’s ‘The Great Jude Acers’
The Great Jude Acers by Kane Webb/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette September 2, 2007 LITTLE ROCK — NEW ORLEANS “Still five dollars a game?” I ask the man in the red beret, his nose buried in the New York Times. “Have a seat!” says Jude Acers, stuffing the Times under his folding table […]
Bobby Fischer’s 1964 Visit to Baton Rouge & New Orleans
The Mind of a Grandmaster – Report of a visit; Robert James Fischer; Chess Death, Inc. Baton Rouge March 24-25: 1 a.m. 128 Graham Hall Louisiana State University. Memories. HE IS HERE. WALKING. TALKING. SMILING. LAUGHING. HE IS ALIVE. HE BREATHES. IT IS TRUE BUT TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. […]