{"id":1444,"date":"2014-01-30T13:35:34","date_gmt":"2014-01-30T13:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/judeacers.com\/?p=1444"},"modified":"2014-02-12T13:51:49","modified_gmt":"2014-02-12T13:51:49","slug":"chessflash-world-newsjan-29-2014-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/judeacers.com\/?p=1444","title":{"rendered":"CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS\/Jan. 29, 2014 [Updated]"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo credit: Derek Bridges<\/p><\/div>\n

Legendary NEW ORLEANS 41ST PAUL MORPHY MEMORIAL \u2018BIG KAHUNA\u2019 CHESS EVENT INVITEES ANNOUNCED TODAY<\/strong> … New Orleans, Louisiana … The invitees for the 41st Paul Charles Morphy Memorial chess event … the \u2019BIG KAHUNA\u2019 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:<\/p>\n

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  1. THE MARILYN OF NEW ORLEANS (defending champion)<\/li>\n
  2. James \u201cTycoon\u201dMcCain of Katy Texas<\/li>\n
  3. Sir Paul “The Gentleman\u201d Batiza (10 times first prize winner)<\/li>\n
  4. “BIG JOHN” Ormins (Indiana) … all time tourney veteran<\/li>\n
  5. Dr. Arthur Marlin (St. Petersburg, Florida)<\/li>\n
  6. Royden \u201cPo-Boy\u201d Lynch, CEO Computrols<\/li>\n
  7. FATKATZ INTERNATIONAL MYSTERY PLAYER (Texas)<\/li>\n
  8. Sir Patrick<\/li>\n
  9. Thomas Hale<\/li>\n
  10. 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.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    Photo credit: Derek Bridges<\/p><\/div>\n

    THE expert SECTION B TC LOUIS \u2018KILLER B\u2019 TOURNEY will definitely feature defending champion \u201dMISSISSIPPI SAM\u201d CAVETT (more than 100,000 games already contested by Mississippi Sam on ICC internet chess tourneys!!!) …. Mr. Cavett \u201cThe Silent\u201d 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 \u2019B\u2019 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\u2019s duties will be primarily to applaud the players.<\/p>\n

    — Jude Acers<\/em><\/p>\n

    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):<\/p>\n

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