{"id":2991,"date":"2016-12-19T17:10:30","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T17:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/judeacers.com\/?p=2991"},"modified":"2016-12-19T17:10:30","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T17:10:30","slug":"chessflash-world-newsdec-17-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/judeacers.com\/?p=2991","title":{"rendered":"CHESSFLASH WORLD NEWS\/Dec 17, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2992\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2992\" data-attachment-id=\"2992\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/judeacers.com\/?attachment_id=2992\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/judeacers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Jude-%40-WCT_11_16-3.jpg?fit=1080%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Derek S. Bridges&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1480174770&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;K \\u0026amp; D Photo + Video&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"jude-wct_11_16-3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/judeacers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Jude-%40-WCT_11_16-3.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/judeacers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Jude-%40-WCT_11_16-3.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-2992 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/judeacers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Jude-%40-WCT_11_16-3.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"jude-wct_11_16-3\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/judeacers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Jude-%40-WCT_11_16-3.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/judeacers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Jude-%40-WCT_11_16-3.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/judeacers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Jude-%40-WCT_11_16-3.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/judeacers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Jude-%40-WCT_11_16-3.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2992\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: K&amp;D Photo+Video<\/p><\/div>\n<p>San Francisco, California &#8212; THIS JUST IN FROM 2016 WORLD CHAMPION CHESS OLYMPIAD TEAM CAPTAIN MR. JOHN DONALDSON&#8211;&#8220;THE DEAN OF AMERICAN CHESS&#8221; and DIRECTOR OF THE MECHANICS INSTITUTE CHESS ROOMS, 57 POST STREET, 4TH FLOOR SAN FRANCISCO&#8211;it really is true &#8230; and the 5 mega event \u201cGrand Tour\u201d chess circuit\u2019s 1.2 million dollars says so &#8230; TWO non stop, truly frenzied &#8220;Grand Tour&#8221; super top ten grandmaster chess tourneys\/back to back\/21 days in a row &#8230; in St. Louis Missouri JULY 31-AUGUST 20, 2017 &#8230; Oh Mama! Courtesy of YOU KNOW WHO &#8230; the fabulous billionaire USA world chess team championship team sponsor wizards REX AND JEANNE SINQUEFIELD. The massive calendar solution CLEVERLY saves a veritable fortune in cash for world TOP TEN pro chess players\/media coverage&#8211;notably Ashley the Titan, Jennifer Shahade and Yasser Seirawan who will be most delightfully sorely tested for an unprecedented 21 straight days &#8230; the entire crew will never want to even see a video camera or a chess figure again &#8230; Jennifer alone (the wonder woman chess media survivor) will need 20 atomic, camera ready nuclear fashionista outfits AND those natty world class suit and tie online commentator men Ashley\/Seirawan are going to really feel this one bigtime, up close and personal in their wallets. (CHESSLAB SUGGESTS A WARDROBE\/MAKEUP TENT OUTSIDE THE COMBAT ZONE &#8230; REPLETE WITH SLEEPING BAGS FOR THE ENTIRE MEDIA CREW. Anything less would be positively uncivilized. Almost everyone invading the coffee shop\/ kitchen of the St. Louis Chess and Scholastic Center will be staring at world top 10 grandmasters&#8211;with world champion Carlsen PLUS the entire GOLD MEDAL USA world chess Olympiad team likely &#8230; peeking at thee everywhere. Chesslab told you so FIRST &#8230; the American chess boom of all time is really on &#8230; this is it, period. THE GOLDEN ERA. Glad indeed (and somewhat puzzled) that I lived&#8211;quite hale and hearty to see this wonderful moment &#8230; why me &#8230; the chosen one &#8230; why of my generation did I alone comfortably survive? I do not know.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; <em>Jude Acers<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Francisco, California &#8212; THIS JUST IN FROM 2016 WORLD CHAMPION CHESS OLYMPIAD TEAM CAPTAIN MR. 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