Jude Acers US Chess Master New Orleans

Jude Acers, according to wikipedia....... more

by Kathleen K Parker

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Jude Acers US Chess Master New Orleans

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Kathleen K Parker

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Jude Acers, according to wikipedia....
Jude Frazer Acers (born April 6, 1944 Long Beach, California) is a chess player best known for playing against all comers in a New Orleans downtown gazebo while wearing a red beret. A longtime resident of Louisiana, he claims to have been the first New Orleans native chess master of comparable strength since Paul Morphy.[citation needed]
In addition to being a player, he has written or contributed to several chess books. In 2008 he is working on The Road which will be a book about his chess tours. He is also known for being a great showman, touring the country giving simultaneous chess exhibitions. He was twice the world record holder of having played the most opponents in a simultaneous exhibition. First against 117 opponents (1973, Lloyd Center, Portland, Oregon), then against 179 opponents (1976, Mid Island Plaza, Long Island, New York). The records were certified by the Guinness Book of World Records.(Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude_Acers )

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February 1st, 2013