Jude Acers, New Orleans Chess Master
August 9, 2007 6:35 PM Subscribe
What is it about chess being co-morbid with eccentric bad-assedness?
Kasparov, Fischer and now Jude Acers.
I guess its time to stop listening to Murray Head.
posted by isopraxis at 6:50 PM on August 9, 2007
Kasparov, Fischer and now Jude Acers.
I guess its time to stop listening to Murray Head.
posted by isopraxis at 6:50 PM on August 9, 2007
Chess, too? Man the sports world really is going to hell in a handbasket. ;>
posted by jonmc at 7:00 PM on August 9, 2007
posted by jonmc at 7:00 PM on August 9, 2007
A photo I took in February, 2007. Street chess is badass.
posted by The Deej at 7:01 PM on August 9, 2007 [2 favorites]
posted by The Deej at 7:01 PM on August 9, 2007 [2 favorites]
A photo I took in February, 2007.
Does the sign in that pic say $3.00 Lesson Games? What a bargain!
posted by amyms at 7:04 PM on August 9, 2007
Does the sign in that pic say $3.00 Lesson Games? What a bargain!
posted by amyms at 7:04 PM on August 9, 2007
From some more recent information, it appears he is back in New Orleans (see bottom of thread).
Fantastic post, by the way. Jude Acers has never gotten the credit that some others did outside of the cult of real players. Also interesting was his crusade of playing in prisons and bringing the game to minorities and the less fortunate.
More Jude and the rebuilding of chess in Nola.
posted by rollbiz at 7:06 PM on August 9, 2007
Fantastic post, by the way. Jude Acers has never gotten the credit that some others did outside of the cult of real players. Also interesting was his crusade of playing in prisons and bringing the game to minorities and the less fortunate.
More Jude and the rebuilding of chess in Nola.
posted by rollbiz at 7:06 PM on August 9, 2007
Does the sign in that pic say $3.00 Lesson Games?
No... it says $5.00 Lesson Games.
posted by Poolio at 7:06 PM on August 9, 2007
No... it says $5.00 Lesson Games.
posted by Poolio at 7:06 PM on August 9, 2007
Nooo!!!! $5!!!! What do you take him for? :)
Yes, he plays for $5. He didn't really cooperate for my photo, as you can tell. I tried to chat with him but he basically told me that if I wanted to know anything about him, to Google his name. So here we are.
posted by The Deej at 7:08 PM on August 9, 2007 [1 favorite]
Yes, he plays for $5. He didn't really cooperate for my photo, as you can tell. I tried to chat with him but he basically told me that if I wanted to know anything about him, to Google his name. So here we are.
posted by The Deej at 7:08 PM on August 9, 2007 [1 favorite]
And, ashamedly, I had no clue who he was when I happened upon him in New Orleans.
posted by The Deej at 7:10 PM on August 9, 2007
posted by The Deej at 7:10 PM on August 9, 2007
Good post The Deej. If you're interested, here is more information about Paul Morphy - mentioned in your first link.
posted by tellurian at 7:14 PM on August 9, 2007
posted by tellurian at 7:14 PM on August 9, 2007
If being dead gets you a period, does having been in prison get you one of these?
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posted by ZachsMind at 7:18 PM on August 9, 2007 [4 favorites]
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posted by ZachsMind at 7:18 PM on August 9, 2007 [4 favorites]
If being dead gets you a period, does having been in prison get you one of these?
No... it gets you one of these.
8====D
posted by Poolio at 7:21 PM on August 9, 2007
No... it gets you one of these.
8====D
posted by Poolio at 7:21 PM on August 9, 2007
Nice post about someone about whom I knew nothing, but should have.
Thanks.
posted by Floydd at 7:22 PM on August 9, 2007
Thanks.
posted by Floydd at 7:22 PM on August 9, 2007
Good show, my man. Good show.
Thank you. I'll be here all week.
Try the veal and tip your bartender.
posted by Poolio at 7:28 PM on August 9, 2007
Thank you. I'll be here all week.
Try the veal and tip your bartender.
posted by Poolio at 7:28 PM on August 9, 2007
Real men play Go.
posted by delmoi at 7:45 PM on August 9, 2007 [3 favorites]
posted by delmoi at 7:45 PM on August 9, 2007 [3 favorites]
I offer my sincere apologies to anyone (rightly) offended by my poor attempt at humor.
*tips over king*
posted by Poolio at 7:53 PM on August 9, 2007
*tips over king*
posted by Poolio at 7:53 PM on August 9, 2007
Does the sign in that pic say $3.00 Lesson Games?
No... it says $5.00 Lesson Games.
*squints* Still a bargain!
posted by amyms at 7:54 PM on August 9, 2007
No... it says $5.00 Lesson Games.
*squints* Still a bargain!
posted by amyms at 7:54 PM on August 9, 2007
*wonders why so many threads veer off into boys talking about their weiners*
posted by amyms at 7:59 PM on August 9, 2007 [4 favorites]
posted by amyms at 7:59 PM on August 9, 2007 [4 favorites]
Yeah, if you taught inmates Go instead, I bet behavior would improve markedly.
posted by phrontist at 8:08 PM on August 9, 2007
posted by phrontist at 8:08 PM on August 9, 2007
*wonders why so many threads veer off into boys talking about their weiners*
Because girls don't have weiners.
posted by porpoise at 8:34 PM on August 9, 2007
Because girls don't have weiners.
posted by porpoise at 8:34 PM on August 9, 2007
Because girls don't have weiners.
Well, I have Oscar Mayer weiners in my fridge, but I don't go around obsessively talking about them.
posted by amyms at 8:47 PM on August 9, 2007
Well, I have Oscar Mayer weiners in my fridge, but I don't go around obsessively talking about them.
posted by amyms at 8:47 PM on August 9, 2007
Well, I have Oscar Mayer weiners in my fridge, but I don't go around obsessively talking about them.
It's the ride of your life!
posted by Poolio at 8:50 PM on August 9, 2007
It's the ride of your life!
posted by Poolio at 8:50 PM on August 9, 2007
Well, I have Oscar Mayer weiners in my fridge, but I don't go around obsessively talking about them.
You're not as attached.
posted by jmd82 at 8:57 PM on August 9, 2007 [2 favorites]
You're not as attached.
posted by jmd82 at 8:57 PM on August 9, 2007 [2 favorites]
He's a populist, anti-racist chess master, and that's way cool.
""The U.S. Championship has never had a black person or a woman in it," Jude claims. "Therefore, the U.S. Chess Federation is dead. They mean well, but the fact that in 50 years they have not included ... black people, women, Asians and so on, dooms them."
That red beret, though, he needs to rethink that.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 9:47 PM on August 9, 2007
""The U.S. Championship has never had a black person or a woman in it," Jude claims. "Therefore, the U.S. Chess Federation is dead. They mean well, but the fact that in 50 years they have not included ... black people, women, Asians and so on, dooms them."
That red beret, though, he needs to rethink that.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 9:47 PM on August 9, 2007
No... it gets you one of these.
8====D
I thought prison got you one of these
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posted by Mr_Zero at 9:54 PM on August 9, 2007
8====D
I thought prison got you one of these
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posted by Mr_Zero at 9:54 PM on August 9, 2007
the deej, in hindsight, perhaps the prison gambit was an ill-advised opening. But I applaud the disposition of your board.
posted by mwhybark at 10:06 PM on August 9, 2007
posted by mwhybark at 10:06 PM on August 9, 2007
You're not as attached.
Detachable Penis (Uncensored version)
posted by Poolio at 10:06 PM on August 9, 2007
Detachable Penis (Uncensored version)
posted by Poolio at 10:06 PM on August 9, 2007
That red beret, though, he needs to rethink that.
But he has a cool reason for wearing it: Jude explains it simply: “The beret is red. Red in traffic means stop, so people walk past my boards and stop to play.” (from the "My Dinner With Jude Acers" article)
posted by amyms at 10:20 PM on August 9, 2007
But he has a cool reason for wearing it: Jude explains it simply: “The beret is red. Red in traffic means stop, so people walk past my boards and stop to play.” (from the "My Dinner With Jude Acers" article)
posted by amyms at 10:20 PM on August 9, 2007
Googling "chess rape" brings up these results.
It's more common than you might think. But it is strange how, if "prison" is mentioned in a MetaFilter post, a comment about "rape" is never far behind. I blame Oz.
posted by KokuRyu at 11:16 PM on August 9, 2007
It's more common than you might think. But it is strange how, if "prison" is mentioned in a MetaFilter post, a comment about "rape" is never far behind. I blame Oz.
posted by KokuRyu at 11:16 PM on August 9, 2007
""The U.S. Championship has never had a black person or a woman in it," Jude claims.
This was true at the time the article at the final link was written, in 2001. It is no longer true, in either respect.
Real men play Go.
Your favorite board game sucks.
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 12:54 AM on August 10, 2007
This was true at the time the article at the final link was written, in 2001. It is no longer true, in either respect.
Real men play Go.
Your favorite board game sucks.
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 12:54 AM on August 10, 2007
Yeah, if you taught inmates Go instead, I bet behavior would improve markedly.
That's absurd. Everyone knows Go players are serious badasses.
posted by delmoi at 5:48 AM on August 10, 2007
That's absurd. Everyone knows Go players are serious badasses.
posted by delmoi at 5:48 AM on August 10, 2007
I have also gone to prison to play chess (disclaimer: I'm in the article) and highly recommend it. It is a little scary, but the inmates really appreciate outsiders coming in to play. So far, they've always let me out at the end of the day.
posted by MtDewd at 5:49 AM on August 10, 2007
posted by MtDewd at 5:49 AM on August 10, 2007
amyms: they're actually talking about other people's weiners.
Which should answer your question.
posted by Leon at 7:41 AM on August 10, 2007
Which should answer your question.
posted by Leon at 7:41 AM on August 10, 2007
But it is strange how, if "prison" is mentioned in a MetaFilter post, a comment about "rape" is never far behind. I blame Oz.
I blame the U.S. prison system.
posted by Atom Eyes at 9:22 AM on August 10, 2007
I blame the U.S. prison system.
posted by Atom Eyes at 9:22 AM on August 10, 2007
I blame Oz.
Don't. The meme goes back long before that.
posted by quin at 10:05 AM on August 10, 2007
Don't. The meme goes back long before that.
posted by quin at 10:05 AM on August 10, 2007
The U.S. Championship has never had a black person or a woman in it
Not to derail too much, but speaking of that can anyone explain why there is a separate women's championship for chess? It seems strange for such a purely mental activity.
posted by whir at 5:54 PM on August 10, 2007
Not to derail too much, but speaking of that can anyone explain why there is a separate women's championship for chess? It seems strange for such a purely mental activity.
posted by whir at 5:54 PM on August 10, 2007
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