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'''Jude Acers''' (b. [[1943]] [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]) is a [[chess]] player best known for playing against all comers in the New Orleans Gazebo while wearing a red [[baret]]. He claims to have been the first chess master born in Louisiana since [[Paul Morphy]].
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|image= Jude Acers.jpg
|caption= Acers in 2005
|birthname = Jude Frazier Acers
|country = United States
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|4|6}}
|birth_place = [[Long Beach, California]], US
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|title = [[Candidate Master]] (2022)
|peakrating = 2241 (January 2011)
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'''Jude Frazier Acers'''<ref>[https://archive.today/20130411052134/http://judeacers.com/?page_id=9 Acers website]</ref> (born April 6, 1944 in [[Long Beach, California]]) is an American [[chess]] player.
In addition to being a player he has written or contributed to several chess books. He is also known for being a great showman touring the country giving simultaneous chess exhibitions.


== Early life ==
Questions have arisen concerning his actual strength at chess. He got his rating up to 2399, just one point below Senior Master, by playing matches against players who had never played rated chess before. This led the USCF Executive Director [[Ed Edmondson]] to freeze his rating until he played in an open tournament.
Acers spent much of his childhood in an orphanage. His father was a U.S. Marine and was away a lot and his mother struggled with mental illness. When he was five, he saw a book about chess and started playing. His father returned when he was an adolescent and took him from the [[North Carolina]] orphanage to New Orleans. His father was abusive, and committed Acers at the age of 14 to Louisiana's state mental institution in [[Mandeville, Louisiana|Mandeville]]. At 17, Acers was already rated as a master by the [[United States Chess Federation]]. The state of Louisiana provided funding for his bachelor's degree in [[Russian language|Russian]] from [[Louisiana State University]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Chess King of Decatur Street|url=https://main.oxfordamerican.org/magazine/item/456-the-chess-king-of-decatur-street|access-date=2021-06-22|website=main.oxfordamerican.org|language=en-gb}}</ref>


==Career==
Ever since, for the last nearly 30 years, he has not played in a rated open tournament until the World Senior Championship which is taking place right now in [[Austria]]. Acers defeated veteran master Captain [[Bill Hook]] in the first round. Hook is Captain of the [[British Virgin Islands]] chess team. After defeating [[Captain Hook]], Acers has been pared against a tougher opponent.
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Acers is 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|date=January 2009}}

[[File:Jude Acers at World Chess Table 2.jpg|left|thumb|Acers in the [[French Quarter]] in 2011]]
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 (1974, [[Lloyd Center]], [[Portland, Oregon]]), then against 179 opponents (1976, [[Mid Island Plaza]], [[Long Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]]). The records were certified by the [[Guinness Book of World Records]].

Acers barely survived [[Hurricane Katrina]] and lived in a [[displaced persons]] camp for some time. As the city recovered, he returned to New Orleans and resumed his customary chess table in the [[French Quarter]].

===Playing strength===
In September 2007, Acers defeated [[Bill Hook (chess player)|Bill Hook]] in the first round of the [[World Senior Chess Championship|World Senior Championship]] held in [[Gmunden]], Austria. Acers' his result at the 17th World Senior Chess Championship, culminated into a FIDE performance rating of 2289. His current Fide Rating is 2229.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Acers, Jude |url=https://ratings.fide.com/profile/2034301 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421205942/https://ratings.fide.com/profile/2034301 |archive-date=2022-04-21 |access-date= |website=ratings.fide.com}}</ref>

===Author/writer===
Acers 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 has annotated many American master-level games, along with Louis Ciamarra, for the Yugoslav-published series ''[[Chess Informant]]''.

==Books==
''The Italian Gambit (and) A Guiding Repertoire For White – E4!'' {{ISBN|1-55369-604-2}}

==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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* [http://www.chess-results.com/tnr7385.aspx?art=9&lan=0&fed=USA&turdet=YES&flag=30&m=-1&wi=1000&snr=230 Jude Acers results at the World Senior Championship]
* [http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2617 American chess icon hit by Katrina from Chessbase.com]
* [http://b2l2.com/therell-be-no-need-for-me-to-cry/ The Amazing & Slightly Irregular Jude Acers by Derek Bridges] Extensive biographical portrait


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[http://www.chess-results.com/tnr7385.aspx?tnr=7385&art=9&lan=0&turdet=YES&flag=30&datatyp=2&mm=1&m=-1&snr=229 Jude Acers results at the World Senior Championship]


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Latest revision as of 15:43, 16 November 2024

"Acers" redirects here. For the engineering society, see ACerS. For other uses, see Acer (disambiguation).

Jude Acers
Acers in 2005
Full nameJude Frazier Acers
CountryUnited States
Born (1944-04-06) April 6, 1944 (age 80)
Long Beach, California, US
TitleCandidate Master (2022)
Peak rating2241 (January 2011)

Jude Frazier Acers[1] (born April 6, 1944 in Long Beach, California) is an American chess player.

Early life

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Acers spent much of his childhood in an orphanage. His father was a U.S. Marine and was away a lot and his mother struggled with mental illness. When he was five, he saw a book about chess and started playing. His father returned when he was an adolescent and took him from the North Carolina orphanage to New Orleans. His father was abusive, and committed Acers at the age of 14 to Louisiana's state mental institution in Mandeville. At 17, Acers was already rated as a master by the United States Chess Federation. The state of Louisiana provided funding for his bachelor's degree in Russian from Louisiana State University.[2]

Career

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Acers is 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]

Acers in the French Quarter in 2011

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 (1974, 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.

Acers barely survived Hurricane Katrina and lived in a displaced persons camp for some time. As the city recovered, he returned to New Orleans and resumed his customary chess table in the French Quarter.

Playing strength

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In September 2007, Acers defeated Bill Hook in the first round of the World Senior Championship held in Gmunden, Austria. Acers' his result at the 17th World Senior Chess Championship, culminated into a FIDE performance rating of 2289. His current Fide Rating is 2229.[3]

Author/writer

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Acers 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 has annotated many American master-level games, along with Louis Ciamarra, for the Yugoslav-published series Chess Informant.

Books

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The Italian Gambit (and) A Guiding Repertoire For White – E4! ISBN 1-55369-604-2

References

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  1. ^ Acers website
  2. ^ "The Chess King of Decatur Street". main.oxfordamerican.org. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  3. ^ "Acers, Jude". ratings.fide.com. Archived from the original on April 21, 2022.
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