On Oct 12, 1:34 am, help bot wrote:.

This reminds me of Jude Acers; although he was
likely a much stronger player.


I didn't know Jude Acers was an alcoholic.


"He has the title of expert in chess. This is the second highest
American title; above him are master.

... and Senior Master, making Expert the third
highest American title. Looks like a reporter
is just winging it here, shooting in the dark.

GM, IM, M, E. Making him 4th.


I generally take a week of in May to rejoice in
the greatness of this unknown amateur; my
justification is that he just might be distantly
related to Paul /Morphy/.


Good one.

Um, drinking is not actually an occupation.


It is if you're a professional drinker (wine taster).



This looks like yet another gaffe; he did finish 15th
in an ordinary blitz tournament held at the World
Open. If that was indeed a "world championship", it
must have been the weakest one on record.


Good catch but you're ruining the story Bot.


Perhaps he would do well to study the games of
Mr. Blackburne?


Or "Mason" the Irishman, who wrote a book and also was a boozer.

Looking at the USCF ratings page, I noted that he
seems to be "working on" his blitz rating; now it
seems to me that as a teacher, he ought to prefer
working on his regular, OTB rating, but then, that
might be a hopeless task.


He's a member of USCF? WOw, how can he afford the dues.

How much can a Class A player expect to get?

-- help bot

If he's a celebrity more than you.

RL