The following sentence appears in an ad for Jude Acers' recent book, "The
Italian Gambit System."

"This World famous New Orleans Chess Master has the unique distinction, in
his long and venerable career, of being the only match player to face both
Bobby Fischer (Baton Rouge, 1964) and Walter Browne, six time U.S. Champion
(Baton Rouge 1967 and Berkeley 1970)"

Did Acers indeed play *matches* with Fischer and Browne? If not, what does
this ambiguous sentence mean?
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Ian Burton
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Subject: Jude Acers, Bobby Fischer, and Walter Browne

On 15 March 2004 "ian burton" wrote in
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The following sentence appears in an ad for Jude Acers' recent book, "The
Italian Gambit System."

"This World famous New Orleans Chess Master has the unique distinction, in
his long and venerable career, of being the only match player to face both
Bobby Fischer (Baton Rouge, 1964) and Walter Browne, six time U.S. Champion
(Baton Rouge 1967 and Berkeley 1970)"

Did Acers indeed play *matches* with Fischer and Browne? If not, what does
this ambiguous sentence mean?
--
Ian Burton
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Jude Acers played Fischer in a two-game match on March 25, 1964, at the home
of Don L. Wagner in Baton Rouge. Wagner and his wife Phyllis hosted Fischer
during his stay in Baton Rouge, where he did a televised five-board
simultaneous exhibition (shown on the local Channel 9) from noon to 1 p.m. At 3
p.m. at the Wagner home,Fischer faced Acers, whom he beat in both games. Acers,
19 years old at the time and a student at Lousiana State University, had
arranged Fischer's visit to Louisiana. According to Acers: "A call to Larry
Evans' father, Harry, set up a full program for Bobby including a five-board
television simul and a two-game match with me in Baton Rouge, plus a 75-board
simul in New Orleans."
Acers was one of those who drew Fischer in the New Orleans simul, played on
March 26. Fischer, for his efforts, received a total of $485 for his 75-board
simul.

George Mirijanian

While $485 may not seem like a big amount of money, when adjusting for
inflation it would be almost $2,900 now. Not bad for a couple of days work.

Randy Bauer

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Subject: Jude Acers, Bobby Fischer, and Walter Browne

On 15 March 2004 "ian burton" wrote in
Message-id: yXp5c.848$Bg.605@fed1read03

The following sentence appears in an ad for Jude Acers' recent book, "The
Italian Gambit System."

"This World famous New Orleans Chess Master has the unique distinction,
in
his long and venerable career, of being the only match player to face
both
Bobby Fischer (Baton Rouge, 1964) and Walter Browne, six time U.S.
Champion
(Baton Rouge 1967 and Berkeley 1970)"

Did Acers indeed play *matches* with Fischer and Browne? If not, what
does
this ambiguous sentence mean?
--
Ian Burton
[Please Reply to Newsgroup]



Jude Acers played Fischer in a two-game match on March 25, 1964, at the
home
of Don L. Wagner in Baton Rouge. Wagner and his wife Phyllis hosted
Fischer
during his stay in Baton Rouge, where he did a televised five-board
simultaneous exhibition (shown on the local Channel 9) from noon to 1 p.m.
At 3
p.m. at the Wagner home,Fischer faced Acers, whom he beat in both games.
Acers,
19 years old at the time and a student at Lousiana State University, had
arranged Fischer's visit to Louisiana. According to Acers: "A call to
Larry
Evans' father, Harry, set up a full program for Bobby including a
five-board
television simul and a two-game match with me in Baton Rouge, plus a
75-board
simul in New Orleans."
Acers was one of those who drew Fischer in the New Orleans simul, played
on
March 26. Fischer, for his efforts, received a total of $485 for his
75-board
simul.

George Mirijanian

"ian burton" wrote in message news:yXp5c.848$Bg.605@fed1read03...
The following sentence appears in an ad for Jude Acers' recent book, "The
Italian Gambit System."

"This World famous New Orleans Chess Master has the unique distinction, in
his long and venerable career, of being the only match player to face both
Bobby Fischer (Baton Rouge, 1964) and Walter Browne, six time U.S. Champion
(Baton Rouge 1967 and Berkeley 1970)"

Did Acers indeed play *matches* with Fischer and Browne? If not, what does
this ambiguous sentence mean?

Obviously a "match player" is someone who plays with matches.

David Ames

"Miriling" wrote in message
...

Acers was one of those who drew Fischer in the New Orleans simul, played
on
March 26. Fischer, for his efforts, received a total of $485 for his
75-board
simul.

A guy at a tournament told me a Fischer simul story. He had played him 6
months before, and became his college's organiser for a second simul. After
the simul Fischer said to him "do you remember your position on move..." and
started to set up the board, but not the one just played (!) but the one 6
months before.

Phil Innes

George Mirijanian

"Phil Innes" wrote:

A guy at a tournament told me a Fischer simul story.
He had played him 6 months before, and became his
college's organiser for a second simul. After the simul
Fischer said to him "do you remember your position on
move..." and started to set up the board, but not the one
just played (!) but the one 6 months before.

Phil Innes


Yeah, Fischer played and practiced so much that the game and all of
its moves became instant recalling chunks of data to him. Much like a
computer programmer remembering an entire subroutine in one of his
huge programs of thousands and thousands of lines.

"David Ames" wrote in message
om...
"ian burton" wrote in message
news:yXp5c.848$Bg.605@fed1read03...
The following sentence appears in an ad for Jude Acers' recent book,
"The
Italian Gambit System."

"This World famous New Orleans Chess Master has the unique distinction,
in
his long and venerable career, of being the only match player to face
both
Bobby Fischer (Baton Rouge, 1964) and Walter Browne, six time U.S.
Champion
(Baton Rouge 1967 and Berkeley 1970)"

Did Acers indeed play *matches* with Fischer and Browne? If not, what
does
this ambiguous sentence mean?

Obviously a "match player" is someone who plays with matches.

David Ames

Good to see you haven't changed much since your days at the Manhattan,
David!
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Ian Burton
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On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 21:34:23 GMT, "Wayne Martin"
wrote:

"Phil Innes" wrote:

A guy at a tournament told me a Fischer simul story.
He had played him 6 months before, and became his
college's organiser for a second simul. After the simul
Fischer said to him "do you remember your position on
move..." and started to set up the board, but not the one
just played (!) but the one 6 months before.

Phil Innes


Yeah, Fischer played and practiced so much that the game and all of
its moves became instant recalling chunks of data to him. Much like a
computer programmer remembering an entire subroutine in one of his
huge programs of thousands and thousands of lines.



At the Vancouver 1971 Candidates match (where he was seconding Mark
Taimanov) Evgeny Vasjukov asked Fischer if he remembered playing blitz
against him (Vasjukov) at the Central Chess Club in Moscow in 1958.
By way of reply Fischer proceeded to rattle off ALL the moves of ALL
of the blitz games he had contested with Vasjukov on that day in
Moscow.

Fischer would meet minor European masters at Olympiads and other
events and immediately tell them where they had gone wrong in obscure
tournament and match games played years previously.