The American Checker Federation

I note that FMJD President Harry Otten resigned his position yesterday as follows: Bennekom, 31st of December 2015 "It has been a privilege for me to serve FMJD for the past eight years of which six as your president. We have substantially increased the reach of our organization. China has beco...

Con was born at Loughgill, Tubbercurry, county Sligo on 1st May 1927 (88 yrs). He came from a large family, having three brothers and seven sisters. In his youth he played a lot of sports, including playing for his native Tubbercurry in the Senior Football Championships in 1951. Con worked as a spor...

Congratulations to Lubabalo Kondlo on a terrific performance in winning this WQT. 1st Lubabalo Kondlo 22pts (SB 90), 2nd Sergio Scarpetta 22pts (SB 79), 3rd Alex Moiseyev 21pts, 4th Jack Francis 18pts, 5th Ron King 18pts, 6th Jim Morrison 17pts. Its always great to see a new match-up and Michele Bor...

Results posted on SDA Website http://www.scottishdraughts.com/irishchampionship They played 7 rounds (for the 1st time ever, following last year's AGM) Congratulations to the IDA for securing in excess of 40 entries to this event which was run in the centre of the capital city - Dublin. Masters 1st ...

Thank you all for your kind words and thoughts. I will pass them on to our family. Hugh

Richard, thanks for the info. That clarifies things a lot. I think we're all disappointed the final games were not played out, in what was a truely exciting match. I guess Ron needs to pay more attention to detail, both on and off the board!

I've just caught up with the situation in Italy. This is truely shocking behaviour from Ron. Personally Its impossible for me to believe that Ron only discovered he had a flight issue when he went a game down on day 5. Even more shocking is the fact that he failed to inform his opponent or the refer...

I just took a minute to check in to see how my friend Sergio was doing. Thank you for your comments. My father was the person who introduced me to the game of draughts / checkers and whom was a huge influence in me developing that interest. He took me with him when he went to play in tournaments and...

Ingo, Many thanks and great job.

Congratulations to Myles Hannigan on his election as the new IDA President. A positive move. Also a bit of history - the first player from Northern Ireland to be elected President of the IDA.

Ales wrote "In order to keep high rating you have to play in small number high caliber events". Alex, I've heard this before and this is simply not true. Such statements explain nothing. You only have to look at Lubabulo Kondlo's rating as proof to the contrary. He has only played in a sma...

Thanks to all involved. There is something more eyecatching than a "B" player in the top 4. Just look at the ratings .... There was a time when there were many "Grandmaster" players (5-6) rated at 2500+. I remember Tinsley rated at 2700+ According to these current ratings Tinsley...

11-15 22-17 8-11 23-19 11-16 24-20 15x24 20x11 7x16 27x11 3-7 11-8 4x11 28-24! 11-16 24-20 16-19 25-22 9-14 26-23 19x26 30x23 7-11 23-19 5-9 17-13 11-15 32-28 15x24 28x19 10-15 19x10 6x15 13x6 1x10 22-17 15-19 17-13 draw agreed, H. Devlin Vs L. Levitt, 5th I.M. 1989 (g.167)

Hi John, Yes, good tournament. Shane Mc Cosker & Garret Owens unable to play this year. 12 entrants in the Masters event and I think there's about 10 in the second section. Sean Mc Elkenny only played 2 rounds in Masters then withdrew (maybe this had to do with forfeiting a game to me when his c...

That sums up my knowledge and I live here! Hugh

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