The American Checker Federation

Thanks to Joe Schwartz for being such a great host. At 90 years old he has a strong mind and great personality. This was my first trip to the Florida tournament. It was full of great players; many of them young and excited about the game. This and the TN tourney is exactly what I needed to tune my g...

Hello everyone! We had a great time at the TN tournament. Congrats to Jim Morrison for winning the last game of the tournament to win the TN ahead of Alex Holmes. Jim shows that he is truly a Grandmaster and is as solid as ever. I barely got two draws with him. This TN tournament everyone used clock...

I put more of my games in the games section rather than in this section. It just made more sense.

I was just informed by Joe that this is now a 2-day tourney.

Will the match against South Africa be 3-move or GAYP?

My toughest game I played was against Alan Millhone. He almost convinced me to stop playing the single corner with white. That game I will annotate and publish in a few weeks. It was the only game I had in the 2024 National where I was concerned about my position.

[Event "2024 US GAYP"] [Date ""] [Black "Michael Holmes"] [White "Mark Sokolosky"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1. 9-14 22-18 2. 5-9 25-22 3. 11-16 18-15 4. 10x19 24x15 5. 7-10 27-24 6. 10x19 24x15 7. 16-19 23x16 8. 12x19 22-17 9. 14-18 29-25 10. 9-13 17-14 11...

This next game I won on time. [Event "2024 US GAYP"] [Date ""] [Black "Mark Sokolosky"] [White "Michael Holmes"] [Result "0-1"] 1. 11-15 22-18 2. 15x22 25x18 3. 12-16 29-25 4. 16-20 25-22 5. 10-14 24-19 6. 6-10 18-15 7. 14-18 15x6 8. 18x25 21-17 9. 1...

I was fortunate enough to have played the 2-6 line against others such as Rawle Allicock, T. Howell, Mr. Frederick, and Oliver Whitford.

[Event "2024 US GAYP"] [Date ""] [Black "Jack Francis"] [White "Michael Holmes"] [Result "0-1"] 1. 11-15 22-18 2. 15x22 25x18 3. 9-13 29-25 4. 12-16 25-22 5. 16-20 24-19 6. 5-9 28-24 7. 8-11 30-25 8. 10-14 18-15 9. 11x18 22x15 10. 4-8 32-28 11. 1-5 1...

[Event "2024 US GAYP"] [Date ""] [Black "Lubabalo Kondlo"] [White "Michael Holmes"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1. 11-15 22-18 2. 15x22 25x18 3. 8-11 29-25 4. 4-8 24-20 5. 10-14 28-24 6. 7-10 25-22 7. 12-16 24-19 8. 8-12 27-24 9. 3-7 30-25 10. 9-13 18x9 11. 5...

This should probably go in the games section but since a question was asked in this subject about games I can post some games here: [Event "2024 US GAYP"] [Date ""] [Black "Lubabalo Kondlo"] [White "Michael Holmes"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1. 11-15 22-18 ...

Who is suppose to publish the games? To my knowledge no one has volunteered. And the editor with ACF puts them in the bulletin so they should show up there eventually

Looking good. Thanks to those who did this! When will the next update happen?

FYI, No GM norms were met for this tournament.