The American Checker Federation

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.

Vadym 18 wins.
Kondlo 18 is second
M Holmes 17 third.
A. Holmes 16 fourth
Hopefully Alex will publish a full list or send it to me and I will.

1 round left tomorrow.
Vadym 16
M Holmes 15
Kondlo 14
A. Holmes 13
J. Francis 13
J. Scwhartz 10
Alan Millhone 8
Mark S. 7
Tomorrow's match up
I play Vadym
Jack plays Mark
Alex Plays Joe
Millhone plays Kondlo

1 round left tomorrow.
Vadym 16
M Holmes 15
Kondlo 14
A. Holmes 13
J. Francis 13
J. Scwhartz 10
Alan Millhone 8
Mark S. 7
Tomorrows match up
I play Vadym
Jack plays Mark
Alex Plays Joe
Millhone plays Kondlo

After 4 rounds in the Masters the score is:
Lapin 11
M. Holmes 10
J. Schwartz 9
A. Holmes, Kondlo, and J. Francis 8
A. Millhone 6
M. Sokolosky 4