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I have often wondered why the red piece on square 4 and the white piece on square 29 were not removed in the balloting. Removing either of these two men would result in many playable openings. Don't know how many but it would probably be several hundred. Another way to do 11-man would be to remove a...

Will be sending $300 to Ken to help support this match.

Good luck.

Joe McDaniel

Ever watch any of the old TV westerns? Was watching the other day and Kitty walked up and helped Doc beat Festus. She picked up a man and jumped six pieces. Was watching Jack Nicholson play someone the other day and the board was turned the wrong way. The single corner was on the right. One of the f...

The fund for the 2018 National 3-Move tournament is now $29,300. Over $4,100 for the Masters winner and over $2,200 for the Majors.

The Arkansas tournament will have about $700 in prize money this year. The tourney will be August 24 and 25th in Fort Smith. See details in the NCCA website. This will be an 11-man ballot tourney.

$25,000 at this year's National 3-move may be the biggest ever. The last two national tournaments in Branson have had $20,000. I believe one year a long time ago a Studebaker car was given to the winner.

Joe McDaniel

The 2018 Missouri 3-move tournament on April 21 in St. Joseph will have at least $700 in prize money.
Check out details on the NCCA site.

Have made a couple of changes in the National 3-move tournament. THE PRIZE FUND IS NOW $25,000. Approximately $13,800 for Masters, $7,500 Majors and $3,800 minors. One important change...the Majors and Minors will start play at 1 p.m. on Monday the 17. This has been changed from 8:30 a.m. 2018 ACF N...

2018 ACF NATIONAL 3-MOVE CHECKER TOURNAMENT Downtown, Las Vegas, Nevada $20,000 Prize Money February 20, 2018 Dear Checker Player We have made changes in the schedule for the 2018 National 3-move tournament. Please disregard any previous schedule you received. This will be a four-day event. Majors a...

We have changed the dates of the ACF 2018 3 move tourney. The dates are Monday through Thursday, September 17-20, 12 rounds for Masters and 10 rounds for Majors and Minors. A new letter will be posted soon. The room rates Monday thru Thursday are $67.80 per night..

Thanks to my sons and wife we have sponsored 4 large tourneys....2014 Missouri GAYP $6000, 2015 Missouri Mixer $7800, 2016 National 3-Move $18000, 2017 National 11-man $20000, 2017 National GAYP $10000. We have supported most other tourneys the past 4 years with nominal amounts of $300 and also have...

Yes, I do just about all of my analysis and problem solving with the magnetic board while sitting in my Lazy Boy. I place the pieces removed from the board in a crease in my shirt. It works great. I have mailed 25 of these Checker/Chess sets to my friends.

Joe McDaniel

I recently bought two magnetic Checker sets from Walmart. The board is about half the size of a regulation board. About 9 and 1/2 inches. The Checkers are great. They stick to the board and you can stack them for a king. You can actually hold the board upside down and they won't fall. The board is b...

I sent a check to Ken today. Am looking forward to this match.

Joe McDaniel