The American Checker Federation

Congratulations to The organisers The referees The participants, and notably the winners!! for an apparently well organised and sporting WTQ. Unfortunately I was unable to make it due to exams. I have however obtained my engineering degree (despite my 45 years young) and I am delighted to say that a...

Hi While running through Richard Pasks 21st Century Checkers I came across this... 9-14 22-18; 11-15 18-11[R](29); 8-15 25-22[R](25) 5-9 24-20(12); 7-11 22-17(8); 4-8 17-13(7); 3-7 28-24(5); 15-19 24-15; 10-19 23-16; 12-19 ; 26-22; 19-23 27-18; 14-23 21-17; 7-10 29-25; 9-14. At his point 31-27 is gi...

Brussels is one option, Paris is the other.

probably same traveling time give or save half an hour.

WMSG in Lille !!! In August ??!! Fortunately for me, Lille is a two hour drive from my home, and in August I will have obtained my Engineering degree and be back on board with all of my checker friends!!! I will definitely attend this event and be proud once more to represent Scotland , and look for...

Yes get the inactive players of the Official list and there will be a much truer picture.There is too much "dead wood" lying around clogging up the true list,its not the first time ive high-lighted this problem so maybe now something will happen.Its not reasonable to have a player in the ...

Michael I cannot believe that you still have not been given international grand master title. One only has to look at the "official" list ; observe and see that there are a LOT of weak experts (USA, UK and other countries) who have "somehow" obtained the title through some sort o...

Tommy As a friend, may I suggest that you refrain from making suppositions. Your continuous agressive bleating based on quicksand and thin air is doing your superstar image no good :D PS I am still waiting for your fantastic books, I'll send you the money when I get them Merry christmas to you my fr...

Very sad news Alex,

Losing friends or familly is always an extremely trying moment.

My thoughts are with you, and her familly

William

LOL Yes I guess you're right Tommy... everyone should just shut their mouths; Alex , me , Hugh and all the other people who you feel should not have a right to express their opinions... and we should just let you do all the criticising on this forum. But that is not how it goes Tommy my friend. If y...

these are sad times guys! but it's not surprising. One has to admit that Alex does get "a bit " bigheaded sometimes... but I suppose he thinks that this is his right. He is world champ. As for Tommy, his contributions to this page are totally negative and lack any form of intelligence at a...

Good evening I managed to get some time to look out the very first practice game which I played against John McGill. This game was played in 1982, which would make me about 14 at that time. My playing career totaled 1,5 years. The games were played at Johns home. Black Docherty White McGill 11-15, 2...

Hello Richard Well while starting out "back then" I did not get the chance to read Belasco's. In Glasgow however, Brian Kilgour used to feed his "youth team" with the CLAPHAM COMMON. I will always remember him swearing by it , and enquiring (annoyingly for us) every week if we ha...

Good evening I called John McGill ( correct spelling) this afternoon. John was hospitalized for 7 weeks, and actually got released 8 weeks ago. He had pneumonia. He told me that he has been weakened by this and not surprisingly has not fully recovered yet. He also suffers from arthritis and has been...

Good evening everyone I see from ratings that my last ty. was in 2009, which means without any tournament activity since, I have hit 3rd spot!!!!! I feel a bit awkward about this, and I ask myself whether a more balanced way of ratings should not be found. As a player I can imagine the deception fel...

Hi Bernie

No problem. I am however considering going to the clubs and would be grateful if you could send me the addresses and times of both. I will give you a call upon arrival anyway...

William