The American Checker Federation

Alex, because I look forward to this much needed book for us all !!!!

Alex, will these problems be part of your new problem book?

tommy some of the dead wood may be people who are still very active but havent played in any rated tmts.

tommy,I think alot of it is some tmts arent sent in for ratings. Its really up to the players to get the results in, or push to have it done. Some players just like to play and dont care one way or other about ratings. Coming from a chess background both as a player and tmt director,if it wasnt a ra...

PAL, I LIKE YOUR PRO CHECKERS BOARD,WE JUST MAY HAVE SOMETHING HERE.

I like your Pro Checkers board alot. But not the algebraic board. Of course the algebraic chess board is different from yours shown. One thing to add would be the ACF membership form.in the box.

Having Alex on the box would be good, Tom Wiswell,the GAYP Champion did that in the 60s. Wouldnt it be nice to have a vinyl roll up board with checker notation instead of algebraic!!!! You know if the Pro checkers came with a simple primer by Alex that would be good too.

Hey I know that too P-k4 or e4!!!
I will run the Pro checkers idea past some game companys.
My dream is to become a checker master or as they say in England
a draughts master!!!

Jay, just go in there and play!!! You might get a club started that way!!!
Wish that was in my home town. Ive played chess and checkers at the local coffee shop and at the park , you can bring more people to the game that way!!!

When I posted the comment about the Pro Checkers game I was thinking about the US market. I still feel it would be a good seller for a game company. I know that all companys want the products to sell or they wont invest in it. I felt like it would be different and might draw from a different crowd. ...

The way game companys are always trying to take old games and update them with different formats like monopoly etc. I f we could pitch a new checker game called Pro Checkers that would come with 3 move cards and a numbered board and red and white plastic pieces. I think it would be a big seller and ...

Checker books do sell!!! Robert Pikes books sell real well!!! Ive seen his little puzzle book at several big time book stores. The one book that Richard Pask had with Everyman Starting out in Checkers has sold well too. Maybe getting Alex signed up with a company like Everyman or Robert Pikes Sterli...

In the early eighties the US Chess federation really went after the youth and for that matter members in general. The Bobby Fischer boom was over and the member ship had fallen off. They came out with youth only nationals and 6 month memberships for adults. Schools added chess ,which in turn fueled ...

Alex set a poll on why we did buy this great book!!!

In chess every year they have a US Open, where players of all
strengths can play each other.
This wouldnt replace nationals but if run right with good sponsorship
would bring new members to ACF.
Like time limits with clocks.
Just something to think about.