The American Checker Federation

In 2008 the ACF changed the rating formula and stopped scoring results by round and started scoring results by game for all events. These changes had the end result of compressing the ratings for all players. Whereas before it might have been ~800 to ~2600, now it is more like ~1200 to ~2200. Player...

Ratings updated

Soon - within the next 7 days.

That's incorrect. In chess they have classical, rapid AND blitz ratings.

Wouldn't it make more sense to have separate ratings for 3-move and go as you please?

@Alex - I finished training Dennis a few weeks ago and he's been doing an excellent job entering results (21 tournaments entered already) quickly and accurately since then. We'll process them when he gives me the go ahead to do so. I've also been communicating with Travis Weddle who is supposedly wo...

After some careful consideration, it has been decided that the ACF's current titles and norms required to achieve those titles cannot be achieved through blitz events. We will consider having separate titles and required norms for blitz. There is also talk about having a separate ratings list for b...

I'll process ratings after the Kondlo Matteo match.

I came across the obituary of former Canadian champion Leroy Adams today. Apparently he died November 9th 2021 in Winnipeg. He had been out of the checkers scene for many years and nobody seemed to know where he was or what happened to him. "Born in Greater Georgetown, Guyana on 13 September 19...

I've fixed everything except for the titles. Joe Moore is in charge of ACF titles as far as I know so I will wait for him to comment / send me new titles.

These events are entered and ready to be processed: - 2019 Irish Open - Masters - 2019 Irish Open - Seniors - 2020 North Carolina, Virginia & District 4 Open (Waiting for confirmation on tournament location) - 2020 Barbados GAYP Nationals - Masters - 2020 Barbados GAYP Nationals - Majors - 2021 ...

Thanks Kent - Please send barbados tournaments to my email address.

I am processing ratings as I just now got admin access to the acf website. From the 2021 Irish Open, does anyone know the following players first names? L. Casciano (Italy) P. Kearnes (Ireland) T. Gallagher (Great Britain) M. Martin (Ireland) - I have two players in the ratings database who might be...

This is what we used for the canadian match last year. If anyone wants the original, i have it in excel format.

Ratings have been updated: http://www.usacheckers.com/ratings/ This includes the WQT (men, women and youth) and recent Scarpetta/King match. I am missing two tournaments and will process those when/if I receive them later: - 2019 District 7 Open - 2019 Virginia Open If anyone has cross-tables please...