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Kim Willis has kindly set up a GoFundMe account to help Charles' wife Deloris and to help preserve the Charles' legacy and the International Checker Hall of Fame estate. https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-deloris-walker-preserve-charles-legacy?attribution_id=sl:e32a531b-fcbe-4cbb-a35c-3ac8368a0b45&...

Kim 's link for the Bernini-Nonyukela GAYP match (June 23-28) is on her public youtube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlSYGJjuGEg

I talked with Igor Martynov recently in Rome. Igor says he can be at airport to coordinate a van (not for free) for players flying into Dusseldorf on Sept. 20 or 21 for those wanting that convenience. There are some challenges -- we don't know what time best make sense until we know from the players...

2023 Ohio State / Mid-Ohio Tournament Results, August 18 & 19 in Fredericksburg, Ohio Place Name / State Pts Prize 1 Alex Moiseyev (OH) 25 $370 2 Alex Holmes (KY) 23 $240 3 Mark Sokolovsky (OH) 22-317 $150 4 Joe Moore (PA) 22-287 $150 5 Rich Beckwith (OH) 21 $80 6 Alan Millhone (OH) 18 $60 7 Ade...

2023 ACF Election Results - (98 Total Ballots), Ballots due January 7, 2023 - Counted January 9, 2023 President: 15 Kim Willis (Barnett, MO) 83 Victor Habgood (Brazil, IN) First Vice President: 87 John Webster (Stoneville, NC) Second Vice President: 80 Clayton Nash (Columbus, MS) 2 Joe McDaniel (wri...

2022 Ohio State / Mid-Ohio Tournament Results, August 19 & 20 in Fredericksburg, Ohio Place Name / State Pts 1 Alex Moiseyev (OH) 24 $200 2 Mark Sokolovsky (OH) 21 $120 3 Richard Beckwith (OH) 18 $80 4 Alan Millhone (OH) 17 $60 5 Aden Keim (OH) 11-102 $20 + book 6 Abe Keim (OH) 11-98 $20 + book ...

Some updates on the GAYP National tournament (July 5-8): We will begin play at 8:30 am each day. That first day (Tuesday, July 5), registration will start at 7:30-7:45 am followed by brief players meeting. The round schedule each day (as needed) is 8:30-11:30, 12:00-3:00, then 3:30-6:30. Watson will...

From our 10x10 friends: The 2022 US Open 100-square tournament will take place in Huntington, NY - a historical town located in NY Metropolitan Area (1 hour by train to the center of Manhattan) with beautiful village, museums and shopping malls. The competition venue is: Station Branch of the Huntin...

They started early and are at Kim's youtube channel. Games 1 & 2 are here (live as I type this),

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E77P-plvQuI

subsequent games should be accessible from there.

Gary Kasparov analyzes Putin....

(1) Former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov analyzes Vladimir Putin - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSN2TBfq9VU

Below is text I am posting for Brian Hinkle. What do readers think about opening up 11-man ballot openings to including the removal of pieces off the back (king) row? Or should the current system be left as-is? See below. Opinions welcome. -- Richard B ***** Would you like to play 11-man ballot by r...

Two transpositions from Brian Hinkle regarding G. 10: [Event "2022 WCM g.10"][Date "2022"] [Black "Sergio Scarpetta"][White "Alex Moiseyev"][Result "1/2-1/2"] 9-13 23-19 10-15 19x10 6x15 24-20 7-10 27-23 1-6 28-24 3-7…This arises from the Cross two w...

Gerry Lopez called me recently and has his massive checker collection for sale. He says it has a value of $100,000 and will sell it for $20,000. Perhaps there is a collector out there with interest who can let Gerry or I know in order to continue the conversation? Gerry lives in Southern California.

The following pre-announcement is from Brian Hinkle (and I await this composition too!) -- Rich

“A very special checker composition by the reigning 11-man ballot World Champion Alex Moiseyev is scheduled to be published at the Checker Maven on Dec. 5th.”

On September 27, 2020 was the 4th Pakistan National Draughts (GAYP) Championship 2020
Event was won by Mr. Muhammad Suhaleen.

winner presentation
https://www.facebook.com/19853427401647 ... 439080050/

Standings
https://www.facebook.com/19853427401647 ... 032351424/