The American Checker Federation

Congratulations to Rich Beckwith for winning the 2026 Florida Open. Congratulations to Joe Schwartz for second place, and congratulations to Pat Quartucci for third place. The Florida Open also featured a Youth Tournament.

--George Hay

Patrick Parker, nice one! Add 5. 10-14 same, from GM Pask's original post.
Also, 1. 9-13 24-19 2. 10-14 28-24 3. 11-16 22-18 4. 5-9 32-28 5. 16-20 same.

--George Hay

Richard Pask, I remember you mentioning 24 kings in a your post from Fri Nov 01, 2013 4:20 am: "I still think getting 24 kings, legally, tops them all!" It is in Generlal Information>General Discussion>quiz question https://www.usacheckers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3370&p=27386...

!? Interesting move. ?! Dubious move. Richard Pask, this is a nice quadruple (3-move) opening transposition! That it leads "to a fighting draw" shows it is a landing for the checkerist with a warrior spirit! 2025 was a landmark year in Checkers publishing with Complete Checkers: Insights h...

Belated Congratulations to ACF Member Mark Sokolovsky, who showed great versatility in winning the 10x10 Checkers 70+ division !!!

--George Hay

Congratulations to Makendy Saint Juste for winning the US Open Championship 2025 in Classic, Rapid, and Blitz time controls in 10x10 Checkers. Makendy is from Haiti, but is listed as Fed. USA on the official DraughtsArbitor Pro scoresheet. The Classic time control was 1 hour 20 minutes plus 1 minute...

I just received my hardcover copy of Complete Checkers: Repertoire on my doorstep, it goes really well with my hardcover copy of Complete Checkers: Insights. A big triple-jump shout out to author GM Richard Pask and publisher Bob Newell !!!

--George Hay

The Saint Louis Chess Club remembers GM Daniel Naroditsky (1995-2025).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvY5k1SQJuo

Man vs Machine in the Checker Game of the Century is a great find shared by Richard Pask. https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:rb434zp5101/rb434zp5101.pdf The article from Popular Mechanics August 1964 by John Pfeiffer is a first draft of computer history. The IBM 7094 computer is programmed by &...

Congratulations to Matteo Bernini of Italy for 1st place in the WCDF 2025 GAYP World Blitz Championship Checkers. Congratulations to Luciano Negrone of Italy for 2nd place. Congratulations to Alex Moiseyev of the USA for 3rd place, adding to his 1st place in the GAYP World Qualifying Tournament. Mat...

Congratulations to Alex Moiseyev of the USA for taking 1st place in the 2025 GAYP WQT. Congratulations to Claudio Ciampi of Italy for 2nd place, and Jack Francis of Barbados for 3rd place....Alex Moiseyev is the long time WCDF 3-Move World Champion (2003-2013), and the current 11-Man Ballot World Ch...

About that new U.S. Grant Biography, Grant by Ron Chernow, I looked for a reference to checkers in the index, including West Point, but I could not find one. If I found it, I would have bought the book and sooner or later would have read it. Checkers was played by General Ulysses S. Grant of the Un...

I'm exited about my new checker sets from Cracker Barrel. Recently arrived from Cracker Barrel's online shop is the Jumbo Checker Set and the Mini Checker Set. The Jumbo Set is big, but not too big. The Mini Set is small, but not too small. Both checker sets have the traditional Cracker Barrel desig...

Congratulations to Alex Moiseyev who is now 22 times OH State Champion !!! Alex Moiseyev took 1st Place in the Ohio State Open Tournament 2025 with 25 points. Congratulations to Rich Beckwith for 2nd place with 22 points. Congratulations to Mark Sokolovsky for 3rd place with 20 points.

--George Hay

Goj Wins Again! Congratulations to Crispin 'Goj' Odhiambo of Kenya on winning the 11-Man World Qualifying Tournament, and earning the right to challenge 11-Man World Champion Alexander Moiseyev to a World Championship Match.

--George Hay