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For the first time in this millennium, the Men's One Mile Run record has been broken. Josh Kerr of Scotland sets the new world record at 3:42.66, in London on 18 July 2026.

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

Congratulations to Crispin 'Goj' Odhiambo of Kenya for 1st Place in the ACF GAYP National Championship 2026. Goj did not need tie breakers as he won 27 points in 10 rounds. Congratulations to Melikaya Nonyukela of South Africa for 2nd place with 26 points. Congratulations to Alex Holmes of the USA f...

Congratulations to Crispin 'Goj' Odhiambo of Kenya for 1st Place in Vidor Checkers Blitz 2026, with time control of 3 minutes plus 2 seconds increments. Goj scores a phenomenal 32 points out of a possible 36 points for 9 rounds of 2 games each. That is 2 points for a win, and 1 point for a draw. 2nd...

Congratulations to Crispin 'Goj' Odhiambo of Kenya for 1st Place in Vidor Checkers Invitational 2026, accumulating 35 points and 8 wins. Goj beat the Best, including two former World Champions and continues his Vidor, Texas winning from his 2025 Hat Trick. Congratulations to former World Champion Lu...

Happy Semiquincentennial 4th of July !!!!

The Boston Pops conducted by Arthur Fiedler performs THE STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER by John Philip Sousa.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvyG8Vv55sc

GO BLUE! The Michigan Wolverines beat the UConn Huskies in the final game of the 2026 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. The final game was at Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, on 6 April 2026. The Final Score: The University Of Michigan Wolverines 69, The University Of Connec...

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 &...