2014 WQT in the United States

[Ingo_Zachos]

The list above is still the state of the art, with the exception that Erika Rosso had to cancel her trip.

The favorites all won their last events in convincing style:

GM Sergio Scarpetta won the Czech Open in Prague without any Problem. So did Ron King at the Irish Open and Alex Moiseyev recentlly won two tournements without a loss.

I dont know about the Moldovian players, but the field Looks strong. Ron King may be the man to crush the players of lesser calibre, but a lot will depend on their direct encounters.

Sergio never played Alex, and Ron recently had a bad score against both Sergio and Alex, especially in 3-move.


For the Women, Nadiya is the clear favorite now, but sometimes it is easier said then done...

[Alex_Moiseyev]

Ron King may be the man to crush the players of lesser calibre

I don't think we have too many of such players "of lesser caliber" and even if there are couple - Ron may not have a good chance to play with them.

I see on this list at least 10 players who can make at least a draw in single game against anyone. Everything is highly depends on luck with opening and pairing, physical and emotional form.

I am still at work today (not enough vacation days). Plan to leave later tonight.

Regards,

AM

[Alex_Moiseyev]

From John Acker :

"Hi, everyone. My new checkers site, http://www.procheckers.com/wqt, is hosting the standings and results for the 2014 3-Move World Qualifying Tournament. I'll also be visiting the tournament this weekend, and will post pictures and news at https://www.facebook.com/procheckers

Regards,

John Acker"

[Chexhero]

You can watch the games at the following link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/checkers- ... -qualifier. Play starts today, 11-13, at 12 o' clock PM eastern time. Hope you can join us!

[jimloy]

The four games shown on ustream.com, so far. In the Kondlo - King match, the first game may have been the wrong opening.

[Event "2014 WQT"]
[Date "2014"]
[Black "Ron King"]
[White "Lubabalo Kondlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Comment "Rd 1, g.1"]
1. 9-13 23-18 {wrong opening?} 2. 11-15 18x11 3. 8x15 22-17 4. 13x22 25x11 5. 7x16 29-25 6. 5-9 25-22 7. 16-20 24-19 8. 4-8 22-18 9. 1-5 26-22 10. 3-7 30-26 11. 9-13 22-17 12. 13x22 26x17 13. 6-9 17-13 14. 10-14 13x6 15. 14x23 27x18 16. 2x9 19-15 17. 12-16 21-17 18. 16-19 17-13 19. 9-14 18x9 20. 5x14 15-10 21. 7-11 31-27 22. 11-16 10-7 23. 14-17 7-3 24. 8-12 3-8 25. 17-22 8-11 26. 22-26 11-15 27. 26-31 15x24 28. 31-26 13-9 29. 26-22 9-6 30. 22-18 6-2 31. 18-15 0-1

[Event "2014 WQT"]
[Date "2014"]
[Black "Lubabalo Kondlo"]
[White "Ron King"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Comment "Rd 1, g.2"]
1. 9-13 22-18 {wrong opening?} 2. 11-15 18x11 3. 8x15 24-20 4. 7-11 25-22 5. 6-9 23-18 6. 9-14 18x9 7. 5x14 27-23 8. 1-5 28-24 9. 3-7 32-28 10. 11-16 20x11 11. 7x16 21-17 12. 14x21 23-18 13. 16-20 18x11 14. 20x27 31x24 15. 12-16 24-19 16. 16x23 26x19 17. 5-9 28-24 18. 9-14 24-20 19. 14-17 22-18 20. 17-22 20-16 21. 2-6 11-7 22. 6-9 7-2 23. 10-14 18-15 24. 14-18 2-6 25. 18-23 16-11 26. 22-26 15-10 27. 26-31 10-7 28. 31-27 19-16 29. 23-26 30x23 30. 27x18 7-2 31. 9-14 2-7 32. 14-17 6-9 33. 17-22 7-10 34. 22-26 10-15 35. 18-23 9-14 36. 26-31 16-12 37. 13-17 12-8 38. 17-22 8-3 39. 23-26 15-10 40. 22-25 29x22 41. 26x17 10-7 42. 17x10 7x14 43. 31-26 14-18 44. 21-25 3-7 45. 26-22 18-23 46. 25-30 7-10 47. 30-25 23-19 48. 22-18 19-16 49. 25-21 10-6 50. 21-17 11-7 51. 17-22 6-9 52. 22-26 7-3 53. 26-22 16-11 54. 22-17 11-7 55. 17-22 7-10 56. 22-26 9-13 57. 18-22 10-15 58. 26-23 15-11 59. 23-26 3-7 60. 26-23 7-10 61. 23-26 11-15 62. 26-23 13-9 63. 23-18 15-11 64. 18-23 11-16 65. 22-18 9-13 66. 18-22 10-14 67. 23-26 16-19 68. 4-8 14-10 69. 8-12 10-15 70. 26-30 13-9 71. 30-25 9-14 72. 25-30 1/2-1/2

[Event "2014 WQT"]
[Date "2014"]
[Black "Sergio Scarpetta"]
[White "Alex Holmes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Comment "Rd 2, g.1"]
1. 12-16 21-17 2. 9-13 24-20 3. 11-15 20x11 4. 7x16 23-18 5. 5-9 18x11 6. 8x15 27-23 7. 3-8 25-21 8. 16-20 23-18 9. 1-5 18x11 10. 8x15 26-23 11. 4-8 32-27 12. 9-14 23-19 13. 15x24 28x19 14. 8-11 19-16 15. 11-15 16-11 16. 14-18 30-26 17. 18x25 29x22 18. 15-18 22x15 19. 13x22 26x17 20. 10x19 17-14 21. 19-24 27-23 1/2-1/2

[Event "2014 WQT"]
[Date "2014"]
[Black "Alex Holmes"]
[White "Sergio Scarpetta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Comment "Rd 2, g.2"]
1. 12-16 21-17 2. 9-13 24-20 3. 10-15 17-14 4. 8-12 25-21 5. 6-9 30-25 6. 9x18 23x14 7. 7-10 14x7 8. 3x10 28-24 9. 2-7 32-28 10. 1-6 27-23 11. 4-8 24-19 12. 15x24 28x19 13. 6-9 22-17 14. 13x22 26x17 0-1

[Ingo_Zachos]

King losing to Kondlo, Alex losing a game in 3-move to Jack, Joe winning against Jim, Young Holmes crushing Chuck and Mark besting Michael. That were a lot of surprises in round one. Sergio then beat Alex Holmes by 3-1 in round two and he should be on top after day one, but still has to play big Alex, Lubabalo, King etc.

Seems like a tough event this time.


Greetinx from old Europe,

Ingo Zachos

[Ingo_Zachos]

Standings after day one, two rounds played:

1° Sergio Scarpetta 7 pts.,
2° Lubabolo Kondlo 6
3° Jack Francis 5
4° Alex Holmes 5
5* Alex Moiseyev 4
6° Joe Moore 4
7° Mark Sokolovsky 4
8° Ron King 3
9° Jim Morrison 3
10° Michael Holmes 3
11° Charles Freeman 2
12° Luca Iacovelli 1

[Ingo_Zachos]

Results of round two:

Round 2
3 Scarpetta – A. Holmes 1

3 Kondlo-Moore 1

2 Moiseyev – King 2 (2 draws)

3 Francis – Sokolovsky 1

3 Freeman – Iacovelli 1

2 Morrison – M. Holmes 2


Women (1 round only)

Nadiya C. won both games from Catherine Meers (the name she is going by).

3 Doumesh - Willis 1

[jimloy]

Men's standings: http://www.procheckers.com/
Women's standings: I don't know!

Games:
Men's tournament: http://www.procheckers.com/wqt.pdn
Women's tournament: http://www.procheckers.com/wqtw.pdn

Two ustream games:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/checkers- ... -qualifier
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wqt-checkers

[Jay H]

Someone needs to tell whoever is in control of the camera that there must be a way of telling whose turn it is to move.......cannot see the timeclock.....

[Jay H]

The stream showing says Kondlo Vs. Francis....but the visage is Kondlo Vs. Moiseyev...either way, a good game...but, to the uninitiated, might be confusing.....

[rich beckwith]

Moiseyev playing Kondlo now (and Francis-Scarpetta on another Ustream channel). Kondlo-Francis was this morning's game.

Standings through round 5

16 Kondlo
14 Scarpetta
13 Moiseyev
12 Francis
11 King & M. Holmes (who are now playing each other)

Alex Holmes did very well early in this tournament, but lost both games this morning while playing sick (and playing fast). He looks a little better now.

Rich

[Chexhero]

Hi Jay, I am controlling the cam. We will make it that the time clock can be seen for now on. Also, I apologize for the confusion as to who was playing who. We added another Ustream channel so people would have access to multiple matches. You may also have noticed that the Ustream went off during matches. Unfortunately, it only has a 180 minute time limit. I do hope that everyone has enjoyed the high quality games from some of the top in the world.

[Michael Holmes]

Women's standing as of Saturday night:
Nadiya Chy3hevska 17
Vitalia Doumesh 16
Kim Willis 7
Cathgring Mayers 0

Men's
1° Lubabolo Kondlo 18
2° Sergio Scarpetta 16
3* Alex Moiseyev 15
4° Jack Francis 14
5° Michael Holmes 13
6° Ron King 13
7° Joe Moore 11
8° Jim Morrison 11
9° Mark Sokolovsky 10
10° Alex Holmes 9
11° Luca Iacovelli 7
12° Charles Freeman 7

[Michael Holmes]

Women's final Standings:
Nadiya Chy3hevska 20
Vitalia Doumesh 17
Kim Willis 11
Cathgring Mayers 0

Men's after round 7
1° Lubabolo Kondlo 20
2° Sergio Scarpetta 18
3* Alex Moiseyev 17
4° Jack Francis 16
5° Michael Holmes 15
6° Ron King 15
7° Jim Morrison 15
8° Joe Moore 14
9° Charles Freeman 11
10° Mark Sokolovsky 10
11° Alex Holmes 9
12° Luca Iacovelli 8
One more round for the men's.