Results after 4rds (Nationals)

kim willis · Post by **kim willis** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:57 pm

these are the 4th rd results

Masters
Beckwith 11pts
Bishop 9pts
Bryan 10pts
Francis 10pts
Hallett 10pts
Holmes 9pts
Kondlo 12pts
Lindsay 10pts
McCosker 14pts
Millhone 10pts
Morrison 13pts
Nash 9pts
Rayevsky 2pts
Schwartz 11pts
Weaver 5pts
Webster 15pts
King 3pts

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Majors
Burks 13pts
Canning 9pts
Darrow 13pts
Ferguson 9pts
Gibson 9pts
Holder 10pts
Lyons 11pts
McClard 9pts
Meacham 7pts
Murr 10pts
O'Grady 14pts
Runge 10pts
Shultz 9pts

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Minors

Blackshear 12pts
Cardie (withdrew)
Cineros 12pts
Fenster 6pts
Kaplan 5pts
Larocca 11pts
Pradenas 12pts
Shelly 6pts
Stein 7pts
Strange 13pts
Weaver 9pts
Willis 5pts
Wolverton 12pts

the postings for tomorrow will be after all results are in.

See ya tomorrow

kim

Alex_Moiseyev · Post by **Alex_Moiseyev** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:17 pm

Very big intrigue !!! WOW

Hugh Devlin · Post by **Hugh Devlin** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:26 am

Looks like a great event. The pressure is on! hugh

Ingo_Zachos · Post by **Ingo_Zachos** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:17 am

I rearranged the tables, so that we can see the actual ranking:

Masters:

1. IM Webster 15
2. IM McCosker 14 (Northern Ireland)
3. GM Morrison 13
Kondlo 12 (South Africa)
IM Beckwith 11
IM Schwartz 11
Bryan 10
GM Francis 10 (Barbados)
GM Hallett 10
IM Lindsay 10
Millhone 10
IM Bishop 9
IM Holmes 9
IM Nash 9
Weaver 5
GM King 3 (Barbados)
Rayevsky 2

Masters:

1. O'Grady 14
2./3. Burks 13
2./3.Darrow 13
Lyons 11
Holder 10
Murr 10
Runge 10
Canning 9 (Ireland)
Ferguson 9
Gibson 9
McClard 9
Shultz 9
Meacham 7

Majors:

1. Strange 13
2.-5. Blackshear 12
2.-5. Cineros 12 (Mexico)
2.-5. Pradenas 12
2.-5. Wolverton 12 (WIM)
Larocca 11
Weaver 9
Stein 7
Fenster 6
Shelly 6
Kaplan 5
Willis 5
Cardie (withdrew)

It looks like a really interesting event with a lot of surprises and quite a big deal of new faces.

Greetinx from sunny Dortmund, Germany

Ingo Zachos

Alex_Moiseyev · Post by **Alex_Moiseyev** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:55 am

Ingo_Zachos wrote:GM King 3 (Barbados)

Ingo, Ed King from Texas USA doesn't have GM title :lol:

GAYP World Champion Ron King from Barbados wasn't show up at US National this year.

Alex

Hugh Devlin · Post by **Hugh Devlin** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 12:40 pm

I take it that this is Ron as there was no "King" listed on the results of the 1st day's play. A late arrival? Can someone clarify this? Go on Shane .....

Alex_Moiseyev · Post by **Alex_Moiseyev** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 1:35 pm

Hugh Devlin wrote:as there was no "King" listed on the results of the 1st day's play.

Hmmm ... you might be right. Maybe Shane / Alan / Kim clarify this for us, and if it is R. King from Barbados - how they want to handle this: late makeup or something else ?

Alex

jan bulstra · Post by **jan bulstra** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:22 pm

is Ron .. late arrival ..

Macb · Post by **Macb** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:59 pm

Hello Alex,

Ron King missed the first 4 rounds as he arrived late missing two different flights. After 8 rounds Ron King has 14 points but still trail the leader , John Webster who has 21 points. There are 5 rounds left but Ron told me he still thinks he will win this tourney!! By the way, Shane M. from Ireland is second with 20 points and is playing great. Shane is only 20 years old but I think the future is bright for him.

All the best,
Mac

Alex_Moiseyev · Post by **Alex_Moiseyev** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 12:24 am

Thanks, Mac ! Ron likes challenge :lol:

I am glad to see Dr. Webster is doing well. But more than that I am very glad to see young Shane performance here. Very, very good. Draughts fraternity is eager to see a new generation come to arena, which keeps our game alive !

Hmm ... if Shane wins the tournament, he might be the only 2nd player after Asa Long, who won USA National on first occasion (debutant). Although Asa was 18 years old, which is hard to beat !

respectfully,

Alex Moiseyev

Alan Millhone · Post by **Alan Millhone** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:10 am

Hello Mr. Alex:

Lubabalo Kondlo has not lost a game yet and took a game from Joe Schwartz last night with white side of Montrose Cross, must have read SIXTH carefully :-)

Kim Willis got a bye round and went to bed. More updated results later today from her. Jim Loy new book selling well. Dr. Beckwith has copies on sale here. Yes, Shane doing exceptionally well.

I lost a game and had a draw vs. Jack Francis and Michael Homes yesterday and played Joe Schwartz to two draws (3 hours) . We need many more youth in the ACF and Checkers.

Dr. Webster still leading, he is very solid GAYP player. 100 degrees here in Vegas each day. Playing room is huge as it is the hotels show room for performances.

Regards:
Alan Millhone
Average Checker Player

Alex_Moiseyev · Post by **Alex_Moiseyev** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:54 am

Alan Millhone wrote:Lubabalo Kondlo has not lost a game yet

He probably followed Chinook prover play ? :lol:

Ingo_Zachos · Post by **Ingo_Zachos** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 12:43 pm

Alex_Moiseyev wrote:....
Hmm ... if Shane wins the tournament, he might be the only 2nd player after Asa Long, who won USA National on first occasion (debutant). Although Asa was 18 years old, which is hard to beat !

...

Alex Moiseyev

Asa Long did not win as he first enterd a US ty.
In fact, he played in the 1920 Nationals and qualified, after the preliminary rounds, for the minors, where he did not too well.
But he was appointed offical mascott of the ACA on that occasion.
He won his second US Nationals in1922.
But Gonotsky was winning it at the first attempt in 1924, when 20years of age.

I don't know if there where others winning it on the first attempt.
Maybe Charles Barker and Hugh Henderson did, but these were the first two US Nationals, so you can't really call them debutant.
Shane also played World Qualifiers and Irish Open before, so he is not a debutant anymore.
Note that Shane only finished third at the Youth World Championships in Prague 2005, so you see that there are indeed great talents outside the USA, and I believe that they would play well at the US nationals, too, if they had a chance.

Greetinx from cloudy, but warm Dortmund, Germany

Ingo Zachos

Alex_Moiseyev · Post by **Alex_Moiseyev** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 12:54 pm

Ingo, shame on me - not a good historian :roll:

You probably right - we shouldn't go so far back. Perhaps it will be better to say, that noone won US National GAYP tournament on first attempt in modern years.

I didn't mention that Shane is debutant to game, I mentioned that he is a debutant to US National tournaments and I am very well aware of his performance and progress.

If Shane and Irish organisers agree - I would be glad and happy to add few games with him on my "exhibition activities list" in Ireland this fall.

From raining Columbus,

Alex

Macb · Post by **Macb** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:17 pm

Hello Alex,

It is true that Lubablo Kondlo has not lost a game but Ron King showed Shane where he missed a win in a 5 x 5 ending. If Shane had won this ending he would have been tied for lead. Jim Loy has done a great job of putting Elbert Lowders games in a book with annotations. I bought 3 of these books and gave a copy to Ron King and also one to Shane. I am leaving today for San Diego, Calif. so I will miss the rest of the tourney. By the way, the Plaza playing room is very nice and the hotel has good access to Fremont street .

All the best,
Mac Banks

The American Checker Federation