2012 District 9 results (so far)

[Eric Strange]

After Day 1.

So far here are the results after 3 rounds

Eric Strange Vs Gerry Lopez 2-0-2 Strange
Eric Strange Vs Joe Schwartz 1-0-1 Strange
Joe Schwartz vs John Webster 1-0-3 Schwartz
John Webster vs Gerry Lopez (I did not stay for the last game, but it looked like John got a win on the last game and they drawed the first)

Eric Strange - 9
John Webster - 5 (probably)
Joe Schwartz - 5
Gerry Lopez - 3

Joe Schwartz had me beat in the first game and overlooked a move that gave me an easy draw. Here are the PDN's from our 2 games.

[Event "District 9 2012"]
[Date "9/24/12"]
[Black "Joe Schwartz"]
[White "Eric Strange"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. 10-14 23-18 2. 14x23 27x18 3. 12-16 32-27 4. 16-20 26-23 5. 11-15 18x11 6. 8x15 22-18
7. 15x22 25x18 8. 6-10 29-25 9. 10-14 25-22 10. 7-10 24-19 11. 4-8 30-25 12. 1-6 27-24 13.
20x27 31x24 14. 3-7 19-16 15. 8-12 24-19 16. 9-13 18x9 17. 5x14 16-11 18. 7x16 22-18 19.
16-20 18x9 20. 20-24 25-22 21. 24-27 21-17 22. 27-31 23-18 23. 31-27 18-14 24. 2-7 9x2 25.
27-23 2x11 26. 23x7 14-9 27. 12-16 9-5 28. 16-19 5-1 29. 19-23 22-18 30. 13x22 1-6 31.
10-14 18x9 32. 23-27 *

[Event "District 9 2012"]
[Date "9/24/12"]
[Black "Eric Strange"]
[White "Joe Schwartz"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. 10-14 23-18 2. 14x23 27x18 3. 11-15 18x11 4. 8x15 26-23 5. 9-14 22-18 6. 15x22 25x9 7.
5x14 29-25 8. 4-8 25-22 9. 6-10 31-27 10. 8-11 24-20 11. 10-15 28-24 12. 7-10 30-25 13. 1-6
23-19 14. 3-7 22-17 15. 6-9 17-13 16. 15-18 13x6 17. 2x9 32-28 18. 11-15 20-16 19. 9-13
27-23 20. 18x27 24-20 21. 15x24 28x19 22. 14-18 *

So me and Joe were talking through both of these games. When Joe found himself in a losing position he snapped at me and told me to be quiet. I responded with "SO ITS ONLY OKAY TO TALK, UNTIL YOU START LOSING!" I gave the him the GG and went out to smoke, when I came back he was gone.... Gonna be a fun 2 more games with him in the morning. Gerry gifted my first win vs him, moved the wrong checker and gave me a 2 for 1. Second win was legit, but he definitely missed some easy draws.

[Event "District 9 2012"]
[Date "9/24/12"]
[Black "Gerry Lopez"]
[White "Eric Strange"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. 11-16 24-19 2. 16-20 22-18 3. 8-11 26-22 4. 4-8 30-26 5. 9-14 18x9 6. 5x14 22-18 7.
14-17 21x14 8. 10x17 25-21 9. 6-10 21x14 10. 10x17 26-22 11. 17x26 31x22 12. 11-16 29-25
13. 2-6 18-15 14. 7-10 28-24 15. 1-5 22-18 16. 3-7 25-22 17. 7-11 22-17 18. 5-9 18-14 19.
9x18 23x7 20. 11x18 19-15 21. 16-19 17-13 22. 19x28 27-24 23. 20x27 32x14 24. 12-16 *

Hopefully the luck stays on my side! still a lot more games to go... still anyone's tournament

-Eric Strange

[Alex_Moiseyev]

Just few questions / comments:

1) Can you scan menu in buffet "all you can eat" and post it here ?

2) Do organisers provide a free beer to players ?

3) Did you record your conversation with Joe during the game ?

4) One time, when I was in the middle of writing Sixth, I spent almost the whole week trying to prove soundness of 10-14, 23-18, 14x23, 26x19, 11-16, 19-15

[Eric Strange]

here is a horribly played game... but NICE man down draw I got in the end vs John Webster... john put a beating on me though.

[Event ""]
[Date ""]
[Black ""]
[White ""]
[Result "*"]
1. 11-16 22-17 2. 7-11 17-14 3. 10x17 21x14 4. 9x18 23x14 5. 3-7 25-21 6. 6-9 26-23 7. 9x18
23x14 8. 1-6 30-26 9. 11-15 29-25 10. 16-19 25-22 11. 12-16 22-17 12. 6-10 24-20 13. 8-11
17-13 14. 10x17 21x14 15. 2-6 13-9 16. 6x13 27-24 17. 5-9 14x5 18. 7-10 5-1 19. 10-14 1-6
20. 14-18 32-27 21. 4-8 6-10 22. 8-12 10-7 23. 18-22 26x17 24. 13x22 7-10 25. 22-25 10-7
26. 25-30 7-3 27. 30-25 31-26 28. 25-30 26-22 29. 19-23 27x18 30. 30-26 22-17 31. 15x22
3-8 32. 26-23 8x15 33. 23-19 20x11 34. 19x10 11-8 35. 22-26 8-3 36. 26-31 3-8 37. 31-27
24-20 38. 27-23 8-11 39. 23-18 17-13 40. 10-15 11-7 41. 18-14 7-2 42. 15-10 28-24 43.
10-15 2-6 44. 14-9 6-1 45. 9-14 1-6 46. 14-9 6-1 47. 9-14 *

[Alex_Moiseyev]

From many Dr. Webster missings in this game I like this particular one (see diagram). Here he played 10-7 which is still wins, but he had a chance to finish it pretty.

White to move

26-23+.

[Eric Strange]

Very nice shot!

looks like gerry lopez beat joe schwartz tonight, and joe beat me one and drawed one. Here are results so far

gerry vs john - 1-1-2 Draw
gerry vs joe - 1-0-3 Gerry
gerry vs Eric - 0-2-2 Eric

Eric vs Joe - 1-1-2 Draw
Eric vs John - 0-2-2 John

Joe vs John - 1-0-3 Joe

Points would go like this

John - 13
Eric - 12
Joe - 12
Gerry - 11

All of us will replay each other tomorrow. 1 opening, so 6 games total

Very close match and still anyones tournament

all 3 of these players are very good checkers players and I am surprised I have any points right now at all. GG's so far

[Alex_Moiseyev]

I am surprised I have any points right now

End of the world ?

[Eric Strange]

Okay so here are most of the results of the D9 Tournament... I am starting to feel more comfortable at tournaments, I used to be kinda uncomfortable and make stupid mistakes. I look forward to nationals next year!

--------------------Rd 1-----Rd 2----Rd 3-----Rd 4----Rd 5----Rd 6----Rd 7----Rd 8----Rd 9---------------------Points
Eric Strange------4T3------4T3-----3T3-----3T1-----2T1-----2T1-----4T4-----3T2-----2T4-----------------------22

John Webster----3T2------3T1-----4T3-----4T1-----1T3------1T3----3T3-----4T2------1T0----------------------18

Joe Schwartz-----2T2------2T3-----1T1-----1T3-----4T2------4T1----2T1-----1T2------4T? (No results yet)---(Possible 19)

Gerry Lopez------1T1------1T1-----2T1-----2T3-----3T2------3T3----1T0------2T2-----3T? (no results yet)----(Possible 17)


I had to catch my plane home and could not stay for Gerry and Joe's last round. I will update this cross table as soon as I get the outcome.

Here is a game from me vs Joe Schwartz, just a draw, but it was a fun one (I am white)

[Event ""]
[Date ""]
[Black ""]
[White ""]
[Result "*"]
1. 11-16 23-18 2. 9-14 18x9 3. 5x14 24-19 4. 16x23 27x9 5. 6x13 22-18 6. 8-11 18-14 7.
10x17 21x14 8. 4-8 26-22 9. 12-16 22-17 10. 13x22 25x18 11. 16-19 29-25 12. 8-12 25-22 13.
12-16 22-17 14. 3-8 14-9 15. 8-12 17-13 16. 19-24 28x19 17. 16x23 31-27 18. 11-16 18-14
19. 16-19 27x18 20. 19-23 9-5 21. 12-16 13-9 22. 16-19 18-15 23. 7-10 15x6 24. 1x17 5-1
25. 2-7 1-6 26. 7-11 6-10 27. 11-16 10-14 28. 17-21 14-18 29. 23-26 30x23 30. 19x26 18-23
31. 26-31 32-28 32. 16-20 *

Here was a win vs Gerry

[Event ""]
[Date ""]
[Black ""]
[White ""]
[Result "*"]
1. 10-15 24-20 2. 6-10 21-17 3. 1-6 17-14 4. 10x17 22x13 5. 15-19 23x16 6. 12x19 25-22 7.
11-15 29-25 8. 9-14 22-18 9. 14x23 27x11 10. 8x15 32-27 11. 4-8 25-22 12. 6-10 20-16 13.
8-11 22-18 *

[Chexhero]

Congratulations Eric, very impressive win. I am kind of hoping you don't surpass my rating though, we shall see

[Ingo_Zachos]

Congratulations Eric,



On a very fine tournament victory

You won against three well-known IM`s, and no weak player to get easy points.

Looks like you are now a grreat promise to American Checkers


Greetinx from Germany in full spring time,

Ingo Zachos

[Eric Strange]

Thanks guys, the funny thing is... The 1 day I actually got some sleep and wasn't completely hammered when I went to bed... was the day I lost all the games I had lost. The other days I only got 2-3 hours of sleep after drinking for 6+ hours. I didn't lose a single game on those days and actually played decently.

Not bad for a 1/0 online players eh. Guess that puts that argument to rest.

[Ingo_Zachos]

Thanks guys, the funny thing is... The 1 day I actually got some sleep and wasn't completely hammered when I went to bed... was the day I lost all the games I had lost. The other days I only got 2-3 hours of sleep after drinking for 6+ hours. I didn't lose a single game on those days and actually played decently.

Not bad for a 1/0 online players eh. Guess that puts that argument to rest.

1. Eric, it`s allright to sleep before or after the game. As long as you don`t sleep during the game


2. Typically for a 1/0 online player that it takes so long to get a result that matches his talent.

Nakamura destroyed his chances of being the best chess player in the world with bullet games.

So much time wasted on the way ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJgNxBbkmzQ

[Mac Banks]

Eric played very well in this tourney. He is to be reckoned with in the future as I only see him getting better. It was my pleaure meeting him.
I wasn't in the tourney as I was returning from Los Angeles where my daughter had her first baby. I hope to play in this tourney next year.

[Chexhero]

Hard to take anything away from Eric regarding his result. In my opinion a much more impressive win than when I won the PA tournament 2 years ago. Despite less players he did not have a single easy round, every player was master caliber. In my case I had easy rounds which allowed me to stay close with Rich. In future tournaments where I have had to play in masters with much more master players, I have not done as well nor have I ever come close to winning. Obviously a national tournament will be more telling than this one for Eric, but his accomplishment in this tournament was at a high standard and proves he belongs with the big boys. It is also not unheard of to play great checkers with little sleep, I think Suki can watch TV all night before a day of checkers lol.

[Eric Strange]

Okay everyone, here are the final results for the District 9 tournament!!!

--------------------Rd 1-----Rd 2----Rd 3-----Rd 4----Rd 5----Rd 6----Rd 7----Rd 8----Rd 9---------------------Points

Eric Strange------4T3------4T3-----3T3-----3T1-----2T1-----2T1-----4T4-----3T2-----2T4-----------------------22

John Webster----3T2------3T1-----4T3-----4T1-----1T3------1T3----3T3-----4T2------1T0----------------------18

Joe Schwartz-----2T2------2T3-----1T1-----1T3-----4T2------4T1----2T1-----1T2------4T2----------------------17

Gerry Lopez------1T1------1T1-----2T1-----2T3-----3T2------3T3----1T0------2T2-----3T2----------------------15

John, lets play heads up, you vs me... in person... 5 3-move sets and 10 gayp games. I'm willing to put up 1,000 in prize money. You match the 1,000
To make it fun... I will blitz all games and you can have 1 hour time limit per game. will be fun, lemme know.

[Eric Strange]

You can seriously doubt all you want. I am officially challenging you to a match. If your not man enough to accept it... that's on you.


From Chee:

I would like to issue a $250 challenge on top of Eric's challenge to John Acker on acf forum. If John wins the match I pay $250, if John loses he pays $150 to be split by half to Eric and me.

Ball is in your court John... What you gonna do?