2014 US National

[champion374]

why did alex holmes withdrew from the tournament?

[Ingo_Zachos]

How does a player on top of the ranking receive a bye?

I just hope it does not inflict the tie-breaker too much....


Looks like Alex and Joe (!) are undefeated.

Great performance by Joe to draw Alex after beating Lubabalo. Looks like we have a favorite to win the cup now

And a bad day for Suki, losing to Jim and Lubabalo.

However, I admire his schedule. First the WCM match against Sergio, then winning the British Open en passant on his way to the US nationals.

He is the marathon man of modern checkers!

[steve]

I can't understand how Alex got a bye in round 3 ?

[rich beckwith]

I assume the byes are given out to everyone in random order, rather than to lowest-point person, had we been doing Swiss

[Chexhero]

Because it is a round robin the first 11 rounds, the BYE's goes to whoever was scheduled to play Alex Holmes, who withdrew from the tournament. Since his first two opponents beat him and got 4 points and everyone who gets a BYE receives 4 points, it will even out and be fair for everyone, until the last round.

[Ingo_Zachos]

Sorry, Joe. I just forgot that it was Round Robin. That explains the byes and why Ron and Lubabalo were paired against each other already in first round.

Good idea to make it a Round Robin.

[steve]

How about a update for the old folks at home ??

[Chexhero]

Sorry for the delay in posting the results folks. We will have them posted Saturday, tomorrow, including the final majors results. Also, I apologize for only having one game broadcasted today. Unfortunately, the Ustream site kept freezing up on me. I will try to get it working tomorrow.

[jimloy]

While we wait for info, here are the complete games that can be replayed on http://www.ustream.tv/channel/acf-3-move-nationals-2014:

[Event "2014 National"]
[Date "2014"]
[Black "Alex Moiseyev"]
[White "Lubabalo Kondlo"]
[Result "draw"]
[Comment "R1 G1 Masters"]
1. 11-15 21-17 2. 15-19 23x16 3. 12x19 24x15 4. 10x19 27-24 5. 7-10 24x15 6. 10x19 32-27 7. 3-7 22-18 8. 6-10 25-21 9. 1-6 17-14 10. 10x17 21x14 11. 8-11 27-24 12. 11-15 18x11 13. 7x16 24x15 14. 9x18 15-11 15. 6-10 31-27 (29-25 draw PP) 16. 10-15 29-25 17. 5-9 28-24 18. 9-13 26-23 19. 18-22 25x18 20. 15x22 24-19 (looks OK; 23-18 draw PP, including Basic Checkers, this opening, note I, and a couple of Moiseyev games) 21. 22-26 19x12 22. 26-31 12-8 23. 31x24 8-3 24. 24-27 23-18 25. 27-23 18-14 26. 13-17 14-9 27. 17-22 9-5 28. 22-26 5-1 29. 26-31 1-5 30. 31-26 3-7 31. 26-22 7-10 32. 23-19 10-6 draw

[Event "2014 National"]
[Date "2014"]
[Black "Jim Morrison"]
[White "Ron King"]
[Result "RW"]
[Comment "R3 G2 Masters"]
1. 9-14 24-20 2. 11-15 22-18 3. 15x22 25x9 4. 5x14 29-25 5. 7-11 25-22 6. 6-9 28-24 (27-24 draw PP) 7. 3-7 23-18 8. 14x23 27x18 9. 11-15 18x11 10. 8x15 26-23 11. 7-11 (9-14 draw, J. Meyer - A. Huggins, 1954 US v. GB Mail Match) 23-18 12. 1-6 30-26 (21-17 12-16* 32-28 16-19* draw) 13. 12-16 26-23 14. 4-8 {diagram below} 24-19? (31-26* 10-14 22-17 or 32-28 draw) 15. 15x24 32-28 16. 24-27 31x24 17. 9-13 21-17 18. 6-9 24-19 19. 8-12 28-24 20. 2-6 17-14 21. 10x26 19-15 22. 26-30 RW

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[Event "2014 National"]
[Date "2014"]
[Black "Joe Moore"]
[White "Alex Moiseyev"]
[Result "draw"]
[Comment "R4 G1 Masters"]
1. 10-14 22-18 2. 11-16 26-22 3. 7-10 22-17 4. 16-19 24x15 5. 10x26 17x10 6. 6x22 25x18 7. 8-11 30x23 8. 9-14 (3-7 draw PP) 18x9 9. 5x14 29-25 10. 11-15 25-22 11. 3-7 23-18 12. 14x23 27x11 13. 7x16 28-24 14. 4-8 22-18 15. 8-11 32-27 16. 1-6 27-23 17. 16-20 31-27 18. 6-10 24-19 19. 12-16 19x12 20. 10-15 draw (J. Caldwell - G. Bass, Basic Checkers from 11-16 23-18 10-14 note R)

[Ingo_Zachos]

Thx, Jim.


Final result of the majors, submitted by John Acker:

1. Desmond Maughn (Barbados) 34,
2. Matthew Clark 32,
3./4. Larry Atwood,
John Herberger 30 each,
5. Wilma Branch 20,
6. Joe Coleman 0,

Withdrew: Arthus Mays.

Congratulations to Mr. Maughn.

Standings in the masters after Round 8,
submitted by Sam Marshall :

1. Alex Moiseyev 24,
2./3. Lubabalo Kondlo,
Ron King 22,
4.-6. Jim Morrison,
Joe Schwartz,
Richard Hallett 20,
7. Joe Moore 16,
8. Phil Schwarzburg 14,
9. /10. Jack Francis,
John Acker 12,
11. Alan Millhone 10,

Withdrew: Alex Holmes

[Ingo_Zachos]

Standings after 11 rounds:

Moiseyev, King, and Kondlo 34
Hallett and Morrison 28
Moore and Schwartz 24
Francis 20
Schwartzberg 16
Acker 12
Millhone 10
Alex Holmes 0

Round 12 starts at 1:00 this afternoon.

Submitted by John Acker.

[sergio]

Playing another round after a round robin system should be wrong.

Respectfully Yours
Sergio Scarpetta

[champion374]

cant be a 3 way tie?

[Chexhero]

I believe we will indeed be playing a 12th round, though don't know how many people will actually play it or just agree to draw. In any case, I will do my best to get the ustream to work and show the final big round between two of the big 3. Coverage will be starting around 1 PM.

[Chexhero]

We have Co-winners at this years National tournament! Congratulations to Alex Moiseyev and Lubabalo Kondlo, the 2014 3-Move National winners! Here are the final results. The numbers in parenthesis represents honor points:

1. Alex Moiseyev- 36 (36)
1. Lubabalo Kondlo- 36 (36)
3. Ron King- 36 (30)
4. Richard Hallet- 30 (36)
5. Jim Morrison- 30 (26)
6. Joe Moore- 26 (30)
7. Joe Schwartz- 26 (22)
8. Jack Francis- 22
9. Phil Schwartzburg- 16
10. John Acker- 14
11. Alan Millhone- 12

Withdrew: Alex Holmes