11 man ballot World Title match.

[Alex_Moiseyev]

My 11 man ballot World Title match with Alex Holmes setup to be played in Tulsa, Oklahoma, February 21-24, 4 games per day. If score will be even after 16 games, we will play 4 more games. All selected openings will be checked by Referee vs Kingsrow list of 11 man ballot drawn openings list. Time control - 1 hour to each player for 24 moves + 30 seconds increment.

Main Referee- Ryan Pronk.

Major and the only donor - Joe McDaniel with his family, prize fund declared $5,000 and will be divided among players in standard distribution 60-40-50

I asked Ryan Pronk, how people can watch online my 11 man ballot World Title match with Alex Holmes, and here is what he wrote to me:

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“Thanks, Alex! The link you can provide is: youtube.com/azcheckers . The live stream will be scheduled each day, so anyone who visits that direct link will be able access it from the page. If they check the channel a few days prior to the first day of the match, they'll be able to get a notification to be reminded.”

[John Acker]

Is this the first 11-man match where the ballots will be checked against a list of draws? I remember previous matches & tournaments where any ballot could be played if both players agreed.

[Alex_Moiseyev]

Yes, this is true. This list wasn’t available 3 years ago, when I played last match with Mochael Holmes. However, we already used this list recently at 11 man ballot National in Vidor on 2021 and it worked quite well.

[John Acker]

Good. It's important to standardize procedures and expectations across tournaments. I have thought about creating (or sponsoring) a smartphone app that can generate 3-move and 11-man ballot openings based on user settings (e.g., only tough deck openings, only even openings), then display the starting board position for the players' reference. It could be used for individual matchups or even to standardize all games in a round, without requiring a separate card deck.

[JR Smith]

John, I think this is an excellent idea, and an advancement to our game.

[Alex_Moiseyev]

From Ryan Pronk email:

“Hi all!

I have created the following link to direct anyone to the 11-man Ballot World Championship Match: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWI_vKuXuF0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWI_vKuXuF0)

The live stream is scheduled to begin on Monday, Feb. 21 at 11 a.m. EST / 10 a.m. CST. Each game will have its own separate live stream / video, so it will be easier for anyone to follow. I will also create a separate playlist "World Championship Games" that anyone can follow as well. Looking forward to seeing folks Sunday evening at the hotel!

Sincerely,

Ryan Pronk”

“

[jimloy]

The first eight games (typed by Ryan Pronk):

[Event "11-man Ballot WCM 2022"]
[Date "2022-02-21"]
[Black "Alex Holmes"]
[White "Alex Moiseyev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Comment "Game #1, remove 5 and 23"]
[FEN "B:W21,22,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10,11,12"]
1. 12-16 22-17 2. 11-15 26-23 3. 15-19 24x15 4. 10x26 30x23 5. 8-11 28-24 6. 16-20 24-19
7. 9-14 17x10 8. 6x24 32-28 9. 7-10 28x19 10. 11-15 27-24 11. 20x27 31x24 12. 1-5 25-22
13. 5-9 19-16 14. 9-14 16-11 15. 3-8 23-19 16. 8-12 29-25 17. 14-18 24-20 18. 15x24 22x6
19. 2x9 11-7 20. 24-27 7-2 21. 27-31 2-6 22. 9-14 6-10 23. 14-18 10-15 24. 18-23 21-17 25.
23-27 17-13 26. 27-32 13-9 27. 31-26 9-6 28. 26-23 6-2 29. 32-28 2-6 30. 23-26 6-10 31.
28-32 10-14 32. 32-28 25-21 33. 26-23 21-17 34. 28-24 17-13 35. 23-19 14-10 36. 19-23 13-9
37. 23-19 9-5 38. 19-23 5-1 39. 24-28 1-6 40. 28-24 10-7 41. 23-19 6-10 *

[Event "11-man Ballot WCM 2022"]
[Date "2022-02-21"]
[Black "Alex Moiseyev"]
[White "Alex Holmes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Comment "Game #2, remove 5 and 23"]
[FEN "B:W21,22,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10,11,12"]
1. 12-16 22-17 2. 11-15 26-23 3. 15-19 24x15 4. 10x26 30x23 5. 8-11 17-13 6. 11-15 27-24
7. 15-19 24x15 8. 4-8 15-10 9. 6x15 13x6 10. 2x9 28-24 11. 8-11 21-17 12. 16-19 23x16 13.
11x27 32x23 14. 9-14 17x10 15. 7x14 25-22 16. 3-8 29-25 17. 8-12 *

[Event "11-man Ballot WCM 2022"]
[Date "2022-02-21"]
[Black "Alex Moiseyev"]
[White "Alex Holmes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Comment "Game #3, remove 5 and 24"]
[FEN "B:W21,22,23,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10,11,12"]
1. 10-15 22-18 2. 15x22 25x18 3. 11-15 18x11 4. 8x15 29-25 5. 4-8 25-22 6. 15-19 23x16 7.
12x19 22-18 8. 6-10 27-24 9. 10-14 24x15 10. 14x23 26x19 11. 7-11 15-10 12. 2-7 28-24 13.
7x14 24-20 14. 14-18 19-16 15. 8-12 16x7 16. 3x10 30-26 *

[Event "11-man Ballot WCM 2022"]
[Date "2022-02-21"]
[Black "Alex Holmes"]
[White "Alex Moiseyev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Comment "Game #4, remove 5 and 24"]
[FEN "B:W21,22,23,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10,11,12"]
1. 10-15 22-18 2. 15x22 25x18 3. 11-15 18x11 4. 8x15 28-24 5. 4-8 29-25 6. 9-14 25-22 7.
8-11 22-17 8. 6-10 26-22 9. 1-5 31-26 10. 11-16 23-18 11. 14x23 27x11 12. 16-20 11-8 13.
20x27 32x23 14. 12-16 8-4 15. 16-20 17-14 16. 10x17 22x13 17. 20-24 26-22 18. 24-27 22-17 *

[Event "11-man Ballot WCM 2022"]
[Date "2022-02-22"]
[Black "Alex Moiseyev"]
[White "Alex Holmes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Comment "Game #5, remove 8 and 22"]
[FEN "B:W21,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12"]
1. 10-15 21-17 2. 9-13 17-14 3. 6-10 25-21 4. 10x17 21x14 5. 2-6 29-25 6. 6-10 25-21 7.
10x17 21x14 8. 15-18 30-25 9. 4-8 24-20 10. 13-17 26-22 11. 17x26 31x15 12. 11x18 27-24
13. 18x27 32x23 14. 1-6 25-22 15. 8-11 22-18 16. 12-16 18-15 17. 11x27 *

[Event "11-man Ballot WCM 2022"]
[Date "2022-02-22"]
[Black "Alex Holmes"]
[White "Alex Moiseyev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Comment "Game #6, remove 8 and 22"]
[FEN "B:W21,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12"]
1. 10-15 21-17 2. 9-13 24-19 3. 13x22 19x10 4. 6x15 25x18 5. 15x22 26x17 6. 11-15 29-25 7.
7-10 25-22 8. 1-6 23-19 9. 15x24 28x19 10. 4-8 30-25 11. 8-11 25-21 12. 6-9 17-13 13. 11-15
13x6 14. 15x24 27x20 15. 2x9 22-17 16. 9-13 17-14 17. 10x17 21x14 18. 3-7 32-27 19. 13-17
27-23 20. 17-22 23-18 21. 22-25 *

[Event "11-man Ballot WCM 2022"]
[Date "2022-02-22"]
[Black "Alex Holmes"]
[White "Alex Moiseyev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Comment "Game #7, remove 7 and 25"]
[FEN "B:W21,22,23,24,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11,12"]
1. 9-14 24-19 2. 11-15 28-24 3. 8-11 22-17 4. 11-16 24-20 5. 15x24 20x11 6. 24-28 27-24 7.
3-8 11-7 8. 2x11 24-19 9. 5-9 17-13 10. 11-16 29-25 11. 10-15 19x10 12. 6x15 13x6 13. 1x10
25-22 14. 16-19 23x16 15. 12x19 22-17 16. 19-23 26x19 17. 15x24 17-13 18. 14-18 13-9 19.
18-23 9-6 20. 23-27 32x23 21. 28-32 6-2 22. 10-14 2-7 23. 32-27 23-19 24. 8-12 7-11 25.
27-23 19-15 26. 23-19 15-10 27. 14-18 11-15 28. 18-23 15-11 29. 24-28 10-7 30. 19-24 7-2
31. 28-32 21-17 32. 32-28 17-14 33. 24-20 2-7 34. 12-16 14-9 35. 16-19 31-26 36. 28-32 9-6
37. 23-27 *

[Event "11-man Ballot WCM 2022"]
[Date "2022-02-22"]
[Black "Alex Moiseyev"]
[White "Alex Holmes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Comment "Game #8, remove 7 and 25"]
[FEN "B:W21,22,23,24,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11,12"]
1. 9-14 24-19 2. 11-15 28-24 3. 6-9 22-17 4. 9-13 30-25 5. 13x22 25x9 6. 5x14 26-22 7. 8-11
22-17 8. 11-16 29-25 9. 16-20 25-22 10. 3-7 17-13 11. 1-6 21-17 12. 14x21 22-17 13. 12-16
19x12 14. 21-25 32-28 15. 25-30 23-19 16. 15-18 19-15 17. 10x19 24x15 18. 18-22 *

[jimloy]

More of the games from Ryan Pronk: Games 9 through 12 are listed below. Alex Moiseyev leads with 5 wins, 1 loss, and 6 draws.

[Event "11-man Ballot WCM 2022"]
[Date "2022-02-23"]
[Black "Alex Holmes"]
[White "Alex Moiseyev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Comment "Game #9, remove 10 and 23"]
[FEN "B:W21,22,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12"]
1. 11-15 24-19 2. 15x24 28x19 3. 9-14 22-18 4. 14x23 27x18 5. 8-11 25-22 6. 5-9 29-25 7.
11-16 21-17 8. 16x23 26x19 9. 9-13 17-14 10. 4-8 30-26 11. 8-11 26-23 12. 6-10 14-9 13.
10-15 19x10 14. 7x14 25-21 15. 11-16 18-15 16. 16-19 23x16 17. 12x19 15-10 18. 19-23 *

[Event "11-man Ballot WCM 2022"]
[Date "2022-02-23"]
[Black "Alex Moiseyev"]
[White "Alex Holmes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Comment "Game #10, remove 10 and 23"]
[FEN "B:W21,22,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12"]
1. 11-15 24-19 2. 15x24 28x19 3. 9-14 26-23 4. 8-11 22-18 5. 5-9 25-22 6. 11-16 30-25 7.
4-8 22-17 8. 8-11 17x10 9. 6x24 27x20 10. 16-19 23x16 11. 12x19 21-17 12. 7-10 31-26 13.
9-13 25-22 14. 2-6 *

[Event "11-man Ballot WCM 2022"]
[Date "2022-02-23"]
[Black "Alex Moiseyev"]
[White "Alex Holmes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Comment "Game #11, remove 10 and 22"]
[FEN "B:W21,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12"]
1. 12-16 21-17 2. 16-20 17-13 3. 11-15 25-22 4. 8-11 24-19 5. 15x24 28x19 6. 9-14 29-25 7.
4-8 22-18 8. 8-12 18x9 9. 5x14 25-22 10. 11-16 22-18 11. 14-17 19-15 12. 6-9 13x6 13. 1x19
32-28 14. 17-21 27-24 15. 20x27 31x15 16. 16-19 23x16 17. 12x19 26-22 18. 2-6 *

[Event "11-man Ballot WCM 2022"]
[Date "2022-02-23"]
[Black "Alex Holmes"]
[White "Alex Moiseyev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Comment "Game #12, remove 10 and 22"]
[FEN "B:W21,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12"]
1. 12-16 21-17 2. 16-20 17-13 3. 11-15 25-22 4. 9-14 24-19 5. 15x24 28x19 6. 8-11 29-25 7.
4-8 22-18 8. 8-12 18x9 9. 5x14 25-22 10. 11-16 22-18 11. 14-17 18-14 12. 3-8 19-15 13.
17-21 23-19 14. 16x23 27x18 15. 7-10 14x7 16. 2x11 13-9 17. 6x13 15-10 18. 1-5 10-7 19. 5-9
*

The final game of the 2022 11-man Ballot World Championship Match, Game 13, is listed below. The game was a draw, and Alex Moiseyev retained his 11-man Ballot World Championship Title, winning the match 5-1-7.

[Event "11-man Ballot WCM 2022"]
[Date "2022-02-24"]
[Black "Alex Moiseyev"]
[White "Alex Holmes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Comment "Game #13, remove 7 and 28"]
[FEN "B:W21,22,23,24,25,26,27,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11,12"]
1. 10-15 24-20 2. 3-7 21-17 3. 15-19 23x16 4. 12x19 27-23 5. 8-12 23x16 6. 12x19 17-14 7.
9x18 22x8 8. 4x11 25-22 9. 6-10 29-25 10. 1-6 22-17 11. 10-15 25-21 12. 5-9 26-23 13. 19x26
30x23 14. 11-16 *