The World GAYP Championship Match between defending champion Ron King (Barbados) and challenger Sergio Scarpetta (Italy) will take place at the “Hotel Parco della Rose”, San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy from 15th – 20th July 2012. The Referee will be Ian Caws. U.S. Nationals (honoring Hugh Burton) will play in Lebanon, TN on July 30- August 4. (Don’t forget about the “Arthur Niederhoffer” youth tournament on July 28 & 29.) Regarding scoring method vote in April bulletin, Masters voted to amend the scoring system to ballot scoring effective with this year's National Tournament. Majors and Minors voted to retain their current method of scoring by game. The 2nd World Mind Sports Games will take place in Lille, France, from 9th – 23rd August 2012. Checkers will have two events running simultaneously – a men’s event (doubles as World Qualifier) and a women’s event (doubles as Woman’s world championship). Play occurs Aug. 17-22 (19th is free day). Hotel & venue information is found at: http://wmsgfmjd.org/. U.S. will be represented by Jim Morrison, Richard Beckwith, Charles Freeman, and Kim Willis.
Arrangements are in progress for the following 2012 matches:Sergio Scarpetta – Ron King GAYP World Title MatchErika Rosso – Amangul Berdiyeva GAYP World Title Ladies Match Richard Beckwith wins 11-man Ballot National Tournament in Greensboro, NC on Feb. 17-19. He now can challenge Alex Moiseyev for 11-man World Title, with match to be tentatively played in early July in Cleveland area. Mike Ross won the Majors Division at the 11-Man National. The “King Me” film (ThinkMedia Studios) will show at the Cleveland Film Festival on March 27, 28, 29. http://www.clevelandfilm.org/festival/films/2012/king-meWe still await official word on the 2012 World Mind Sports Games. There is a tentative plan for 9th - 23rd August, with Lille Grand Palais (Lille, France) the venue. http://www.lillegrandpalais.com
The 11-Man Ballot National will take place February 17-19 in Greensboro, NC.The 2012 National 3-move Tournament is scheduled for July 30-August 4 in Lebanon, TN. This bid was awarded to Frank & Mary Davis.Joe Moore has assumed role of ACF ratings processor. ACF ratings appear here at http://icheckers.net/ratings/ Updated WCDF ratings are anticipated by the end of January.
Richard Beckwith,ACF Player Rep
The WCDF are now seeking bids from affiliated organisations for the hosting of the following three events for 2012: World GAYP Championship Match 2012Ron King (Barbados) Vs Sergio Scarpetta (Italy)World GAYP Women’s Championship Match 2012Amangul Berdiyeva (Turkmenistan) Vs Erika Rosso (Italy)World Qualification Tournament (3 Move) 2012All organisations should indicate prior to 1st December 2011 if they are intending to make a bid to host any of these events, with the final bid being received prior to 22nd February 2012. There is no specific information available regarding the venue and details for the forthcoming 2nd World Mind Sports Games scheduled to be held next August 2012. The WCDF have an agreement with the FMJD that we (Checkers) will receive 20% of the available places allocated to draughts.
The GAYP World Qualifying Tournament, Oct. 19-22, was won by Sergio Scarpetta of Italy. He has earned the right to challenge Ron King of Barbados for the GAYP world title in 2012. The tournament was held at the Nyala Hotel in San Remo, Italy. Runner-up was Lubabalo Kondlo (South Africa), who edged Jack Francis (Barbados) on tiebreaker points. Jim Morrison of USA was 4th. The Italians swept the other divisions, with Erika Rosso winning the ladies division, and Alessio Scaggiante becoming youth champion. For more coverage and standings, see: http://www.cdadamello.com/public/tornei/2011/GAYP_WCT/index.htmlThe Qualifying Tournament was preceded by the two-day GAYP, inaugural San Remo Open Tournament, Oct. 17 & 18. This opening event had co-champions of Richard Beckwith (USA) and Ron King (Barbados), with Sergio Scarpetta taking third.
Bids for the 2012 Three-move National Tournament will be accepted through December 31, 2011. Please enclose a synopsis that includes hotel accommodations and rates, dates (usually a 5-6 day event), amount of bid, airport information, etc. to Alan Millhone, PO Box 1 Belpre, OH 45714, or by e-mail (millhone@wirefire.com). A bid “checklist” form is available upon request.
For the fourth consecutive year, a Cleveland-area world title match went down to the last game. Alex Moiseyev (Dublin, Ohio) retained his three-move world title over Michele Borghetti (Livorno, Italy) by a score of 7-6 with 27 draws. Alex clinched a match tie with a draw in Game 39, and drew Game 40 for a one-game match victory.
Amangul Berdiyeva successfully defended her Ladies 3-Move world title over Hurmagul Toyeva by a score of 9-1 with three draws. The WCDF-supported match was held in Balkanabat, Turkmenistan and was scheduled for 20 games on August 3-7, but the match ended early. Both participants reside in Turkmenistan.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/USA-Checkers/207619882617061John Acker has been updating the ACF Facebook page with pictures and news of the currently ongoing blitz tournament. Â The same will be done for the National Tournament starting tomorrow.
