The 108th Illinois State Checker Tournament
Saturday & Sunday - April 6th & April 7th, 2013
held at the Illinois Centre Mall, Marion, Illinois

Bottom Row: Joe Tucker, Ted Williamson, Roger Doll, Jen Kelton, Boone Wooden, Harvey Powell, Bryce Morville
Next Row: Howard Hoover, Flavious Burgess, Neil Wenberg, Larry Keen, Carson Gullett, Roger Blaine, Richard Beckwith, Albert Tucker
Back Row: Ken Christian, Nick Boatman, Gene Ellison, Earl Kennell, Jay Barry, Gary Ellison, John Grisley, Brian Hinkle

Congratulations, Richard! 1st Place Winner	Congratulations, Bryce! IL State Champion

 3-Move / Six 2 game rounds (Swiss) of 1^1/4 hour per game & final as King-of-the-Hill - playing 4 rounds Saturday, and 3 on Sunday. Two division classes  (A and B).

2013 - The 108th Illinois Open Masters (A Class) By Round, 2Gm

before

after

Finish

Name

City, State

WCDF#

ACF#

Rate

Rate

Op

Rd1

Rd 2

Rd 3

Rd 4

Rd 5

Rd 6

Rd 7

H Pt.

Cash

Comments

1

GM Richard Beckwith

Willoughby, OH

101008

10151

2209

2202

7

8T3

9T5

4T8

3T11

10T13

5T16

9T19

$160.00

2013 IL Open Tournament Winner (2nd time)

2

IM Larry Keen

Halls, TN

101013

10149

2166

2170

9

10T3

7T5

3T7

1T10

2T14

4T17

7T18

96

$93.00

2-way tie 2nd place & combined bal $185 prize fund split

3

CM Albert Tucker

Minden, LA

101060

10127

1986

2070

3

4T2

2T6

9T8

7T9

6T12

10T15

4T18

93

$92.00

4

Brian Hinkle

O'Fallon, MO

101040

10317

2159

2132

4

3T2

6T6

7T7

10T10

1T14

9T15

3T16

$50.00

5

Nick Boatman

Pegram, TN

101434

12443

2093

2039

10

9T1

8T4

5T7

4T8

7T10

3T11

5T13

96

6

Bryce Morville

Dalton City, IL

101XXX

12662

1804

1849

8

7T1

10T2

2T2

6T4

5T6

1T10

6T13

75

2013 IL State Champion +Trophy (1st time)

7

John Grisley

Marion, IL

101057

10128

1809

1851

5

6T2

1T4

10T5

2T7

8T9

7T10

10T12

8

Gene Ellison

Norris City, IL

101046

10133

1881

1854

2

1T2

3T2

8T6

5T8

9T8

6T9

1T11

9

Joe Tucker

Doniphan, MO

101050

10131

1803

1801

6

5T2

4T2

1T3

8T5

3T6

2T9

8T10

83

10

Gary Ellison

Eldorado, IL

101072

10121

1935

1872

1

2T2

5T4

6T7

9T8

4T8

8T8

2T10

81

$395.00

Total Prize Fund $395 + $320 = $715.00

• Congratulations! To GM Richard Beckwith from Willoughby, Ohio as the 2013 Illinois Open Tournament Winner, his second time (2008 & 2013).

• Congratulations! To Bryce Morville of Dalton City, Illinois as the 2013 Illinois State Champion, his first time as a Master State Champion, winning the Major State Championship in 2012.

• Congratulations! To Carson "Bill" Gullett of Rush, Kentucky as the 2013 Illinois Open Class B Tournament Winner.

• Congratulations! To Earl Kennell of Roanoke, Illinois as the 2013 Illinois State Class B Champion.

• We Congratulate To Boone Wooden of Shawneetown, Illinois for his first attempt at tournament checkers, we welcome him and hope he will play again!

• We Congratulate To Jay Barry of Lebanon, Tennessee for his first attempt at tournament checkers, we welcome him and hope he will play again!  Jay is the grandson of Ken Christian and they drove up together.

• GM stands for Grand Master, IM for International Master, and CM for Candidate Master, which are earned titles given by WCDF to distinguish a player's tournament status.

• ACF Rating - Ratings supplied by ICH Checkers www.icheckers.net   Program written by Vadim Khavinson, calculated by Joe Moore/Eric Strange, and updated immediately by Joe Moore, as ACF ratings processor. icheckers ratings

• "T" separates player's opponent from player's accumulated game points.  Draw is 1, Win is 2 points, Bye is 3, and Forfeit is 4.

• Roger Doll, IL Open Tournament Director gave a warm welcome to 23 players from 9 states (10 Masters and 13 Majors)  9 from IL; 5 from TN;  2 from KY & MO; and 1 from IN, LA, OH, PA, & WV.  In the 9:00AM business meeting Roger   conducted ISCA business, re-elected officers, covered tournament rules and schedule.  He recognizing the longest distance travelers and also the various state champions.  Illinois State Checker Association contributed $200, Larry Keen $100 and several other contributed to the prize fund.  Also during the business meeting Dr. Richard Beckwith spoke on behalf of ACF with a formal apology to ISCA leaders due to forum comments that grew out of control about a tournament situation which got ugly.  We wish that we had controls in place to handle these kind of matters but at the time it went uncontrolled. We are sorry it happen, ACF should have purged untrue personal comments and stopped it. 

• Alan Millhone, President of ACF had planned to attend and play but his wife Vickie is under going cancer test and he wanted to be with her.

• A Sympathy Card was signed by all the players and sent to Don West's family who lost his Mother a few day before the tournament.

• Entry fees were $10.00 x 23 = $230.00 and the Master Division required ACF Membership.  $485.00 of contributions made a Total Cash Prize of $715.00, approximately 55% to Masters and 45% to Majors.

• Play was very competitive with the winner for both classes and the Illinois Championship determined in final round play.

• Tournament played 6 Swiss paired rounds with the final round using King-of-the-Hill pairing.

• Please mark your calendar to the first weekend in October for the Illinois 101 Tournament. The 79th Illinois 101 Counties Open will be held on our traditional dates as the 5th & 6th this year, at this same venue which we have used for both IL State and the 101 Tournament.  I've hear comments from those who attend say, "This is a great tournament location because it gives checkers the much needed attention and exposure in the Mall."  The Super 8 is clean, well maintained, has all the necessary amenities, and conveniently located to the Mall, plus reasonable rates for good value.  We appreciate ISCA for negotiating the $45 room rates which are usually in the $65-75 range.    

• Roger Doll presented the Illinois Class A and Class B winners Bryce Morville and Earl Kennell their respective trophies as IL State Class A & B Champions.

• Illinois Checker Association President, Ramon Dionisio, V-Pres, Howard Hoover, and Roger Doll is the Secretary / Treasurer.  Ramon Dionisio was working in Montana and couldn't get off to make this tournament.

• Judy Grisley continues to do an outstanding job photographing the tournament and getting the group picture.  We appreciate her effort and talent.  Judy shared 13 photos which I have posted under PHOTOS at the bottom of this page.

• It was announced that “Backyard Oil” Premieres Tuesday, April 23 at 10 PM ET/PT on the Discovery Channel which features Jimmy Reliford as one of the drillers.

• A good time was had by everyone. 

• Results submitted by Roger Doll, Secretary/Treasurer & Illinois State Tournament Director - email Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 9:00PM

  Congratulations, Bill! 1st Place Class B Winner	Congratulations, Earl! IL State Class B Champion