11th Annual POOL and INTERNATIONAL CHECKERS FESTIVAL
Oct. 10-11, 2009 Jameson Inn South Bend, Indiana
Pool Checkers Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009
Rating
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 Total
1.
Charles Thompson 2218
Carol Stream IL
- 3 2 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 37
2 points per win, 1 point per draw. Tied players listed in order of Sonnenborn-Berger
tie-break system.
PRIZES: 1st Thompson, $100. 2nd Shurn, $50. 3rd
Sharp, $20.
Top Amateur (Rated under 1700) (tie) Young, Joiner, Lee, each $9.
International Checkers Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009
Rating
1
2 3 4 5 Total
1. Charles Thompson 1966
Carol Stream IL
-
2 2 1 2 7
2. Roger Blaine 1493
Mishawaka IN
0 - 2 1 2 5
3. Arthur Bell 1808
South Bend IN
0 0 - 2 2 4
4. Roberto Ernest 1493
Chicago IL
1 1 0
- 1 3
5. Peter Kuhr 1565
South Bend IN
0 0 0
1 - 1
PRIZES: 1st Thompson, $50. 2nd Blaine, $25.
Tournament Director Roger Blaine
A Few Games
Why so many games by Roger Blaine, a Blue Ribbon woodpusher? Well, we have no
others available!
I record all my games. With apologies to Dial Soap, Dont you wish
everybody did?
Pool Checkers, South
Bend, Indiana, Oct. 10, 2009
Two games which went down to "The Special":
Black: Ernest Lee (1726) White: Roger Blaine (1419)
1. 11-15 23-19 2. 8-11 26-23 3. 11-16 24-20 4. 15x24 20x11 5. 7x16
27x11 6. 3-7 22-18 7. 7x16 25-22 8. 10-14 23-19 9. 14x23 19x26 10.
4-8 22-18 11. 8-11 26-23 12. 6-10 29-25 13. 10-15 25-22 14. 2-7
31-27 15. 16-19 23x16 16. 12x19 27-24 17. 9-14 18x9 18. 5x14 32-27
19. 14-18 21-17 20. 18x25 30x21 21. 19-23! 27x18 22. 15x13 24-19 23.
1-6 28-24 24. 6-10 24-20 25. 13-17 21x14 26. 10x17 19-16 27. 17-22
16-12 28. 22-25 20-16 29. 11x20 12-8 30. 25-29 8-3 31. 7-11 3-10
32. 29-18 10-3 33. 20-24 3-12 34. 24-28 12-26 35. 28-32 26-30 36.
18-29 30-26 37. 11-15 26-16 38. 32-14 16-26 39. 14-3 26-13 40.
15-19 13-31 41. 19-23 31-20 42. 3-10 20-31 43. 10-19 31-20 44.
23-26 20-7 45. 26-31 ...
OK, start counting!
45... 7-14 46. 31-24 14-32 47. 24-28 27-9 48. 28-32 9-13 49. 32-14
13-2 50. 29-22 2-20 51. 19-26 20-31 52. 14-23, Black wins.
Black: Roger Blaine (1419) White: Arthur Bell (1857)
1. 10-15 22-18 2. 15x22 25x18 3. 7-10 29-25 4. 11-15 18x11 5. 8x15
24-19 6. 15x24 28x19 7. 4-8 25-22 8. 8-11 22-18 9. 9-14 18x9 10.
5x14 27-24 11. 2-7 24-20 12. 14-17 21x14 13. 10x17 23-18 14. 6-10
19-15 15. 10x19 26-23 16. 19x26 31x13 17. 7-10 13-9 18. 10-14
20-16 19. 14x5 16x7 20. 3x10 32-28 21. 12-16 30-26 22. 10-14 18x9
23. 5x14 26-23 24. 1-6 28-24 25. 16-20 23-19 26. 20x27 19-16 27.
27-32 16-11 28. 6-10 11-8 29. 32-18 8-3 30. 18-15 3-12 31.
14-17 12-30 32. 17-21 30-12 33. 10-14 12-23 34. 15-18 23-30 35.
18-22 30-23 36. 14-17 23-30 37. 22-31 30-19 38. 21-25 19-30 39.
25-29 30-21 40. 17-22 21-30 41. 31-20 30-21 42. 22-26 21-30
43. 26-31 ...
Aha! We're down to the Special! Start counting!
43... 30-19 44. 31-27 19-10 45. 27-5 10-1 46. 20-27 1-10 47. 5-1
10-21 48. 1-19 21-7 49. 27-23 7-17 50. 29-11 17-31 51. 19-10 31-13
52. 23-16 13-9 (that was no. 10 in the countdown, so we're OK) 53.
10-6, Black wins.
Hey now, I dont beat Arthur most of the time! This one is more typical:
Black: Arthur Bell (1857) White: Roger Blaine (1419)
1. 11-15 23-19 2. 8-11 26-23 3. 9-14 22-18 4. 15x22 25x9 5. 5x14 29-25 6. 4-8 25-22 7. 11-15 22-17 8. 8-11 24-20 9. 15x24 28x19 10. 11-15 27-24 11. 7-11 17-13 12. 3-7 30-26 13. 15-18 31-27 14. 1-5 32-28 15. 18-22 26x17 16. 14-18! 23x14 17. 11-16 20x11 18. 7x32 14x7 19. 2x11 24-19 20. 32-27, Black wins.
International Checkers, South Bend, Indiana, Oct. 11, 2009
White: Roger Blaine (1493) Black: Arthur Bell (1808)
Another upset which is not our usual result.
1. 34-30 20-25 2. 40-34 15-20 3. 32-28 20-24 4. 37-32 18-23 5. 44-40 14-20 6. 41-37 9-14 7. 31-27 17-21 8. 49-44 21-26 9. 37-31 26x37 10. 42x31 12-17 11. 47-42 3-9 12. 33-29 24x22 13. 27x29 10-15 14. 39-33 5-10 15. 42-37 17-21 16. 31-26 7-12 17. 26x17 12x21 18. 44-39 11-17 19. 36-31 17-22 20. 31-26 21-27 21. 32x21 16x27 22. 37-32 6-11 23. 32x21 11-16 24. 21-17 22x11 25. 38-32 20-24 26. 29x20 15x24 27. 50-44 11-17 28. 46-41 1-6 29. 41-37 2-7 30. 37-31 7-12 31. 32-27 17-21 32. 26x17 12x32 33. 33-29 24x33 34. 39x37 14-20 35. 44-39 20-24 36. 39-33 10-15 37. 43-38 6-11 38. 48-42 16-21 39. 31-26 21-27 40. 37-32 11-16 41. 32x21 16x27 42. 38-32! 27x47 43. 26-21 47x29 44. 34x12 25x34 45. 40x20 15x24 46. 45-40 13-19 47. 12-7 Black resigns, 2-0.
2009 11th Annual Pool & International