2008 South Bend Checker Ratings 11/08
Here are the new ratings from the 10th Annual Pool Checker
Festival in South Bend, Indiana, last month.
They were calculated using the linear approximation formula
from the old Official Chess Handbook.
Winner of the tournament was Al Lambert. Biggest rating gains were shown by
Arthur Bell, +94, and Lambert, +69.
Capital letters indicate players in this year's tournament. Other players
kept their ratings from earlier years.
Note this is only for 64-square Pool Checkers. Big-Board
ratings are on a separate list below.)
Player |
Rating |
Igor Rybakov  |
2482 |
George Robinson |
2266 |
AL LAMBERT |
2235 |
CHARLES THOMPSON |
2218 |
CLORIUS LAY |
2113 |
JAMES SHARP |
2069 |
EUGENE HAMPTON |
2069 |
Lozie Goolsby |
2012 |
LEE PITTMAN |
1986 |
FRED SHURN |
1982 |
ORLANDO WILLIAMS |
1958 |
Eddie Smith |
1891 |
THERMAN EARNEST |
1871 |
Johnnie Coleman |
1863 |
ARTHUR BELL |
1857 |
Jack Williams |
1824 |
RUSH ADDAIR |
1795 |
Willie Coleman |
1748 |
ANDREW YOUNG |
1732 |
ERNEST LEE |
1726 |
STONEY BURKE |
1616 |
Donell Guy |
1536 |
NEIL WENBERG |
1504 |
SYLVESTER JOHNSON |
1498 |
Wayne Purdy |
1494 |
HERMAN JOINER |
1490 |
Roberto Ernest |
1449 |
ROGER BLAINE |
1419 |
Vern Cloud |
1414 |
Rob Adams |
1346 |
Jeff Stutzman |
1299 |
2008 Chicago & South Bend International Checker Ratings 11/08
Ratings from the 10th Annual International (Big-Board)
Checker Festival in South Bend, Indiana.
We have also included the July 2008 Chicago Big-Board Tourney
in our ratings.
Charles "Pecan" Thompson won in Chicago and he and Arthur "Sonny" Bell tied
for first in South Bend.
The two also made the biggest rating gains: Thompson +43 and
Bell +29.
Once again, capital letters indicate players in this year's tournaments.
Player |
Rating |
Igor Rybakov |
2412 |
ORLANDO WILLIAMS |
2129 |
Roy Lipscomb |
2120 |
Len Edwards |
2104 |
CHARLES THOMPSON |
1966 |
Johnnie Coleman |
1961 |
ARTHUR BELL |
1808 |
Rev. Bill Moore |
1795 |
RAMON DIONISIO |
1686 |
DONELL GUY |
1684 |
Vern Cloud |
1641 |
Lozie Goolsby |
1619 |
NEIL WENBERG |
1583 |
PETER KUHR |
1565 |
ROGER BLAINE |
1493 |
Roberto Ernest |
1493 |
David Rockwell |
1481 |
Rob Adams |
1476 |
Jeff Stutzman |
1397 |
Phillip Joechle |
1394 |
Steve Mar |
1359 |
Madi Eberle |
1272 |