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.)

 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.

2008 10th Annual Pool and International

2008 Tournament Dates