2009 GLICC Tournament No. 20  
The 2009 - 20th Great Lakes International Checkers Conference ended June 30th, 2009


BULSTRA DOMINATES BIG-BOARD TOURNEY            

  Jan Bulstra, Cornelius, North Carolina, won the 20th Tournament of the Great Lakes International Checkers Conference, held March thru June 2009 on ItsYourTurn.com.  This was Bulstra's first time playing in the GLICC, and, well, he is originally from The Netherlands, is a reputable player known as ~orijin~ on online sites, and pretty well dominated the rest of us.  Former co-champ Jesse Furry, Delaware, was second, and long-time competitors Neil Wenberg and Roberto Ernest showed improved strength to finish third and fourth.

 

  Tournament no. 21 will begin July 14.  Interested players should contact Roger Blaine, Director.  (Note: the following chart lines up correctly if it is in Courier New font.)

 

GREAT LAKES INTERNATIONAL CHECKERS CONFERENCE
Tournament no. 20 -- March 9-June 30, 2009
FINAL STANDINGS (
no ties for any places!)


-----name-----------State--Pts----W---D---L
1. Jan Bulstra        NC   22 ---11 - 0 - 0
2. Jesse Furry        DE   18 --- 9 - 0 - 2
3. Neil Wenberg       PA   16 --- 7 - 2 - 2
4. Roberto Ernest     IL   14 --- 7 - 0 - 4
5. Vern Cloud         MI   13 --- 6 - 1 - 4
6. Art Smit           CA   12 --- 5 - 2 - 4
7. David Rockwell     IL   11 --- 5 - 1 - 5
8. Roger Blaine       IN   10 --- 4 - 2 - 5
9. Frankie Gray       IL    8 --- 4 - 0 - 7
10. Jeff Stutzman     IN    5 --- 2 - 1 - 8
11. Trinidad Martinez TX    2 --- 1 - 0 -10
12. Dave Mattern      MB    1 --- 0 - 1 -10

                    (Canada)


GREAT LAKES INTERNATIONAL CHECKERS CONFERENCE

Ratings after Tournament no. 20, Mar.-June 2009

 

  Newcomer and undefeated champion Jan Bulstra starts out with a rating of 1918, sixty points ahead of second-highest Jesse Furry.

  Roberto Ernest had the greatest rating gain this time with +52, bringing him up to 5th highest with 1599.  Neil Wenberg had the next largest gain with +32.

 

  (GLICC is a series of 100-square checkers tournaments played on ItsYourTurn.com by amateur, non-master players. We have been running for 7 years and have completed 20 tournaments.  Ratings are figured from the linear approximation formula in the old Official Chess Handbook.)

 

Rank---name-------old rat.-->new rat.

 

1. Jan Bulstra------(new) --> 1918

2. Jesse Furry------ 1855 --> 1858

3. Vern Cloud------- 1793 --> 1736

4. Neil Wenberg ---- 1674 --> 1706

5. Roberto Ernest -- 1547 --> 1599

6. Art Smit--------- 1578 --> 1585

7. Roger Blaine----- 1596 --> 1563

8. David Rockwell--- 1560 --> 1559

9. Frankie Gray----- 1353 --> 1384

10. Jeff Stutzman--- 1358 --> 1339

11. Trini Martinez--(new) --> 1256

12. Dave Mattern---- 1187 --> 1155

 

 "Dutchman Pete" Kuhr hosted some game players at his home in South Bend, Indiana, on Sunday, July 5.  Pete beat Roger Blaine 2 out of 3 in International Checkers, and three players all split even in chess.


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