2011 Missouri State Open 3-Move
Saturday & Sunday - April 16th & 17th, 2011

Congratulations, Larry! 1st Place Winner	Congratulations, Bill! MO State Champion	Congratulations, Wilma! MO Ladies State Champion

3-Move / Seven 2 game rounds (Swiss) of 1 hour per game - playing 4 rounds Saturday, and 3 on Sunday. Single Division (Class A)

2011 Missouri Open Masters (A Class) By Round, 2Gm

Finish

Name

City, State

WCDF#

Rate

Op

Rd1

Rd 2

Rd 3

Rd 4

Rd 5

Rd 6

Rd 7

H Pt.

Cash

Comments

1

Larry Pollard

Brilliant, AL

101131

2150

11

9T4

4T7

13T10

12T14

8T15

2T19

8T22

$100.00

Tournament Winner

2

Gene Ellison

Norris City, IL

101046

2028

8

15T4

1T6

2T10

4T13

11T16

7T19

11T20

$90.00

3

Bill Wethington

High Ridge, MO

101047

2034

4

10T4

11T5

5T9

8T10

1T14

13T17

12T19

$70.00

2011 Missouri State 3-Move Champion

4

G.W. "Wayne" Miller

Windsor, MO

101222

1823

9

11T0

14T4

7T6

3T9

2T11

12T13

7T17

$55.00

5

Ken Kelly

Kansas City, MO

10472

1882

12

13T2

3T6

1T10

11T10

7T12

9T14

4T16

$40.00

6

George Cook

Lincoln, MO

101305

2107

13

12T2

6T6

11T7

1T8

3T11

4T12

6T15

$35.00

7

WIM Wilma Wolverton

Grain Valley, MO

101091

1738

1

7T4

8T6

12T6

13T9

4T9

10T11

byeT14

95

$25.00

2011 Missouri State Ladies Champion

8

Gayle Helterbrand

Cabool, MO

101104

1841

2

6T3

5T5

8T5

15T9

9T11

11T11

5T14

91

$25.00

9

George Stallsworth

Saint Joseph, MO

101221

1724

3

14T3

12T3

15T6

9T7

13T8

byeT11

10T14

79

$25.00

10

Keith Wait

Kirksville, MO

101307

1776

7

1T0

10T4

9T6

5T10

11T12

8T13

9T13

$15.00

11

Ted Williamson

Kenova, WV

101321

1821

10

4T0

7T0

byeT3

14T7

6T9

1T11

3T12

81

$10.00

12

J.R. Smith

Greensboro, NC

101124

1792

6

2T1

13T1

14T3

byeT6

10T8

5T11

13T12

75

$10.00

13

Howard Hoover

Odin, IL

101090

1729

5

byeT3

2T5

4T5

7T5

15T8

6T9

2T10

82

$10.00

14

Chris Weiland

Sedalia, MO

101216

1755

15

8T0

byeT3

3T4

2T4

5T5

14T8

14T10

76

$10.00

15

Richard Brownfield

Sedalia, MO

101xxx

unrated

14

3T1

9T1

6T3

10T3

byeT6

15T7

15T9

$10.00

Total Prize Fund

$530.00

• Congratulations! to Larry Pollard of Brilliant, AL as the winner of the 2011 Missouri State Open Tournament.

• Congratulations! to Bill Wethington of High Ridge, MO as the 2011 Missouri State Champion.  This is his seventh time as MO State Champion, winning in '88, '95, '97,  '98, 2004, 2009, and 2011.

• Congratulations! to Wilma Wolverton of Grain Valley, MO as the 2011 Missouri State Ladies Champion.

• Congratulations! to Kenneth  Kelly of Culleoka, TN  who is back playing tournament checkers, he is now working in Kansas City, MO and plans on moving his family there this year.

• Everyone played the same 3-Move Opening for each individual round selected by the Tournament Director & Darlene Stallsworth, scorekeeper; therefore, all opponents play the same 7 openings.

• 1.  10-15 21-17 6-10   2.  9-13 22-18 12-16   3.  9-13 23-18 5-9   4.  11-16 22-18 8-11   5.  9-14 22-17 11-16   6.  12-16 21-17 16-19   7.  9-14 23-19 5-9

• We appreciate G.W. Miller as tournament sponsor and for making an arrangement with Windsor Senior Center as our tournament host and venue.

• WCDF Rating No.7 (through June 2010) released 10/20/2010.

• "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.

• GM stands for Grand Master, IM for International Master, CM for Candidate Master, WIM stands for Women's International Master.

• We had 15 players from 6 states:  10 from MO; 2 from IL; one each from AL, NC, and WV.

• Wilma Wolverton,  MCA Secretary-Treasurer  read the minutes of  last years business meeting and reported on the financial status.  George Stallsworth continues as President  with George Cook as Vice President.  She mentioned that Chris Weiland was the Missouri Checker Association President from 1995 to 2006.  These deceased members where also remembered: Howard Steiner - Feb. 5, 2011; George Juhl - January 26, 2011; Ansel Owen - June 25, 2010; and Richard Slaten - January 5, 2010.

• Here were at least 4 checker players wives that accompany their husbands to the tourney; Maxine Helterbrand, Candy Wait, Darlene Stallsworth, Wilma Miller, and Player Wilma Wolverton.

• We appreciated the delicious Tournament Cake, Cherry, and Strawberry Pies, donuts, cookies, hot coffee, drinks, etc through out the tournament.

• We also want to thank G.W. "Wayne" Miller for sponsoring the tournament and lining up the Senior Center and making hotel arrangements, and ladies for the food, drinks, & coffee, and our Director and Score-Keeper, George & Darlene Stallsworth.  A big thank you for all who were responsible for making this an excellent tournament.

• A delightful tournament and  wonderful fellowship was had by all who attended.

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