The 107th Illinois State Checker Tournament
Saturday & Sunday - March 31st & April 1st, 2012
held at the Illinois Centre Mall, Marion, Illinois

Congratulations, Michael! 1st Place Winner	Congratulations, Gene! IL State Champion

 3-Move / Seven 2 game rounds (Swiss) of 1^1/4 hour per game - playing 4 rounds Saturday, and 3 on Sunday. Two division classes  (A and B).

2012 Illinois Open Masters (A Class) By Round, 2Gm

Finish

Name

City, State

ACF#

Rate

Op

Rd1

Rd 2

Rd 3

Rd 4

Rd 5

Rd 6

Rd 7

H Pt.

Cash

Comments

1

IM Michael Holmes

Louisville, KY

10144

2203

12

4T4

9T5

1T7

10T11

7T13

2T17

7T20

$150.00

2012 IL Open Tournament Champ (2nd time)

2

IM Larry Keen

Halls, TN

10149

2177

9

6T4

12T7

10T9

7T11

5T14

11T16

5T19

$100.00

3

IM Don West

Mayfield, KY

10138

2008

7

5T3

2T7

13T11

9T13

12T15

10T17

12T18

$70.00

4

CM Albert Tucker

Minden, LA

10127

2006

10

1T3

8T7

9T9

12T9

2T11

7T13

11T15

97

$28.00

4 way tie 4th place & combined bal $109 prize fund split

5

Nick Boatman

Pegram, TN

12443

1926

5

7T1

14T3

4T6

13T9

9T10

6T14

9T15

96

$27.00

6

Arthur Mays

Campbellsville, KY

10191

1916

13

14T2

3T6

7T6

5T7

1T10

8T13

1T15

82

$27.00

7

Alex Holmes

Sellersburg, IN

10066

1788

11

2T0

4T1

8T5

14T7

3T11

9T13

10T15

79

$27.00

8

Gene Ellison

Norris City, IL

10133

1904

1

10T1

6T5

12T7

2T9

13T10

4T12

13T14

2012 IL State Champion +Trophy (3rd time)

9

John Grisley

Marion, IL

10128

1821

4

12T0

11T3

5T4

3T5

8T7

1T9

2T13

10

Bill Wethington

High Ridge, MO

10132

1916

6

9T0

1T0

3T4

8T7

14T10

5T10

14T12

81

11

Flavious Burgess

Fancy Farm, KY

10129

1810

14

13T2

5T4

2T5

11T7

6T8

3T10

6T12

80

12

Gary Ellison

Eldorado, IL

10121

1964

2

11T4

7T4

14T7

1T9

10T11

12T11

4T11

13

Joe Tucker

Doniphan, MO

10131

1893

3

8T2

13T2

6T2

4T5

11T5

14T7

8T9

14

Ken Christian

Watertown, TN

10119

1803

8

3T2

10T2

11T2

6T2

4T4

13T5

3T7

$429.00

Total Prize Fund $429 + $261 = $690.00

• Congratulations! to IM Michael Holmes of Louisville, KY as winner of the 2012 Illinois Open Tournament, his second time.

• Congratulations! to Gene Ellison of Norris City, IL as the 2012 Illinois State Champion, his third  time.

• Congratulations! to Bryce Morville of Dalton City, IL as the 2012 Illinois State Class B Champion.

  Bryce played his first tournament ever and become the Class B Champion.

• GM stands for Grand Master, IM for International Master, and CM for Candidate Master, which are earned titles given by WCDF to distinguish players.

• ACF Rating - January 2012,  Ratings supplied by ICH Checkers www.icheckers.net  Program written by Vadim Khavinson, calculated by Joe Moore/Eric Strange, and updated by ACF rating processor, Joe Moore.  icheckers ratings The rating showed is before this tournament.

•  "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.

• Thirteen year old Alex Holmes drew both games with Master Larry Keen and also drew his round with Master Albert Tucker, great performance and congratulation on moving up to Master division!

• We had 21 players from 6 states (14 Masters and 7 Minors)  7 from IL; 5 from TN & KY; 2 from MO; and 1 from IN & LA.

• A Class played Swiss pairing with the last round paired using King-of-the-Hill pairing. The B Class played a Round-Robin pairing.

• In the fourth round Ken Christian forfeited both games.  Illinois rules are 3 points when there is a double forfeit.

• Roger Doll presented the Illinois Class A and Class B winners Gene Ellison and Bryce Movville their trophies as IL State Class A & B Champions.

• Illinois Checker Association President, Ramon Dionisio, V-Pres, Howard Hoover, and Roger Doll is the Secretary / Treasurer and reported these results by email Sunday, April 1, 2012 at 10:28 PM

• Much good checkers was played and everyone enjoyed the tournament.

  Congratulations, Bryce! (IL State B Champion)