The American Checker Federation (ACF) is pleased to announce its 2013 National Freestyle Checkers Tournament!  This year's tournament honors Carl Reno, a master player in Go-As-You-Please or freestyle checkers, and a longtime supporter of the ACF and the game.  Carl is best known as the author of The Work of The Pentium, a dynamic checkers textbook covering new and unexplored opening lines.  It was among the first checkers books to integrate careful and substantial computer analysis, changing the way we think about studying checkers forever!  Copies of Carl's book will be available at the tournament, and he's graciously agreed to donate all proceeds to the ACF's Dream Young Fund, to benefit youth checkers.  You can also reserve your copy when you register for the tournament.  Our host for this tournament is the Holiday Inn in Cincinnati, Ohio, located on the north I-275 loop, about 20 minutes from the Cincinnati Airport.  The Holiday Inn is offering us a great deal: a room rate of $71/night (plus tax), a free hot breakfast buffet every morning of the tournament, and a free playing room.  To get those benefits, we need to guarantee them a certain amount of business, so we're asking all tournament players to stay there for the duration of the event.  To make your reservation, call the hotel at (513) 563-8330 and ask for the American Checker Federation rate.  You must reserve a room by July 6 to receive the discount.  Please reserve your rooms early, to ensure we have enough space for everyone!  During the tournament, you can follow all the action-- including live video and round-by-round score updates-- here at acfnationals.com.  Questions?  Please email Tournament Director, John Acker at acker.jt@gmail.com or call him at 217-778-3451.  See you in Cincy!