2013 NC State Open Checker Tournament
The 123^rdAnnual 2013 North Carolina Open Checker Tournament held on Friday and Saturday, May 17^th & 18^th 2013

 
" Bill Stanley Tournament Honoree " 
Libby Hill Seafood Restaurant, 3011 Randleman Road, Greensboro, NC 27406 

Congratulations, John! 2013 State Champion	Congratulations, Tim 2nd Place Finisher	Congratulations, Bobby 3rd Place Masters	Congratulations, Teal 4th Place Finisher

(Official Crosstable Results)
Single Division 3-Move / Eight 2 game rounds (Swiss) of 1^1/4 hour per game - playing 4 rounds Friday, 4 rounds Saturday

2013 NC State Open Single Division By Round, 2Gm

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after

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Name

City, State

ACF#

Rate

Rate

Op

Rd1

Rd 2

Rd 3

Rd 4

Rd 5

Rd 6

Rd 7

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Comments

MASTERS:  3 entrants

(rating 2100+)

1

IM John Webster

Stoneville, NC

10147

2157

12

14T3

5T7

2T11

3T14

4T17

10T20

4T22

4T24

140

$450.00

2013 NC State Champion (7th time)

2

IM Tim Laverty

Graham, NC

10153

2175

4

8T4

10T7

3T9

6T13

12T14

13T18

12T20

12T22

142

$250.00

2-way tie for 2nd place - splits $300+$200/2= $250

3

Bobby Gerringer

Pittsboro, NC

12442

1910

3

7T4

9T8

4T10

12T11

10T14

2T15

6T19

10T22

129

$250.00

2013 NC State Majors Champion

4

Teal Stanley

Greensboro, NC

10107

2107

10

6T4

4T5

11T9

7T13

3T14

12T15

2T18

3T19

137

$125.00

2-way tie for 4th place - splits $150+$100/2= $125

5

Matthew Clark

Fort Mill, SC

10492

1806

2

13T3

11T6

12T6

8T8

14T12

3T15

10T16

15T19

124

$125.00

6

Neil Wenberg

Harmony, PA

10126

1618

13

2T1

14T3

5T5

9T8

8T10

4T10

7T14

11T16

107

$95.00

7

Mike Ross

Burlington, NC

10110

1856

15

Late

Entry

ByeT3

5T5

1T9

6T11

11T14

2T15

$90.00

8

Ted Williamson

Kenova, WV

10024

1654

14

12T1

13T3

6T4

11T6

2T6

9T9

8T12

9T14

114

$80.00

3-way tie for 8th place - split $85+$80+$75/3= $80

9

Jeff Webster

Stoneville, NC

10218

1812

11

5T3

2T4

10T4

14T6

9T8

8T11

15T12

13T14

110

$80.00

10

J.R. Smith

Greensboro, NC

10098

1600

9

1T4

3T4

7T5

13T6

11T8

14T9

ByeT12

14T14

95

$80.00

11

Buck Smith

Millboro, VA

10091

1688

8

4T0

7T1

1T5

2T7

13T9

11T10

14T11

7T13

107

$70.00

12

Grover Minor

Greensboro, NC

12659

1608

7

3T0

8T3

9T6

10T6

6T6

ByeT9

13T9

8T11

109

$65.00

Larry Michael

Lexington, NC

10059

1598

6

10T0

1T3

14T6

4T6

7T10

15T12

3T12

withdrew

Morris Auman

Sophia, NC

12450

1386

1

9T0

6T1

8T1

ByeT4

15T4

withdrew

-

-

James Martin

Monroe, NC

10032

1599

5

11T1

12T1

13T3

15T5

withdrew

-

-

-

Bill Stanley

Greensboro, NC

10061

1324

attended the NC State Open but did not play

$1,760.00

• Congratulations! to IM John R. Webster of Stoneville, NC as the winner of the Tournament and our 2013 NC State Open Champion.   This makes Webster's 7th time as a  NC State Champion.

• Congratulations!  to Bobby Gerringer of Pittsboro, NC as the 2013 NC State Open Majors Champion.   This is Gerringer's first time winning the Majors State Championship.

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

• ACF Rating - before this tournament, and after ratings is your rating after this tournament's performance.  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  Your new rating will be available in a few days after Joe Moore updates and recalculates this scoresheet.

• "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.

• Players were welcomed to Libby Hill Seafood Restaurant by a nice door display sign announcing Welcome!! 123rd NC Open State Checker Tournament "Bill Stanley Tournament Honoree"    

• Players received a coffee mug and Teal & Bill got a stein and cup as a door prize, there were also plenty of ACF & NCCA logo buttons.

• In the 9:00AM business meeting Teal Stanley, NCCA President opened the meeting and welcomed 16 players, of which 4 were out of state players, Matthew Clark from SC, Neil Wenberg from PA, Ted Williamson from WV, and Buck Smith from Virginia. Teal Stanley asked  Larry Michael to give the invocation, and called for Secretary JR Smith to read last years minutes (preprinted for approval) and approved as read.   JR Smith, acting NCCA Treasurer, reported on the financial status of the security accounts, saying the RCB balance was $15,435.42 as of  4/30/2013, and the Edward Jones account was $14,272.14 as of 3/30/2013 for the combined total of  $29,707.56 before the $1,500 withdrawal.  Smith stated the fund accounts were in pretty good shape considering the market was up and we where in mutual funds, corporate bond funds, and ETFs that offered safety but good dividends and interest, which is much higher than we would be getting from CDs. The shares' value might fluctuate a little with the market but we are not concentrating as much on growth but after safety and yield.  Smith also had printed statements of NCCA fund accounts for anyone who wanted a copy.  He also said our 2012 Federal Tax Return (990) would be filed shortly after our annual meeting.  Two other reports were available: a list of withdrawals and yearly history of the fund accounts.

• Smith also mentioned recent deaths of our last year members, and a few other well known tournament players: Remembering recent deaths:  Jimmy Atkins Greensboro 8/13/12, Larry Lovett Greensboro 9/4//12, Bill McClintock Greensboro 10/6/12, Landon Stokes Lexington, NC 11/11/12, Steve Buntin Chapel Hill 1/1/2013, Bob Finchum Dandridge, TN 1/9/12, Earle Sweatmon Kaufman 2/5/12, OA Morea Roanoka, VA 2/28/12, Stan Morris Booneville, MS 3/2/12, Ed Bruch Amherst NY 8/13/12, Gayle Helterbrand Cabool MO 10/13/2013,  Leonard Hickman Culleoka, TN 1/2/2013,  James Bracnaro Shelton, CT 2/5/2013.  This is continuing  announcements like Bill McClintock would do at our annual business meeting.

• A motion was made, seconded, and carried to add “Billy McClintock Memorial” to the "Greensboro Open" in honor of Billy who organized and directed this tournament from the mid-1990s until 2009. His last tournaments were at his home and included Mrs. Frances McClintock's wonderful home cooked dinners. Before Billy, Howard Amos was the Greensboro Tournament organizer. This would be a fitting  remembrance to Bill by renaming the tournament for him.

• Under New Business we elected Mike Ross as our new Treasurer to replace deceased Bill McClintock.  We continue the services of Teal Stanley as President, Jeff Webster as Vice-President, and JR Smith as Secretary.

• We voted to add JR Smith, and the new Treasurer to both our security accounts along with Teal Stanley (Triple signatures on Edward Jones and RCB business account forms).  

• Teal mentions we should talk up checkers and recruit younger players to visit our club and play in our tournaments.  We had a bag of "Lets Play Checkers" buttons to pass out to players so they can wear them on their shirt & hats.  These ACF, NCCA, and MO logo buttons should increase awareness and might initiate a conversation about our wonderful mind sport game.  John Webster offered some good ideas on improving attendance. He also questioned the fact that too many tournaments could be hurting our State Tournament attendance?

• JR Smith stated that, “Next year we will try to have our State Tournament in Eastern North Carolina on May 16^th and 17^th 2014. This tournament will be named the “Cecil Lowe Memorial State Tournament” in honor of our past president.”

• Because of  low attendance we reduced the playing field to one group and set the entry fee at $20.00 for a single "A" Class Division. We voted to play a Single Swiss Division with a Masters and a Majors bracket, to distinguish Master and Major State Champions and determine prize money by paying through both class brackets. Trophies awarded to each class.  We will re-pair opponents only in the last round when necessary, and possibility a third re-pair in the top positions.   We also voted that a 3 point bye would be awarded to the lowest opponent; thereafter, to the lowest opponent as 2 points if multiple byes, and 4 points for a forfeit.  We played two 1. 25 hour games per round,  or an eight 2. 5 hour round tournament,  starting at 10AM on Friday and 8:00AM on Saturday and finishing by 5:30PM Saturday evening.

• We recognize Mr. Bill Stanley as our "State Tournament Honoree" for his life-time support of checkers and many years attending tournaments.  He was also the oldest player at age 91 with his 92nd birthday on July 22nd.

• Mike Ross was a late entry, missing the first three rounds of Friday's play and awarded a forfeit from Morris Auman who didn't show Saturday morning for their fifth round.

• Tim Laverty officiated as score keeper, tournament referee, and did a fantastic job as usual. 

• Bobby Gerringer qualified as NC State Majors Champion by bracket and  Rules

• NCCA Life-Time Members are exempt of any State Tournament entry fees, one of the benefits of being a life-time member.  These 9 Life-Time Members attending this State Tournament: Larry Michael,  JR Smith, Tim Laverty,  James Martin, Bobby Gerringer, Bill & Teal Stanley, John & Jeff Webster. 

• NCCA has a tournament policy requiring a player to finish the tournament in order to get prize money.  We don't pay a cash prize to withdrawals; however, there have been exceptions when a player had to leave the last round and performed exceptionally well in his class, so we have awarded the player by forwarding the prize to him.  Larry Michael requested that his prize money be distributed to the finishing players.  Two players finished their rounds and were satisfied to take an approximate payoff, thus giving them more daylight travel time.  They were Neil Wenberg who accepted $80 and Jeff Webster who accepted $70.

• We appreciate those players who made donations to the prize fund which helped build the total to $1,760.00.   The payout schedule was adjusted to exclude withdrawals which are not paid prize money, but re-distributed to the finishers.

• A good number of wives and family visited the tournament; Gayle Smith, Carol Williamson, Tiffany Stanley, Carolyn Minor, Carol Wenberg, Morris Auman's daughter Caitlyn, Grover Minor's son Ty and family, Mark Stanley.

• Mike Ross brought honey for sale, Neil Wenberg had plenty of classic checker books for sale.

• Bobby Gerringer brought in two of his awesomely delicious cheese-cakes so the players could have a delicious supplement with their coffee.   In addition to this, Carolyn Minor sent a delicious carrot cake with white cream icing, and Gayle Smith brought a grape salad.  All these treats seem to be a hit with the players.

We appreciate these delightful treats!

• Franklin Reynolds, a Greensboro resident read about the tournament in the newspaper and visited us Saturday afternoon.  He watched and played a few pickup games, hopefully we can recruit Mr. Reynolds as a checker player.

• We appreciate Libby Hill Seafood Restaurant for hosting our tournament and their meeting room services throughout our tournament.

• WXII - Piedmont Triad's Channel 12 Local TV Station did a video clip on the Tournament Friday afternoon which was aired on Friday evening news at 6 & 11pm.  Neil Wenberg was featured playing Bill O'Neil one of the news anchor personalities.   Link   http://www.wxii12.com/page/search/htv-gws/news/local-news/north-carolina/state-checkers-tournament-in-greensboro/-/10622650/20245144/-/ui1s3j/-/index.html

• The tournament was announced in the Greensboro News-Record twice.

• Our tournament was announced in The News-Record SCENE gotriad Calendar and Americantowns.

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