RESULTS:
2014 District 1 & New England States (GAYP) Open
 

Congratulations! Joe Margolin 2014 MA State & District 1 Champion

GAYP - single game per 7 Rounds - Round Robin (30 minutes per game +)

#

Player - City - State

ACF

before Rate

after Rate

Rd 1

Rd 2

Rd 3

Rd 4

Rd 5

Rd 6

Rd 7

Pts

HH*

Finish

Comments

1

Jacob Zandelis - Newton, MA

12649

1536

1572

2T1

3T2

5T2

BYE

7T1

6T1

4T2

9

2

2

Joe Margolin - Westwood, MA

10210

1879

1816

1T1

5T2

7T2

4T2

3T2

BYE

6T2

11

1

2014 District 1 & MA State Champion + book

3

Steve Kelly - Medford, MA

10214

1538

1554

4T2

1T0

BYE

6T2

2T0

5T2

7T1

7

2

3

2-way tie 3rd place - separated by HH

4

Bill Wheeler - South Easton, MA

10194

1507

1476

3T0

BYE

6T0

2T0

5T1

7T1

1T0

2

1

6-7

2-way tie 4th place on game and HH points

5

Eric Reid  - Wakefield, MA

10217

1338

1375

6T0

2T0

1T0

7T1

4T1

3T0

BYE

2

1

6-7

2-way tie 4th place on game and HH points

6

Fred Follis - Chelsea, MA

12605

1477

1517

5T2

7T2

4T2

3T0

BYE

1T1

2T0

7

0

4

2-way tie 3rd place - separated by HH

7

Richard White - Dover, MA

10211

1616

1564

BYE

6T0

2T0

5T1

1T1

4T1

3T1

4

5

 

• Congratulations! To Joe Margolin from Westwood, Massachusetts as the winner of the 2014 District 1 & Massachusetts State Championship.
• Once again Joe Margolin won the tournament out right, this makes his 7th MA State Title (06,07,09,11,12,13, & 14) and 5th District 1 Title (09,11,12,13, & 14).
• All players were from the state of Massachusetts this year, with Joseph Margolin winning all his rounds and drawing Jacob Zandelis in this single game GAYP round-robin tournament. The other New England States: CT, ME, NH, RI, and VT titles were not contested. The last CT State Champion was Walt Watrous in 2012, ME State Champion was John Michalowski in 2009, and Ed McDuffee keeps his 2009 NH Title. The last RI Champ was Mike Magnelli in 2008, and VT State Championship is vacant.
• ACF Rating - before this tournament, supplied by ICH Checkers www.icheckers.net.  Program written by Vadim Khavinson, calculated by Eric Strange, and updated by Joe Moore, ACF Rating Processor.  icheckers ratings  Your new rating considers your performance against opponents in this tournament.
• Top place prize was a copy of the 4th Annual International Match Book, donated by Charles Walker of the International Checkers Hall of Fame.
• New tournament players enter the system at a 1600 point base rating. They increase or decrease their rating by playing with other "rated" players (more than 20 games).  Players are unrated (less than 20 games) until they have played at least 20 games. The unrated player can not change a rated player's rating no matter what the result.  The unrated player will decrease their rating if they draw or lose to a lower "rated" player or increase their rating if they draw or win against a higher "rated" player.  In the scenario two unrated players play each other, both their ratings will not change no matter what the result.
• Tournament was a GAYP, single game Round Robin, 7 players, scored by game, and the T separates player's opponent from player's game points for that round. Win=2 points, Draw=1 points, Loss=0 points, Bye=3 points but excluded since all opponents received one.
• We appreciate Richard and Catherine White for graciously hosting the event at their home and providing lunch, coffee and snacks.
• No entry fee, no prize money, but you get your name on a plaque.
• Nice newspaper article ran 6-10-2014 Dover-Sherborn Press - “New England Checker Champions in Dover, June 21”
• Crosstable results reported by Richard White via email Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 3:40 PM.