2015 Kentucky Open
October 10^th & 11^th 2015

     THE KENTUCKY CHECKER TOURNAMENT will be held (Saturday and Sunday), October 10 & 11, 2015 at La Quinta Inn, 1751 Lexington Road, Richmond, Kentucky 40475 (map). There will be 7 rounds of two games each - four rounds Saturday beginning at 8:00 AM; three rounds Sunday, same start time.  A block of rooms will be held until Sep 20th, 2015. Rooms are $59.00/each Night. Motel has been completely renovated inside and out. Call 859-623-9121 for reservations, each room has New TV and Two Queen Beds, free continental breakfast and swimming pool. Cracker Barrel Restaurant next door. Call Don Brattin  at 859-986-9711 for info if needed. Advise the clerk this is for the Kentucky Checker Tournament. | Submitted via email ddbky@roadrunner.com by Don Brattin (Friday, July 24, 2015 at 3:05 PM)

Arthur Mays - Campbellsville, KY wins the 2015 Kentucky Open.
submitted by Leon Creek, Referee 10/11/2015 1:22pm (score-sheet to be submitted shortly)
2015 Kentucky Open | October 10 & 11, 2015 at La Quinta Inn, 1751 Lexington Road, Richmond, Kentucky

Finish	Player	City, State	Rated	Game Points	Cash	Comments:
1	Arthur Mays	Campbellsville, KY	1902	17	$120.00	Congratulation to Arthur Mays, repeating as Ky State Champion
2	Byron Woolum	Walker, KY	1844	16	100.00
3	Jorge E. Flor	Guayaquil, Ecuador	unrated	15	80.00	This was Mr. Flor 1st checker tournament he has ever played in!
4	Gary Wilson	Alexandria, KY	1811	14	60.00
5	Jerry Askins	Monticello, KY	1741	12	40.00
6	Shelby Mays	Williamsburg, KY	1608	10	20.00
7	Donald Brattin	Berea, KY	1894	withdrew	--
					$420.00	Special Thanks goes to Joe McDaniel from Tulsa, OK who donated $300.00 to the prize fund.

 

(Official Crosstable - Final Results of 2015 Kentucky State Open)
3-Move Single Division Open Tournament - La Quinta Inn, 1751 Lexington Road, Richmond, Kentucky - October 10^th & 11^th , 2015

2015 Kentucky Open (3-Move) Single Div 7-2GmRds, Score By Gm				before	after
Finish	Name	City, State	ACF#	Rate	Rate	Opp									Pts	Cash	Comments
1	Arthur Mays	Campbellsville, KY	10191	1902	1893	2	1T3	4T3	6T2	5T4		5T2	3T2	5T1	17	$120	2015 Kentucky State Champion
2	Byron Woolum	Walker, KY	10101	1884	1902	5	4T2	6T1	1T4	2T0	3T4	2T2		2T3	16	$100
3	Jorge E. Flor	Guayaquil, Ecuador	12825	1600	1692	6	3T1	5T3	2T2		1T1	4T2	4T3	1T3	15	$80	1st ACF Tournament
4	Gary Wilson	Alexandria, KY	10060	1811	1801	4	5T2	2T1	3T2	1T3		6T2	6T1	3T3	14	$60
5	Jerry Askins	Monticello, KY	10080	1741	1717	1	2T1	3T3	5T0	4T1	6T3	3T3		6T1	12	$40
6	Shelby Mays	Williamsburg, KY	10236	1608	1623	3	6T3	1T1	4T2		5T0	1T1	2T2	4T1	10	$20
7	Don Brattin	Berea, KY	10139	1894	1894	7			wd	--	--	--		--	--		withdrew after 2nd round
	Total															$420

- Congratulations to Arthur Mays from Campbellsville, Kentucky who won the tournament and recognized as the 2015 Kentucky State Checker Champion. This makes two in a row!
- $20 entry fee plus donations and contributions totaled prize fund of $420.00. A Special Thanks goes to Joe McDaniel from Tulsa, OK who donated $300.00 to the prize fund.
- Big Thank You to Don Brattin - Tournament Director/Sponsor and Leon Creek as Scorekeeper and Referee   Official Source Score-Sheet  
- Don Brattin withdrew after the second round, so referee played 6 players as single division.  This dropped Brattin to the bottom as a withdrawal with no points or rating change.
-There were no rounds per se, buy players playing who was available & willing, reporting results back to Leon and then on to next available opponent.
- Ratings from ACF, Before and After Ratings are the results of a player's rating before this tournament and after it was recalculated from this score-sheet by ACF rating processor, Joe Moore.
- Leon Creek submitted results by email Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 8:24 PM and X-Tables by mail 10/15/2014.
- Jorge Flore from Guayaquil, Ecuador played his first ACF tournament. We welcome his participation and hope he will become an ACF member and play ever chance he is in the USA.  Jorge is "Chief" in Play OK.com.