THE KENTUCKY CHECKER TOURNAMENT will be held (Saturday and Sunday), October 14 & 15, 2017 at La Quinta Inn, 1751 Lexington Road, Richmond, Kentucky 40475 (map), laquintarichmondky.com. 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 11th, 2017, you should book your room early. (Rooms are $62.00/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 telephone call 1/17/2017 from Leon Creek, 212 Leawood Drive, Lexington, KY 40502 | Phone 859-269-1292  | email: Slcreek@windstream.net  or email Don Brattin ddbky@roadrunner.com

Results:

6 participated in the 2017 Kentucky State Open Tournament. Alex Moiseyev from Dublin, OH won 1st place and recognized as our 2017 Kentucky State Open Champion.  Arthur Mays from Campbellsville, KY is our 2017 Kentucky State Champion.  We played five rounds of Round-Robin and two rounds of Swiss, making the tournament a 7 round, two day event.  Leon Creek was their tournament referee and score-keep.  A special thanks goes to Joe McDaniel from Tulsa, OK who donated $300.00 to our 2017 Kentucky Open Tournament fund.  Results were submitted by mail Thursday, October 19, 2017 from Leon Creek.

Congratulations, Alex! 1st place	Congratulations, Lapin! 2nd place	Congratulations, Arthur! 3rd place & 2017 KY State Champion	Congratulations, Byron! 4th place

(Official Crosstable - Final Results of 2017 Kentucky State Open)
3-Move Single Division Open Tournament at La Quinta Inn, 1751 Lexington Road, Richmond, Kentucky - October 14^th & 15^th, 2017

2017 Kentucky Open (3-Move) Single Div 7-2GmRds, Score By Gm (Rd-Robin)

before

after

Finish

Name

City, State

ACF#

Rate

Rate

R1

R2

R3

R4

R5

R6

R7

Pts

Cash

Comments

1

GM Alex Moiseyev

Dublin, OH

10157

2189

4T4

3T4

2T2

5T4

6T4=18

3T4=22

5T4

26

$220

2017 Kentucky State Open Champion

2

Lapin Vadym

Kiev, Ukraine

unrated

5T3

4T2

1T2

6T3

4T3=13

6T4=17

4T3

20

$150

3

Arthur Mays

Campbellsville, KY

10191

1794

6T4

1T0

5T1

4T4

5T3=12

1T0=12

6T3

15

$100

2017 Kentucky State Champion

4

Byron Woolum

Walker, KY

10101

1849

1T0

2T2

6T3

3T0

2T1=6

5T3=9

2T1

10

$90

5

Jerry Askins

Monticello, KY

10080

1745

2T1

6T3

3T3

1T0

3T1=8

4T1=9

1T0

9

$80

6

Perry McCracken

East Bernstadt, KY

10090

1634

3T0

5T1

4T1

2T1

1T0=3

2T0=3

3T1

4

$80

Total

$720

• Wonder why Arthur Mays didn't play Lapin Vadym and Byron Woolum play Jerry Askins to complete their 5th round of pairing for their Round-Robin?  This would leave rounds 6 & 7 for modified
  Swiss, avoiding any 3x re-pairs.  Woolum played Lapin Vadym 3x and Mays didn't play him, but Mays did play Moiseyev twice so it probably averaged out.
• Maybe ACF should offer District Managers and Tournament Directors the assistance of ChessArbiter Pro Draughts program with a database of players for sanctioned tournaments.
• Kentucky has probably more top talented checker players than any other state: Jim Morrison, Michael Holmes, Chuck Freeman, Don West, Alex Homes, John Schimdt, Jonathon Chappell,
  Arthur May, Byron Woolum, Jerry Askins, Gary Wilson, etc,  just to name a few, and quite a good group of senior masters who are now aging out of competition.