“The Joe McDaniel” 11-Man Ballot 2024 WTM - Archdale, NC   

“World and European Championship Match”

January 15-18, 2024

"The Joe McDaniel World 11-Man Ballot Match" between 11-Man World Champion Alexander Moiseyev and challenger MS Alex Holmes

(Both players from USA) The 16-game match will be held January 15-18/19, 2024 at the Quality Inn - Archdale, NC

Here is a link to Fox 8 news on WTM: https://myfox8.com/spotlight/roys-folks-with-chad-tucker/two-men-compete-in-checkers-tournament-in-archdale/

RESULTS:

Games are streaming on GM Holmes     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xBO4fTK10k  |  videos: https://www.youtube.com/@alexholmes7915/streams

After Day 3 GM Alex Moiseyev 5W-0L-7D   MS Alex Holmes resigned his challenge and GM Alex Moiseyev retains his 11-Man Ballot World Champion Title. 

One of the duties of the tournament referee is assist in the players drawing their removal checker and their first move from the 8 card deck. Red draws removal, then White, Red draws his first move, and then White, which is their opening. This opening is checked against Ed Gilbert’s 11-Man playable list, although the two “Remove-Move” is not always found in this list because it doesn’t list all the transposition, so you first search the 2,500 list and get the opening # or FEN which you search Ed Gilbert’s 11-Man playable 2,253 list, and verify if this opening as playable.  

Day 1, Monday, 1/15/2024:  

Gm 1 Opening 1 (Holmes Red - Moiseyev White)

[Event "11-Man Ballot #1814. Remove 11 and 24; 10-14 22-18"]
[FEN "B:W18,21,23,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,12,14"]*   

[Event "2024 11Man Ballot WTM Gm1 Open1.pdn"]
[Date "2024-01-15"]
[Black "Alex Holmes 11/10-14"]
[White "Alex Moiseyev 24/22-18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[FEN "B:W18,21,23,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,12,14"]
1. 12-16 28-24 2. 16-20 25-22 3. 8-11 24-19 4. 6-10 22-17 5. 9-13 18x9 6. 13x22 26x17 7. 5x14 19-16 8. 4-8 16-12 9. 11-15 29-25 10. 8-11 25-22 11. 1-5 31-26 12. 2-6 23-18 13. 14x23 27x18 14. 15-19 17-14 15. 10x17 22x13 16. 11-16 26-22 17. 19-23 22-17 18. 6-10 18-14 19.10-15 12-8 20. 3x12 14-9 21. 5x14 17x3 22. 15-19 3-7 23. 23-26 30x23 24. 19x26 {(Agreed Draw)}*  start 9:50 AM  end 10:52 AM, agreed draw = 1 hr 2 min

Gm 2 Opening 1 (Moiseyev Red - Holmes White)

[Event "11-Man Ballot #1814. Remove 11 and 24; 10-14 22-18"]
[FEN "B:W18,21,23,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,12,14"]*   

[Event "2024 11Man Ballot Gm2 Open1.pdn "]
[Date "2024-01-15"]
[Black "Alex Moiseyev 11/10-14"]
[White "Alex Holmes 24/22-18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[FEN "B:W18,21,23,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,12,14"]
1. 8-11 28-24 2. 11-16 24-20 3. 6-10 20x11 4. 7x16 27-24 5. 4-8 24-19 6. 8-11 26-22 7. 16-20 22-17 8. 20-24 17-13 9. 2-6 25-22 10. 11-16 18-15 11. 24-27 31x24 12. 16-20 15-11 13. 20x27 11-8 14. 10-15 19x10 15. 6x15 13x6 16. 1x10 21-17 17. 14x21 23-18 18. 27-31 18x11 19. 12-16 8-4 20. 10-15 22-17 21. 16-19 17-14 22. 19-23 14-10 23. 23-26 30x23 24. 31-26 11-7 25. 26x19 7-2 26. 19-23 10-6 27. 15-18 6-1 28. 18-22 1-6 29. 21-25 2-7 30. 3x10 6x15 31. 25-30 4-8 32. 22-26 15-11 33. 23-19 8-3 34. 26-31 3-7 35. 31-26 7-10 36. 26-22 11-15 37. 19-24 10-14 38. 30-26 15-19 39. 24x15 14-18 40. 5-9 18x11 41. 26-23 11-16 42. 9-13 16-20 43. 23-19 32-28 44. 13-17 20-24 45. 19-23 24-20 46. 17-21 20-16 47. 23-27 16-19 {(Resigned as Red Win)}*   start 10:55 AM  end 2:34 PM, resigned as red win = 3 hr 39 min 

Gm 3 Opening 2 (Moiseyev Red - Holmes White)

[Event "11-Man Ballot #1651. Remove 12 and 24; 8-12 23-19"]
[FEN "B:W19,21,22,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12"]*

[Event "2024 11Man Ballot Gm3 Open 2.pdn"]
[Date "2024-01-15"]
[Black "Alex Moiseyev 12/8-12"]
[White "Alex Holmes 24/23-18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[FEN "B:W19,21,22,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12"]
1. 11-16 27-23 2. 4-8 22-18 3. 8-11 25-22 4. 16-20 22-17 5. 9-13 30-25 6. 13x22 26x17 7. 6-9 17-14 8. 10x17 21x14 9. 12-16 19x12 10. 11-15 18x11 11. 9x27 32x23 12. 7x16 25-22 13. 1-6 29-25 14. 6-10 22-18 15. 2-6 25-21 16. 6-9 31-26 17. 10-14 26-22 18. 9-13 18x9 19. 5x14 23-19 20. 16x23 22-18 21. 23-26 18x9 22. 26-31 9-6 23. 31-26 6-2 24. 26-23 2-6 25. 20-24 28x19 26. 23x16 {(Resigned as Red Win)}*   start 3:35 AM  end 5:04 PM, resigned as red win = 1 hr 29 min

Gm 4 Opening 2 (Moiseyev White - Holmes Red)

[Event "11-Man Ballot #1651. Remove 12 and 24; 8-12 23-19"]
[FEN "B:W19,21,22,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12"]*

[Event "2024 11Man Ballot Gm4 Open 2.pdn"]
[Date "2024-01-15"]
[Black "Alex Holmes12/8-12"]
[White "Alex Moiseyev 24/23-18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[FEN "B:W19,21,22,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12"]
1. 11-16 26-23 2. 4-8 22-17 3. 9-14 25-22 4. 8-11 30-26 5. 5-9 28-24 6. 16-20 17-13 7. 1-5 22-18 8. 14-17 21x14 9. 10x17 29-25 10. 17-21 19-15 11. 21x30 15x8 12. 9-14 18x9 13. 5x14 8-4 14. 14-17 24-19 15. 17-21 26-22 16. 21-25 22-17 17. 6-10 4-8 18. 10-15 19x10 19. 7x21 13-9 20. 25-29 8-11 21. 29-25 31-26 22. 25-29 9-5 23. 3-7 11-8 24. 7-10 8-11 25. 10-14 11-16 26. 12x19 23x16 27. 30x23 27x9 {(Agreed Draw)}*   start 5:07 PM  end 7:26 PM, agreed draw = 2 hr 33 min

Day 2, Tuesday, 1/16/2024 :

Gm 5 Opening 3 (Moiseyev Red - Holmes White)

[Event "11-Man Ballot #2341. Remove 8 and 21; 12-16 23-18"]
[FEN "B:W18,22,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,16"]*

[Event "2024 11Man Ballot Gm5 Open 3.pdn"]
[Date "2024-1-16"]
[Black "Alex Moiseyev 8/12-16"]
[White "Alex Holmes 21/23-18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[FEN "B:W18,22,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,16"]
1. 16-20 18-14 2. 10x17 22x13 3. 4-8 24-19 4. 8-12 25-22 5. 9-14 29-25 6. 6-10 19-15 7. 11x18 22x6 8. 1x10 25-22 9. 7-11 13-9 10. 3-8 28-24 11. 11-15 26-23 12. 8-11 31-26 13. 12-16 23-18 14. 14x23 26x12 15. 5x14 12-8 16. 14-18 8-3 17. 18x25 30x21 18. 11-16 3-8 19. 10-14 8-11 20. 14-18 21-17 21. 16-19 17-13 22. 19x28 {(Agreed Draw)}*    start 9:04 AM  break 10:17 for 15 min FOX 8 TV,  end 11:26 AM, agreed draw = 2 hr 13 min  FOX8 continued for another 20 minutes. 

Gm 6 Opening 3 (Holmes Red - Moiseyev White)

[Event "11-Man Ballot #2341. Remove 8 and 21; 12-16 23-18"]
[FEN "B:W18,22,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,16"]*

[Event "2024 11Man Ballot Gm6 Open 3.pdn"]
[Date "2024-1-16"]
[Black "Alex Holmes 8/12-16"]
[White "Alex Moiseyev 21/23-18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[FEN "B:W18,22,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,16"]
1. 16-20 24-19 2. 4-8 25-21 3. 9-14 18x9 4. 5x14 22-17 5. 11-15 26-23 6. 15x24 28x19 7. 8-11 19-16 8. 11-15 29-25 9. 6-9 25-22 10. 15-19 30-26 11. 9-13 32-28 12. 10-15 17x10 13. 7x14 16-11 14. 2-6 23x16 15. 14-18 22-17 16. 13x22 26x17 17. 6-9 11-7 {(Resigned as White Win)}*   start 11:53 AM - end 1:15 PM, Resigned as White Win = 1 hr 22 min 

Gm 7 Opening 4 (Holmes Red - Moiseyev White)

[Event "11-Man Ballot #1788. Remove 12 and 24; 11-16 22-17"]
[FEN "B:W17,21,23,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,16"]*

[Event "2024 11Man Ballot Gm7 Open 4.pdn"]
[Date "2024-1-16"]
[Black "Alex Holmes 12/11-16"]
[White "Alex Moiseyev 24/22-17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[FEN "B:W17,21,23,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,16"]
1. 8-11 25-22 2. 16-19 23x16 3. 11x20 17-13 4. 4-8 22-18 5. 8-11 29-25 6. 9-14 18x9 7. 5x14 26-23 8. 11-15 23-19 9. 15x24 28x19 10. 3-8 27-23 11. 8-12 30-26 12. 14-17 21x14 13. 10x17 25-21 {(Agreed Draw)}*   start 2:00 PM - end 3:18 PM, Agreed Draw = 1 hr 18 min

Gm 8 Opening 4 (Moiseyev Red - Holmes White)

[Event "11-Man Ballot #1788. Remove 12 and 24; 11-16 22-17"]
[FEN "B:W17,21,23,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,16"]*

[Event "2024 11Man Ballot Gm8 Open 4.pdn"]
[Date "2024-1-16"]
[Black "Alex Moiseyev 12/11-16"]
[White "Alex Holmes 24/22-17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[FEN "B:W17,21,23,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,16"]
1. 8-11 17-14 2. 9x18 23x14 3. 10x17 21x14 4. 11-15 26-23 5. 15-18 28-24 6. 16-20 24-19 7. 6-9 25-22 8. 18x25 30x21 9. 9x18 23x14 10. 1-6 29-25 11. 6-9 21-17 12. 9x18 27-24 13. 20x27 32x14 14. 4-8 25-22 15. 8-11 22-18 16. 7-10 {(Agreed Draw)}*   start 3:20 PM - end 4:45 PM, Agreed Draw = 2 hr 5 min 

Day 3, Wednesday, 1/17/2024 :

Gm 9 Opening 5 (Holmes Red - Moiseyev White)

[Event "11-Man Ballot #2044. Remove 5 and 21; 12-16 24-19"]
[FEN "B:W19,22,23,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10,11,16"]*

[Event "2024 11Man Ballot Gm9 Open 5.pdn"]
[Date "2024-1-17"]
[Black "Alex Holmes 5/12-16"]
[White "Alex Moiseyev 21/24-19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[FEN "B:W19,22,23,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10,11,16"]
1. 8-12 22-18 2. 9-13 25-22 3. 4-8 27-24 4. 16-20 32-27 5. 11-16 29-25 6. 7-11 25-21 7. 6-9 21-17 8. 2-7 19-15 9. 10x19 24x15 10. 9-14 18x9 11. 11x25 30x21 12. 13x22 26x17 13. 8-11 23-18 14. 1-5 9-6 15. 5-9 6-2 16. 9-13 17-14 17. 7-10 14x7 18. 3x10 2-7 19. 10-15 18-14 20. 15-18 7-3 21. 11-15 3-7 22. 16-19 7-10 23. 13-17 14-9 24. 17-22 27-24 25. 20x27 31x24 26.22-26 9-6 27. 26-31 6-2 28. 18-22 21-17 29. 22-25 17-13 30. 25-30 13-9 31. 31-27 24-20 32. 30-26 2-7 33. 27-31 7-11 34. 15-18 10-14 35. 19-23 11-15 36. 26-22 15-19 {(Resigned as White Win)}*   start 9:09 AM - end 12:09 PM, Resigned as White Win  = 3 hr

Gm 10 Opening 5 (Moiseyev Red - Holmes White)

[Event "11-Man Ballot #2044. Remove 5 and 21; 12-16 24-19"]
[FEN "B:W19,22,23,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10,11,16"]*

[Event "2024 11Man Ballot Gm10 Open 5.pdn"]
[Date "2024-1-17"]
[Black "Alex Moiseyev 5/12-16"]
[White "Alex Holmes 21/24-19"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[FEN "B:W19,22,23,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10,11,16"]
1. 16-20 22-18 2. 11-15 18x11 3. 8x24 28x19 4. 4-8 25-22 5. 8-11 29-25 6. 10-15 19x10 7. 6x15 22-17 8. 7-10 25-21 9. 9-13 17-14 10. 10x17 21x14 11. 13-17 23-19 12. 15x24 32-28 13. 1-6 28x19 14. 2-7 26-22 15. 17x26 31x22 16. 6-10 14-9 17. 11-15 19-16 18. 10-14 16-12 19. 15-19 {(Agreed Draw)}*    start 12:21 PM - end 1.25 PM, Agreed Draw    = 1 hr 4 min

Gm 11 Opening 5 (Moiseyev Red - Holmes White)

[Event "11-Man Ballot #212. Remove 12 and 28; 10-14 22-17"]
[FEN "B:W17,21,23,24,25,26,27,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,14"]*

[Event "2024 11Man Ballot Gm11 Open 5.pdn"]
[Date "2024-1-17"]
[Black "Alex Moiseyev 12/10-14"]
[White "Alex Holmes 28/22-17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[FEN "B:W17,21,23,24,25,26,27,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,14"]
1. 6-10 17-13 2. 1-6 25-22 3. 14-18 23x14 4. 9x25 29x22 5. 11-15 27-23 6. 8-11 24-20 7. 4-8 31-27 8. 8-12 27-24 9. 11-16 20-11 10. 7-16 23-18 11. 15-19 24-15 12. 10-19 22-17 13. 3-8 17-14 14. 8-11 30-25 15. 2-7 26-22 16. 6-10 22-17 17. 10-15 25-22 18. 19-24 13-9 19. 7-10 14x7 20. 5x23 7-3 21. 24-27 {(Resigned as Red Win)}*   start 2:20 PM - end 3.45 PM Resigned as Red Win = 1 hr 5 min

Gm 12 Opening 5 (Holmes Red - Moiseyev White)

[Event "11-Man Ballot #212. Remove 12 and 28; 10-14 22-17"]
[FEN "B:W17,21,23,24,25,26,27,29,30,31,32:B1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,14"]*