2009 Alabama Open & District 5
Masters:
Official Crosstable WCDF# Rate Op Rd1 Cash Comments 8T4 6T4 2T4 1T6 11T8
Majors: 3-Move / Seven 2 game rounds
(Swiss) of 11/4 hour per game playing 4 rounds Friday and 1 hour per
game playing 3 rounds Saturday WCDF# Rate Op Rd1 Cash Comments 1T3
Minors:
3-Move / Seven 2 game rounds
(Round Robin) of 11/4 hour per game playing 4 rounds Friday and 1 hour per
game playing 3 rounds Saturday WCDF# Rate Op Rd1 Cash Comments
The Alabama State /
District 5 Open Checker Tournament was represents by 33 players from eleven states:
10
from TN, 5 from AL, and NC, 3 from MS, 2 from TX, GA, & MO, and 1 each
from OH, LA, IL, & WV. Congratulations to
GM Alex Moiseyev as First Place Winner in the 2009 Alabama State /
District 5 Masters Division. Congratulations to
Frank Davis who played strong considering he recently spent 6 months in
the hospital and won the 2009 District 5 Championship.
Congratulations to
Larry Pollard and Josh Armstrong who are the 2009 Alabama State Co-Champions.
They tied in points and agreed to share the Alabama State Co-Championship before honor
points were determined. This is Pollard's eleventh Alabama State Title. Congratulations to
Mike Choate as First Place Winner in the 2009 Alabama State / District 5
Majors Division. Congratulations to
WIM Wilma Wolverton as First Place Winner in the 2009 Alabama State /
District 5 Minors Division. All players who won
title positions in this tournament received cash and trophies.
District 5 contains States:
Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and
Tennessee - District Manager: Dallas Ramsey Total Prize
Fund was $1,780.00 split $890 Masters, $555 Majors, and $335 Minors, paying
completely thru all division entries. Numerous door prices, welcome bags where given
out from local merchants. Many donated merchandise, money, food, prizes, etc. Alex Moiseyev donated a copy of his latest book
"Sixth"
to be raffled off with proceeds going
toward prize fund. Earle Sweatmon won this. I won a nice Checker Blanket
as a door prize. Ratings from WDCF January/June 2009 - No. 4
T separates player's opponent from player's accumulated game points. Win is
2 points, Draw is 1, Bye is 3.
GM stands for Grand Master, IM for International
Master, CM for Candidate Master, WIM stands for
Women's International
Master.
A special thank you to Larry Pollard and Dallas
Ramsey for sponsoring this wonderful tournament, an annual event that gets larger
and better by the year. 18in2006, 27in07, 30in08,
33in09.
A big thank you to Frank Davis - Tournament
Director & Referee and Mary - Scorekeeper The tournament
opening ceremony presented all players a warm welcome to
Haleyville by Mayor Pro-tem,
"Bicycle" Richard Bittinger, and Mayor Ken Suneri dropping by later. We appreciate Kelly Cummings, Larry Pollard's daughter for helping with door
prizes, welcome bags, refreshments/drinks/fruit,
large cooler of drinks, bottle water, catered vegetable &
dip platter, an assorted cold cut sandwich tray available throughout our tournament.
For those who haven't seen this sign recognizing Larry Pollard
as their hometown Master Checker Player, a SIGN,entering and leaving the
community of Brilliant, Alabama.
We also appreciated the presence of Mr. Ronald and Emogene Raburn and her sister & husband
Horace & Esther Mann at the tournament who
are both daughters of late Basil G. Case. The newspaper and HBTV 5 & HBTV.us -
was there,
taking video, pictures, and interviewing players. Frank Davis mailed the Official Crosstable
November 19, 2009.
Northwest Alabamian
|
Video
|
Photos
| Payout
| Crosstable
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1st Place Winner
2nd Place Winner
3rd Place Winner
&
2009 Alabama Co-Champion
2009 Alabama Co-Champion
3-Move / Seven 2 game rounds (Swiss) of 11/4 hour per game playing 4 rounds
Friday and 1 hour per game playing 3 rounds
Saturday
2009 Alabama/District 5
Masters By Round, 2Gm
Finish
Name
City, State
Rd 2
Rd 3
Rd 4
Rd 5
Rd 6
Rd 7
H Pt.
1
GM Alex Moiseyev
Dublin, OH
101001
2547
6
3T4
10T8
12T12
5T15
2T17
7T21
12T24
95
$170.00
Wins
Tournament Masters
2
IM John Webster
Stoneville, NC
101015
2377
12
4T4
7T8
6T8
2T10
5T12
9T16
6T17
108
$103.34
3
Frank Davis
Clarksville, TN
101204
2147
2
5T1
3T5
10T9
12T11
6T13
11T15
5T17
103
$103.33
2009
District 5 Champion
4
IM Larry Keen
Halls, TN
101013
2337
5
2T3
11T5
1T9
6T10
12T12
8T15
2T17
102
$103.33
5
Earle Sweatmon
Kaufman, TX
101185
2009
10
3T10
4T14
92
$75.00
6
CM Albert Tucker
Minden, LA
101060
2238
11
1T2
5T4
9T6
7T8
10T10
2T12
3T14
87
$75.00
7
Larry Pollard
Brilliant, AL
101131
2133
7
9T3
12T3
8T7
11T9
1T11
6T11
1T13
94
$47.50
2009
Alabama State Co-Champion
8/9
Josh Armstrong
Riverside, AL
101126
2096
1
11T2
9T4
5T4
10T6
7T8
4T11
7T13
84
$47.50
2009 Alabama
State Co-Champion
8/9
Ray Dionisio
Darien, IL
101039
2250
3
6T0
2T0
4T4
9T5
4T9
10T11
11T13
84
$47.50
8th & 9th
Tied
10
Teal Stanley
Greensboro, NC
101107
2083
9
7T1
1T3
11T5
3T8
8T10
12T10
8T13
81
$47.50
11
Dallas Ramsey
Pine Hill, AL
101158
1903
8
10T0
4T3
7T3
4T7
9T9
5T10
9T11
72
$40.00
12
Clyde Hallmark
Russellville, AL
101292
1775
4
12T0
8T1
3T1
8T1
3T1
1T2
10T2
79
$30.00
$890.00
1st Place Winner
- Majors Division
2nd Place Winner
- Majors Division
2009 Alabama/District 5
Majors By Round, 2Gm
Finish
Name
City, State
Rd 2
Rd 3
Rd 4
Rd 5
Rd 6
Rd 7
H Pt.
1
Mike Choate
Madisonville, TN
101xxx
2
11T3
7T7
5T11
8T14
9T16
4T17
8T19
99
$ 90.00
Wins
Tournament Majors
2
Clifford Daniels
Preston, MS
101294
1824
4
8T3
9T5
9T7
13T10
10T12
2T15
10T19
96
$90.00
3
Lamar McBrayer
Calhoun, GA
101105
2018
8
4T1
13T4
6T8
2T9
5T11
3T15
2T17
$65.00
4
Hollis McClard
Lafayette, TN
101123
1866
9
3T4
4T6
4T8
5T11
2T13
10T14
1T16
$50.00
5
Roy Harben
Guys, TN
101xxx
5
6T7
2T7
9T8
8T10
11T12
12T15
95
$37.00
6
Lynn Steelman
Crandall, GA
101101
2001
11
2T1
10T2
byeT5
1T8
3T10
5T12
6T15
88
$37.00
7
Bobby Blankenship
Guys, TN
101xxx
1
5T1
12T3
3T5
11T6
byeT9
13T13
9T15
82
$37.00
8
Ken Shultz
Cosby, TN
101114
1889
10
6T1
11T4
13T6
7T9
4T11
9T14
4T14
$30.00
9
Earl Harvell
Princeton, TX
101130
1855
6
10T3
5T3
8T3
byeT6
12T8
7T12
11T13
$30.00
10
Ted Williamson
Kenova, WV
101321
1771
13
12T3
8T4
10T6
4T7
7T9
1T9
byeT12
87
$23.00
11
Ken Christian
Watertown, TN
101076
1864
3
9T0
byeT3
1T5
12T8
11T10
8T10
7T12
85
$23.00
12
Harold Thornton
Booneville, MS
101xxx
12
13T1
1T3
7T5
3T6
6T8
byeT11
5T12
77
$23.00
13
Leonard Hickman
Culleoka, TN
101147
1838
7
byeT3
2T3
12T5
10T6
13T8
6T8
3T10
$20.00
$555.00
1st Place Winner
- Minors Division
2nd Place Winner
- Minors Division
2009 Alabama/District 5
Minors By Round, 2Gm
Finish
Name
City, State
Rd 2
Rd 3
Rd 4
Rd 5
Rd 6
Rd 7
H Pt.
1
WIM Wilma Wolverton
Grain Valley, MO
101091
1696
8
7T4
6T5
2T8
5T10
1T12
4T16
3T20
$ 75.00
Wins
Tournament Minors
2
Gayle Helterbrand
Cabool, MO
101104
1876
4
4T4
7T8
6T11
2T14
5T16
8T16
1T19
$60.00
3
Danny Hughes
Niota, TN
101xxx
5
6T2
2T4
1T6
8T8
4T10
3T14
7T17
$50.00
4
James Atkins
Julian, NC
101384
1665
1
2T3
3T5
5T7
7T8
8T10
6T14
4T15
$40.00
5
Bill Stanley
Greensboro, NC
101214
1587
7
8T0
4T0
3T2
1T5
6T8
2T12
5T13
$35.00
6
J.R. Smith
Greensboro, NC
101124
1677
6
5T2
8T5
4T6
3T8
7T9
1T9
2T12
$30.00
7
Thurston Butler
Columbus, MS
101xxx
2
1T1
5T3
8T4
4T5
3T9
7T9
6T10
$25.00
8
Royce Frederick
Bear Creek, AL
101386
1698
3
4T0
1T2
7T4
6T6
2T6
5T6
8T6
$20.00
$335.00