122nd Annual North Carolina State Open Checker Tournament
Friday and Saturday - May 18th,  & 19th, 2012 at Libby Hill Seafood Restaurant,  3011 Randleman Road, Greensboro, NC 27406

Congratulations, John! 2012 State Co-Champion	Congratulations, Teal 2012 State Co-Champion	Congratulations, Larry 3rd Place Masters	Congratulations, Bill 2012 State Majors Champion

(Official Crosstable Results)
Single Division 3-Move / Eight 2 game rounds (Swiss) of 1^1/4 hour per game - playing 4 rounds Friday, 4 rounds Saturday

2012 NC State Open Single Division By Round, 2Gm

Finish

Name

City, State

ACF#

Rate

Op

Rd1

Rd 2

Rd 3

Rd 4

Rd 5

Rd 6

Rd 7

Rd 8

H Pt.

Cash

Comments

MASTERS:  5 entrants

1

IM John Webster

Stoneville, NC

10147

2131

15

5T3

6T6

3T9

1T13

13T15

16T19

4T21

13T22

136

$210.00

2012 NC State Co-Champion (6th time)

2

Teal Stanley

Greensboro, NC

10107

1995

13

16T2

8T5

4T8

14T12

15T14

3T17

6T19

15T22

136

$210.00

2012 NC State Co-Champion (1st time)

3

IM Larry Keen

Halls, TN

10149

2160

3

9T4

10T7

15T8

6T12

4T14

13T15

16T18

10T22

130

$170.00

4

IM Tim Laverty

Graham, NC

10153

2144

4

1T2

16T5

13T6

17T10

3T12

10T14

15T16

9T20

$150.00

5

Jeff Webster

Stoneville, NC

10218

1812

14

7T2

18T6

1T8

13T8

6T10

9T11

17T15

2T15

$130.00

MAJORS: 13 entrants

6-1

Bill McClintock

Greensboro, NC

10105

1874

6

2T3

15T4

9T8

3T8

14T10

1T13

13T15

16T18

$160.00

2011 NC State Majors Champion (3rd time)

7-2

Raleigh Johnson

Murfreesboro, NC

10198

1813

2

6T1

5T4

8T6

10T6

9T7

11T11

1T13

14T17

$140.00

8-3

Neil Wenberg

Harmony, PA

10126

1618

16

13T2

4T3

11T6

8T10

10T14

15T14

3T15

6T16

136

$105.00

4-way tie 3rd thru 6th place

9-4

Buck Smith

Millboro, VA

10191

1640

10

12T4

3T5

17T7

2T11

16T11

4T13

18T16

3T16

125

$105.00

4-way tie 3rd thru 6th place

10-5

Matthew Clark

Fort Mill, SC

10492

1767

1

4T2

11T6

14T8

15T8

17T10

6T11

2T13

18T16

116

$105.00

4-way tie 3rd thru 6th place

11-6

Grover Minor

Greensboro, NC

12659

1594

8

18T2

13T3

2T5

16T5

12T9

17T12

9T13

11T16

111

$105.00

4-way tie 3rd thru 6th place

12-7

Mike Ross

Burlington, NC

10110

1919

9

3T0

12T4

6T4

18T6

2T9

14T12

8T15

4T15

133

$90.00

13-8

Charles Woolum

Delbarton, WV

12445

1717

18

8T2

14T2

5T4

9T6

11T8

12T12

10T13

1T14

106

$85.00

2-way tie 9th and 10th place

14-9

Ted Williamson

Kenova, WV

10024

1700

17

11T2

7T5

10T7

4T7

1T9

8T10

14T10

12T14

99

$85.00

2-way tie 9th and 10th place

15-10

J.R. Smith

Greensboro, NC

10198

1583

11

17T2

1T2

16T3

ByeT6

18T8

2T8

12T12

8T13

$80.00

16-11

Bill Stanley

Greensboro, NC

10061

1461

12

10T0

9T0

ByeT3

5T3

8T3

18T3

11T3

17T3

$80.00

17-12

James Martin

Monroe, NC

10032

1700

5

15T1

2T2

18T4

12T8

withdrew

-

-

8

18-13

Larry Michael

Lexington, NC

10059

1655

7

14T2

17T3

withdrew

-

-

-

-

3

$2,010.00

• Congratulations!  to IM Dr. John R. Webster of Stoneville, NC and Teal Stanley of Greensboro, NC as winners of the Tournament and our 2012 NC State Open Co-Champions.   This makes Webster's 6th time and  Stanley's 1st time as a State Champions.

• Congratulations!  to IM Larry Keen of Halls, TN as Third Place runner up.

• Congratulations!  to Bill McClintock of Greensboro, NC as our 2012 NC State Open Majors Checker Champion, this is Bill's third time as a Major State Champion (2012, 2005, & 1996).

• GM  stands for Grand Master,  IM for International Master, and CM for Candidate Master, which are earned titles given by WCDF to distinguish accomplished players.

• ACF Rating - May 2012 before this tournament, ratings supplied by ICH Checkers www.icheckers.net.  Program written by Vadim Khavinson, calculated by Joe Moore/Eric Strange, and updated by ACF rating processor, Joe Moore.  icheckers ratings  Your new rating will be available in a few days after Joe Moore updates and recalculates this scoresheet.

• "T" separates player's opponent from player's accumulated game points.  Draw is 1, Win is 2 points,  Bye is 3, and Forfeit is 4.

• In the 9:00AM business meeting Teal Stanley, NCCA President opened the meeting and  welcomed 18 players,  ask Larry Michael to give the invocation, and called for Secretary JR Smith to read last years minutes (preprinted for approval) and approved as read.   NCCA Secretary, Bill McClintock mentioned recent deaths of our past members and reported on the financial status of the security accounts, saying the RCB balance was $15,095.75 as of  4/30/2012, and the Edward Jones Account was $13,845.31as of 3/30/2012 for the combined total of  $28,941.06 before the $2,000 withdrawal.  We voted to add Teal Stanley to both our security accounts along with Bill McClintock (double signatures on Edward Jones and RCB business account forms).  It  was noted that Frances McClintock would entertain the checker player's wives at Bill & Francis home for lunch Saturday.  Teal mentions we should talk up checkers and recruit younger plays to visit our club and play in our tournaments.   He passed out shirt & hat ACF and NCCA buttons to be wore so as to increase awareness and initiate conversation about our  wonderful mind sport game.  

• Because of  low attendance we reduced the playing field to one group and set the entry fee at $20.00.   We voted to play a Single Swiss Division with a Masters and a Majors bracket,  to distinguish Master and Major State Champions and determine prize money between classes.  Trophies award to each class.   We will re-pair opponents only in the last round when necessary.   We also voted that a 3 point bye would be awarded to the lowest opponent; thereafter, to the lowest opponent as 2 points if multiple byes.

• Deceased players from last year were remembered:  Bob Finchum, Dandridge, TN 1/9/2012, O.A.  Morea, Roanoke died 2/28/12,  Wade Holder, Waldo Barton, Ralph Stokes, HO Baldree's wife Sallie, Ron Bailey, Raleigh Johnson's wife Sarah, all died last year in 2011.

• Neil Wenberg announced the Pennsylvania State & District 3 would be held in Carlisle, PA June 9 and 10th of June.

• We had 18 players from 5 states (5 Masters,  and 13 Majors players) 13 from NC;  2 from WV;  1 from TN;  1 from VA;  and 1 from PA.

• Raleigh Johnson brought us a 1980 Southeastern Tournament group picture to display and enjoy, also the tri-fold poster board displayed: State Champions, NCCA Life Members, Life Member In Memorial, Tournament Rules and Tournament Schedule. 

• We appreciated the donations and contributions which totaled $2,010.00 for the cash prize fund.   The payout schedule was adjusted to exclude withdrawals which are not paid prize money.

• We played two 1. 25 hour games per round,  or an eight 2. 5 hour round tournament,  starting at 10AM on Friday and 8:00AM on Saturday and finishing by 6:00PM.

• We recognize Bill Stanley as the oldest player at age 90 with his 91st birthday on July 22nd this year.

• Many wives attended, namely:  Frances McClintock,  Shirley Lerum,  Carol Williamson,  Gayle Smith,  Rose Woolum,  and Carol Wenberg,  Barbara Smith,  etc.

• Raleigh Johnson's neighbor Loki Francis of Murfreesboro, was the gentleman who drove up together to the State Tourney.

• Tim Laverty, our referee and scorekeeper did a fantastic job as usual.

• We appreciate Libby Hill Seafood Restaurant for hosting our tournament and their meeting room services throughout our tournament.

• Our tournament was announced in The News-Record SCENE gotriad Calendar and Americantowns.

• A delightful tournament & wonderful fellowship was had by all who attended.