2024 WTM - Matteo Bernini vs Melikaya Nonyukela

The 2024 WTM “GAYP” - Tulsa Oklahoma

“World and European Championship Match”

June 23 thru 28, 2024

2024 GAYP WTM - Matteo Bernini vs Melikaya Nonyukela - Petal, Mississippi - Joe McDaniel, Sponsor

I am very glad to make preliminary announcement that GAYP World Title match between reigning Champion Matteo Bernini, Italy and Challenger Melikaya Nonyukela, South Africa setup and will take place in Petal, Mississippi, USA on June 23rd through June 28th, 2024 and scheduled for 24 games. This 2024 "GAYP" WTM was relocated from Tulsa to the International Checker Hall of Fame (ICHF) in Petal, MS. Charles Walker will host this match and Match Main Referee - Kim Willis, USA and she also will be in charge of streaming: she did excellent streaming for Lubabalo Kondlo vs Matteo Bernini match. Joe McDaniel and his family are the only major donor of event - many thanks to them for keeping our game alive! More later …

I wish to both players good luck and best shall win! For this match I’ve done my part as negotiator / moderator and pass everything to Mrs. Kim Willis.
Yours, ALM copied from fb: Alexander Moiseyev - 10/3/23 8:36 AM

L-R: Kim Willis, Charles Walker, and Matteo Bernini

The GAYP World Title Match between defending world champion Matteo Bernini of Italy and WCDF challenger and winner of the 2023 World Qualifying Tournament in Turkey, Melikaya Nonyukela of South Africa will be played from June 23 to June 28 at ICHF, Petal, Mississippi, USA.

Kim Willis' You Tube Channel Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqdEi6uvedo http://www.youtube.com/@kimwillis1997

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Checkers World Champion Tournament being held in Petal

By Raven Little
Published: Jun. 27, 2024 at 6:50 PM CDT
PETAL, Miss. (WDAM) - Over the decades, the International Checkers Hall of Fame has hosted guests from across the world for checkers tournaments.

This week, Matteo Bernini of Italy and Melikaya Nonyukela of South Africa are the latest guests in the historical hall.

Both men are competing for a chance to call themselves Checkers World Champion.

Right now, Bernini holds the title. Nonyukela qualified for a crack at the crown after he won a qualifying match in 2023.
“I study every day,” Bernini said. “Every day, I see matches. I practice with the computer and other players of the world. I study books, match books.”

The tournament consists of 24 matches, with each competitor alternating between the red and white pieces every other game.

The tournament takes four days to complete, requiring six matches per day.

“People say it’s an easy game,” referee Kim Willis said. “Sit here and be a referee and watch these two. It’s not easy.

“I applaud both of them because I couldn’t do it.”

Both competitors said although checkers is mentally strenuous, it is a rewarding game they hope other people want to learn.

“I just wish that our game could get sponsorship,” said Nonyukela. “It is a struggle I see even around the world. We struggle to get sponsorship.

“People don’t take checkers serious and this is a serious game. We’re using our mind and thinking very hard.”

The Checkers World Champion will be named on Friday after the last match.

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Results:

2024 GAYP WCM - Matteo Bernini vs Melikaya Nonyukela by Jim Loy

Chee Xiong sent me games 3 and 16. It seems that I got the names (and colors) backward in games 4 and 14. I'll finish this up when I see copies of the score-sheets, or if some of you folks can send me the missing moves.

[Event "2024 GAYP WCM g.3"]
[Date "2024"]
[Black "Melikaya Nonyukela"]
[White "Matteo Bernini"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. 11-15 23-19 2. 8-11 22-17 3. 4-8 25-22 4. 15-18 22x15 5. 11x18 17-13 6. 7-11 24-20 7. 3-7 28-24 8. 10-14 29-25 9. 7-10 26-22 10. 2-7 22x15 11. 11x18 20-16 12. 14-17 21x14 13. 10x17 30-26 14. 17-22 26x17 15. 7-10 25-21 16. 18-22 32-28 17. 22-25 31-26 18. 25-30 27-23 19. 9-14 26-22 20. 30-25 22-18 21. 5-9 18-15 22. 25-22 24-20 23. 22-18 16-11 24. 18x27 11x4 25. 27-23 4-8 26. 23x16 20x11 27. 10x19 17x10 28. 6x15 13x6 29. 1x10 11-7 30. 19-24 28x19 31. 15x24 8-11 32. 10-14 11-15 33. 24-27 7-2 34. 27-31 2-6 35. 31-26 6-9 0-1

[Event "2024 GAYP WCM g.4"]
[Date "2024"]
[Black "Matteo Bernini"]
[White "Melikaya Nonyukela"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. 11-15 23-19 2. 8-11 22-17 3. 4-8 17-13 4. 15-18 24-20 5. 9-14 28-24 6. 5-9 26-23 7. 1-5 32-28 8. 14-17 21x14 9. 10x17 23x14 10. 9x18 25-22 11. 17x26 30x14 12. 11-16 20x4 13. 3-8 4x11 14. 7x32 13-9 15. 6x13 24-19 16. 13-17 14-10 17. 17-22 19-15 18. 12-16 15-11 19. 16-20 10-7 20. 32-27 31x24 21. 20x27 7-3 22. 5-9 3-7 23. 9-14 7-10 24. 14-18 28-24 25. 18-23 24-19 26. 23-26 11-8 27. 26-30 8-4 28. 27-32 4-8 29. 22-26 8-11 30. 26-31 19-16 31. 32-27 16-12 32. 27-23 12-8 33. 31-26 8-3 34. 23-18 3-8 35. 18-22 11-15 36. 26-23 10-14 37. 30-26 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 GAYP WCM g.5"]
[Date "2024"]
[Black "Melikaya Nonyukela"]
[White "Matteo Bernini"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. 11-15 23-19 2. 9-14 27-23 3. 8-11 22-18 4. 15x22 25x9 5. 5x14 29-25 6. 6-9 25-22 7. 9-13 24-20 8. 11-15 32-27 9. 15x24 28x19 10. 4-8 22-18 11. 14-17 21x14 12. 10x17 19-15 13. 17-22 26x17 14. 13x22 15-11 15. 8x15 18x11 16. 7x16 20x11 17. 12-16 27-24 18. 16-20 23-18 19. 20x27 31x24 20. 1-6 18-14 21. 6-10 14x7 22. 3x10 11-8 23. 10-14 8-3 24. 14-18 24-19 25. 18-23 19-15 26. 22-26 30-25 27. 26-30 25-21 28. 30-26 21-17 29. 26-22 17-13 30. 2-6 3-7 31. 22-18 7-2 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 GAYP WCM g.6"]
[Date "2024"]
[Black "Matteo Bernini"]
[White "Melikaya Nonyukela"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. 11-15 23-19 2. 8-11 22-17 3. 4-8 17-13 4. 15-18 24-20 5. 9-14 28-24 6. 5-9 26-23 7. 1-5 32-28 8. 14-17 21x14 9. 10x17 23x14 10. 9x18 25-22 11. 17x26 30x14 12. 11-16 20x4 13. 3-8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 GAYP WCM g.7"]
[Date "2024"]
[Black "Matteo Bernini"]
[White "Melikaya Nonyukela"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. 11-15 23-19 2. 8-11 22-17 3. 4-8 25-22 4. 9-13 27-23 5. 6-9 23-18 6. 9-14 18x9 7. 5x14 26-23 8. 1-6 30-25 9. 15-18 22x15 10. 11x27 32x23 11. 13x22 25x9 12. 6x13 29-25 13. 13-17 21x14 14. 10x17 19-16 15. 12x26 31x13 16. 8-11 24-19 17. 7-10 13-9 18. 3-8 25-22 19. 8-12 22-18 20. 11-16 18-15 21. 16x23 15x6 22. 23-27 6-1 23. 12-16 1-6 24. 16-19 6-10 25. 27-31 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 GAYP WCM g.8"]
[Date "2024"]
[Black "Melikaya Nonyukela"]
[White "Matteo Bernini"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. 11-15 23-19 2. 8-11 22-17 3. 11-16 24-20 4. 15x24 20x11 5. 7x16 27x11 6. 3-7 28-24 7. 7x16 24-20 8. 16-19 25-22 9. 4-8 29-25 10. 10-15 17-13 11. 2-7 21-17 12. 8-11 26-23 13. 19x26 30x23 14. 7-10 32-28 15. 9-14 25-21 16. 5-9 28-24 17. 12-16 22-18 18. 15x22 24-19 19. 11-15 19x12 20. 22-26 31x22 21. 15-18 22x15 22. 10x26 17x10 23. 6x15 13x6 24. 1x10 12-8 25. 10-14 8-3 26. 15-19 3-7 27. 14-18 21-17 1/2-1/2

Games 9 and 10 are in fragments, so far:

[Event "2024 GAYP WCM g.9"]
[Date "2024"]
[Black "Matteo Bernini"]
[White "Melikaya Nonyukela"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. 11-15 23-19 2. 8-11 22-17 3. 4-8 17-13 4. 15-18 24-20 5. 9-14 28-24 6. 10-15 19x10 7. 6x15 32-28 8. 12-16 26-23 9. 16-19 23x16 10. 5-9 13x6 11. 2x9 21-17 12. 14x21 16-12 13. 18-22 25x18 14. 15x22 27-23 15. 1-6 24-19 16. 6-10 19-16 17. 10-14 30-26 18. 14-17 23-18 19. 9-13 18-14 20. 21-25 26-23 21. 25-30 14-9 22. 30-26 23-18 23. 26-23 18-14 24. 22-26 31x22 25. 17x26 9-6 26. 23-18 14-10 27. 7x14 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 GAYP WCM g.9"]
[Date "2024"]
[Black "Matteo Bernini"]
[White "Melikaya Nonyukela"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[FEN "W:WK2,K11,19,20,21:B13,14,K18,K24,K31"]
{continuing} 1. ... 19-16 2. 24-19 16-12 3. 31-27 2-7 4. 18-23 7-2 5. 14-18 20-16 6. 27-24 11-7 7. 18-22 16-11 8. 22-26 11-8 9. 23-18 8-4 10. 26-31 12-8 11. 13-17 21x14 12. 18x9 8-3 13. 19-23 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 GAYP WCM g.10"]
[Date "2024"]
[Black "Melikaya Nonyukela"]
[White "Matteo Bernini"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. 11-15 23-19 2. 9-13 22-18 3. 15x22 25x18 4. 7-11 19-15 5. 10x19 24x15 6. 5-9 29-25 7. 1-5 26-22 8. 9-14 18x9 9. 11x18 22x15 10. 5x14 28-24 11. 3-7 24-19 12. 8-11 15x8 13. 4x11 25-22 14. 6-10 27-23 15. 14-17 21x14 16. 10x26 31x22 17. 7-10 30-25 18. 11-16 25-21 19. 16-20 32-27 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 GAYP WCM g.10"]
[Date "2024"]
[Black "Melikaya Nonyukela"]
[White "Matteo Bernini"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[FEN "B:WK1,K2,15,18:B12,13,19,K22"]
{continuing} 1. 19-23 1-5 2. 23-26 18-14 3. 26-30 15-11 draw

[Event "2024 GAYP WCM g.11"]
[Date "2024"]
[Black "Matteo Bernini"]
[White "Melikaya Nonyukela"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. 11-15 23-19 2. 8-11 22-17 3. 4-8 25-22 4. 9-13 26-23 5. 6-9 23-18 6. 9-14 18x9 7. 5x14 27-23 8. 1-6 30-25 9. 15-18 22x15 10. 11x27 32x23 11. 13x22 25x9 12. 6x13 29-25 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 GAYP WCM g.12"]
[Date "2024"]
[Black "Melikaya Nonyukela"]
[White "Matteo Bernini"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. 11-15 23-19 2. 7-11 22-18 3. 15x22 25x18 4. 9-14 18x9 5. 5x14 27-23 6. 11-15 24-20 7. 15x24 28x19 8. 8-11 19-16 9. 12x19 23x7 10. 2x11 29-25 11. 4-8 25-22 12. 6-9 26-23 13. 9-13 30-26 14. 11-15 20-16 15. 8-11 16x7 16. 14-18 23x14 17. 10x17 21x14 18. 3x17 26-23 19. 17x26 31x22 20. 1-5 32-28 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 GAYP WCM g.13"]
[Date "2024"]
[Black "Melikaya Nonyukela"]
[White "Matteo Bernini"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. 11-15 23-19 2. 8-11 22-17 3. 9-14 25-22 4. 3-8 17-13 5. 11-16 {there is a gap in the videos which can only go like this:} 22-17 6. 16x23 27x09 7. 05x14 26-23 {back to the videos} 8. 8-11 23-19 9. 1-5 29-25 10. 11-16 31-27 11. 16x23 27x11 12. 7x16 25-22 13. 4-8 24-20 14. 16-19 32-27 15. 8-11 27-23 16. 19x26 30x23 17. 6-9 13x6 18. 2x9 17-13 19. 11-15 13x6 20. 15-18 22x15 21. 10x26 6-2 22. 26-30 2-6 23. 30-25 6-10 24. 14-18 21-17 25. 18-23 17-13 26. 23-27 28-24 27. 27-32 24-19 28. 32-27 19-15 29. 27-24 10-14 30. 24-19 15-10 31. 19-15 10-6 32. 15-11 6-2 33. 12-16 13-9 34. 16-19 9-6 35. 19-23 6-1 36. 25-22 1-6 37. 23-26 6-10 38. 26-30 10-7 39. 11-15 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 GAYP WCM g.14"]
[Date "2024"]
[Black "Matteo Bernini"]
[White "Melikaya Nonyukela"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. 11-15 23-19 2. 8-11 22-17 3. 4-8 25-22 4. 9-13 27-23 5. 6-9 23-18 6. 9-14 18x9 7. 5x14 26-23 8. 1-6 30-25 9. 15-18 22x15 10. 11x27 32x23 11. 13x22 25x9 12. 6x13 29-25 13. 13-17 21x14 14. 10x17 19-16 15. 12x26 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 GAYP WCM g.16"]
[Date "2024"]
[Black "Melikaya Nonyukela"]
[White "Matteo Bernini"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. 11-15 23-19 2. 9-13 22-18 3. 15-22 25-18 4. 5-9 27-23 5. 10-14 29-25 6. 8-11 25-22 7. 4-8 24-20 8. 6-10 28-24 9. 1-5 32-28 10. 14-17 21-14 11. 10-17 19-16 12. 12-19 23-16 13. 2-6 31-27 14. 6-10 27-23 15. 9-14 18-9 16. 5-14 16-12 17. 11-15 24-19 18. 15-24 28-19 19. 8-11 22-18 20. 17-22 26-17 21. 14-21 18-14 22. 10-17 23-18 23. 7-10 19-16 24. 10-15 16-7 25. 15-22 7-2 26. 22-25 2-6 27. 25-29 6-10 28. 29-25 10-15 29. 25-22 20-16 30. 3-7 12-8 31. 7-10 15-6 32. 22-18 6-10 33. 17-22 8-3 34. 18-23 16-11 35. 22-26 11-7 36. 26-31 7-2 37. 31-27 2-7 38. 23-18 7-11 39. 18-14 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 GAYP WCM g.17"]
[Date "2024"]
[Black "Matteo Bernini"]
[White "Melikaya Nonyukela"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. 11-15 23-18 2. 8-11 18-14 3. 9x18 24-19 4. 15x24 22x8 5. 4x11 28x19 6. 11-15 27-24 7. 5-9 21-17 8. 9-14 25-21 9. 7-11 29-25 10. 6-9 17-13 11. 11-16 13x6 12. 16x23 26x19 13. 2x9 25-22 14. 9-13 30-26 15. 3-8 26-23 16. 8-11 31-27 17. 13-17 22x13 18. 1-6 32-28 19. 11-16 24-20 20. 15x31 20x11 21. 31-27 23-19 22. 27-23 11-7 23. 23x16 7-2 24. 14-18 2x9 25. 18-23 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 GAYP WCM g.19"]
[Date "2024"]
[Black "Matteo Bernini"]
[White "Melikaya Nonyukela"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. 11-15 24-20 2. 8-11 28-24 3. 9-13 23-19 4. 6-9 27-23 5. 9-14 32-28 6. 1-6 22-18 7. 15x22 25x9 8. 5x14 29-25 9. 11-15 25-22 10. 6-9 30-25 11. 4-8 19-16 12. 12x19 23x16 13. 7-11 16x7 14. 2x11 26-23 15. 8-12 31-26 16. 12-16 24-19 17. 15x24 28x12 18. 10-15 23-19 19. 15x24 26-23 20. 24-27 23-19 21. 27-31 19-15 22. 11x18 22x15 23. 14-18 15-10 24. 9-14 10-6 25. 31-26 6-2 26. 26-22 2-6 27. 22x29 20-16 28. 18-22 16-11 29. 22-26 11-8 30. 26-31 8-4 31. 14-18 4-8 32. 18-23 8-11 33. 23-27 6-10 34. 27-32 11-16 35. 32-27 10-15 36. 27-23 16-20 37. 31-27 20-16 38. 27-24 16-11 39. 24-20 15-10 40. 23-18 11-7 41. 18-14 10x17 42. 3x10 17-22 43. 10-14 1-0

[Event "2024 GAYP WCM g.21"]
[Date "2024"]
[Black "Melikaya Nonyukela"]
[White "Matteo Bernini"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. 9-14 22-18 2. 5-9 24-20 3. 10-15 28-24 4. 15x22 26x10 5. 7x14 25-22 6. 1-5 22-17 7. 14-18 23x14 8. 9x18 30-26 9. 3-7 26-22 10. 18x25 29x22 11. 11-15 32-28 12. 7-10 24-19 13. 15x24 28x19 14. 8-11 27-24 15. 5-9 17-13 16. 9-14 22-17 17. 14-18 17-14 18. 10x17 21x14 19. 18-23 14-10 20. 6x15 19x10 21. 23-27 10-6 22. 2x9 13x6 23. 27-32 6-2 24. 12-16 1/2-1/2

[Event "2024 GAYP WCM g.22"]
[Date "2024"]
[Black "Matteo Bernini"]
[White "Melikaya Nonyukela"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. 11-15 22-18 2. 15x22 25x18 3. 12-16 29-25 4. 9-13 25-22 5. 16-20 24-19 6. 5-9 28-24 7. 8-11 30-25 8. 1-5 18-14 9. 9x18 22x8 10. 4x11 25-22 11. 6-9 19-16 12. 11-15 32-28 13. 9-14 16-11 14. 7x16 24-19 15. 15x24 28x12 16. 2-7 22-17 17. 13x22 26x17 18. 10-15 17x10 19. 7x14 27-24 20. 20x27 31x24 1/2-1/2

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Re: 2024 Matteo Bernini - Melikaya Nonyukela GAYP WCM
Post by jimloy » Tue Jun 25, 2024 1:32 pm

2024 Tournament Dates