2025 Ohio State Checker Tournament
Friday & Saturday, August 29th and August 30th  2025

 Richard Beckwith at 440-516-1284 (beckwith24@msn.com)

 2025 Ohio State Open Tournament

Ohio State Checker Tournament -- August 29 & 30 (Fri. & Sat.) 2025 – Courtyard by Marriott, Willoughby, Ohio.  Entry fee is $10.00.  Registration on Friday from 9:00-9:30 am, with play beginning at 9:30 am.  Seven rounds of play using 3-move restriction (156-opening deck), scheduled as 4 rounds Friday and 3 rounds Sunday, but format could be adjusted depending on turnout.  ACF membership (full or associate) required.  Please note that by updated 2025 ACF rules, clocks will be required for Master and Major players.

The hotel is located at 35103 Maplegrove Rd, Willoughby OH 44094 (phone 440-530-1100) and is just North of the Interchange of I-90 with Ohio 91 (which is just east of the I-90 & I-271 interchange east of Cleveland).  Kimberly Martin of Sales relayed, “If your guests call, they can ask for the progressive rate.  Depending on the occupancy, the rate will flex from $114 plus tax per night to $124 plus tax.”

For additional info, contact:
Richard Beckwith, 34490 Ridge Rd. #115,
Willoughby, OH 44094-3035
 (440-725-3886), e-mail: beckwith24@msn.com

RESULTS:

2025 Ohio State Tournament, August 29 & 30 in Willoughby, Ohio, Courtyard Marriott

Place

Name / State

Pts

S-B

Prize

1

Alex Moiseyev (OH)

25

 

$410

2

Richard Beckwith (OH)

22

 

$280

3

Mark Sokolovsky (IL)

20

 

$180

4

Crist Miller (OH)

14

94

$100

5

Alan Millhone (OH)

14

82

$100

6

Leon Barrick (OH)

7

 

$40

7

Karson Coffman (OH)

3

 

$20

Congratulations to Alex Moiseyev, who has won this state title every year that it was played since 2003 (and Alex also won this tournament three additional times prior as a PA resident).  Tournament was 7 rounds using round robin as 2 hour per round.  All players used clocks set as: (55 minutes + 10 seconds for TWO games). 

$1130 in prizes were awarded.  A special recognition goes to our donors:  Joe McDaniel ($1000), Richard Beckwith (playing room costs, water, snacks), 1989 Ohio champ Bill Schumann ($100, and he also visited the tourney), Aden Keim ($20 from 2024 prize), and Alan Millhone ($10). Submitted by Richard Beckwith.

2025 OH Tournament Photos:

2025 Tournament Dates