1977
Carolina Open
The 1977 North Carolina Open
Checker Tournament was
held at Friendly Shopping Center Auditorium on July 4th
thru 6th
in Greensboro, NC
Elbert Lowder of Sanford wins his 15th NC State Championship (6W-1L-0D)
22 Entrants in Class A - Single Division -
3Move -7 Rounds of Swiss - 4 Games per Round
(scoring by round)
| Finish | Op | Players | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | match | honor | Cash | ||||||||
| Position | No |
Name |
State | vs |
Pts |
vs | Pts | vs | Pts | vs | Pts | vs | Pts | vs | Pts | vs | Pts | Pts | HPts | Prize |
| 1 | 10 | Elbert Lowder | NC | 14 | 0/0 | 12 |
4/4 |
1 | 4/8 | 7 | 4/12 | 18 | 4/16 | 15 | 4/20 | 3 | 4/24 | 24 | ||
| 2 | 3 | Les Balderson | VA |
20 |
4/4 | 4 |
4/8 |
8 | 2/10 | 13 | 4/14 | 15 | 2/16 | 4 | 4/20 | 10 | 0/20 | 20 | 108 | |
| 3 | 15 | Ed Scheidt | VA |
12 |
4/4 | 14 | 4/8 | 22 | 4/12 | 18 | 4/16 | 3 | 2/18 | 10 | 0/18 | 8 | 2/20 | 20 | 104 | |
| 4 | 4 | Hoover Grant | NC | 2 | 2/2 | 3 | 0/2 | 21 | 4/6 | 16 | 4/10 | 8 | 4/14 | 3 | 0/14 | 14 | 4/18 | 18 | 100 | |
| 5 | 8 | Rev. R.T. Jones | GA | 6 | 4/4 | 21 | 4/8 | 3 | 2/10 | 14 | 2/12 | 4 | 0/12 | 18 | 4/16 | 15 | 2/18 | 18 | 96 | |
| 6 | 22 | King D. Williams | NC | 13 | 2/2 | 19 | 4/6 | 15 | 0/6 | 20 | 4/10 | 11 | 2/12 | 14 | 2/14 | 1 | 2/16 | 16 | 82 | |
| 6 | 16 | Angus M. Simpson | NC | 7 | 0/0 | 17 | 4/4 | 11 | 4/8 | 4 | 0/8 | 14 | 2/10 | 1 | 2/12 | 2 | 4/16 | 16 | 82 | |
| 8 | 11 | Everett G. McQueen | SC | 17 | 4/4 | 7 | 0/4 | 16 | 0/4 | 6 | 4/8 | 22 | 2/10 | 21 | 2/12 | 18 | 4/16 | 16 | 76 | |
| 9 | 14 | Ezra Rolader | GA | 10 | 4/4 | 15 | 0/4 | 9 | 4/8 | 8 | 2/10 | 16 | 2/12 | 22 | 2/14 | 4 | 0/14 | 14 | 112 | |
| 10 | 1 | Harry Anderson | NC | 18 | 0/0 | 6 | 4/4 | 10 | 0/4 | 12 | 4/8 | 2 | 2/10 | 16 | 2/12 | 22 | 2/14 | 14 | 94 | |
| 10 | 12 | W.O."Wayne" Milhado | VA | 15 | 0/0 | 10 | 0/0 | 19 | 4/4 | 1 | 0/4 | 6 | 4/8 | 2 | 2/10 | 21 | 4/14 | 14 | 94 | |
| 12 | 18 | Raymond E. Stinnett | VA | 1 | 4/4 | 9 | 4/8 | 7 | 4/12 | 15 | 0/12 | 10 | 0/12 | 8 | 0/12 | 11 | 0/12 | 12 | 100 | |
| 13 | 21 | James B. Truitt | GA | 5 | 4/4 | 8 | 0/4 | 4 | 0/4 | 2 | 2/6 | 19 | 4/10 | 11 | 2/12 | 12 | 0/12 | 12 | 86 | |
| 14 | 2 | Ron Bailey | IN | 4 | 2/2 | 13 | 0/2 | 5 | 4/6 | 21 | 2/8 | 1 | 2/10 | 12 | 2/12 | 16 | 0/12 | 12 | 84 | |
| 15 | 6 | Jerry Ingram | GA | 8 | 0/0 | 1 | 0/0 | 17 | 4/4 | 11 | 0/4 | 12 | 0/4 | bye | 4/8 | 19 | 4/12 | 12 | 78 | |
| 16 | 13 | O.A. Morea | VA | 22 | 2/2 | 2 | 4/6 | 20 | 4/10 | 3 | 0/10 | wd | -- | -- | -- | 10 | ||||
| 17 | 19 | Thompson | 9 | 0/0 | 22 | 0/0 | 12 | 0/0 | 17 | 4/4 | 21 | 0/4 | 17 | 4/8 | 6 | 0/8 | 8 | 70 | ||
| 18 | 17 | B.W. "Beril" Smith | VA | 11 | 0/0 | 16 | 0/0 | 6 | 0/0 | 19 | 0/0 | bye | 0/4 | 19 | 0/4 | bye | 4/8 | 8 | 60 | |
| 19 | 7 | James | 16 | 4/4 | 11 | 4/8 | 18 | 0/8 | 10 | 0/8 | wd | -- | -- | -- | 8 | |||||
| 20 | 20 | Eugene Westmoreland | NC | 3 | 0/0 | 5 | 4/4 | 13 | 0/4 | 22 | 0/4 | wd | -- | -- | -- | 4 | ||||
| 21 | 5 | J.D. Grant | NC | 21 | 0/0 | 20 | 0/0 | 2 | 0/0 | bye | 4/4 | wd | -- | -- | -- | 4 | ||||
| 22 | 9 | J.C. Little | NC | 19 | 4/4 | 18 | 0/4 | 14 | 0/4 | wd | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 | |||||
| Total | ||||||||||||||||||||
Harvey Kelley of Calhoun, GA won Class B, however; B.T. Jones of Forest City, NC is our NC State Class B Champion.
33 Entrants in Class B - Single Division -
3Move -7 Rounds of Swiss - 4 Games per Round
(scoring by round)
| Finish | Op | Players | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | match |
honor |
Cash | ||||||||
| Position | No |
Name |
State | vs |
Pts |
vs | Pts | vs | Pts | vs | Pts | vs | Pts | vs | Pts | vs | Pts | Pts | HPts | Prize |
| 1 | 12 | Harvey Kelley | GA | 4 | 4/4 | 10 | 4/8 | 11 | 2/10 | 9 | 4/14 | 23 | 4/18 | 11 | 2/20 | 11 | 4/24 | 24 | 118 | |
| 2 | 9 | B.T. Jones | NC | 2 | 4/4 | 20 |
4/8 |
15 | 4/12 | 12 | 0/12 | 16 | 4/16 | 25 | 2/18 | 25 | 4/22 | 22 | 102 | |
| 3 | 11 | B.W. "Belton" Jones | NC | 1 | 4/4 | 16 | 4/8 | 12 | 2/10 | 8 | 4/14 | 15 | 4/18 | 12 | 2/20 | 12 | 0/20 | 20 | 120 | |
| 4 | 23 | Ashley Reid | NC | 22 | 4/4 | 8 | 0/4 | 5 | 4/8 | 14 | 4/12 | 12 | 0/12 | 27 | 4/16 | 16 | 4/20 | 20 | 108 | |
| 5 | 8 | Ira Lee Hinson | SC | 14 | 4/4 | 23 | 4/8 | 27 | 2/10 | 11 | 0/10 | 19 | 4/14 | 30 | 2/16 | 24 | 4/20 | 20 | 102 | |
| 6 | 5 | A.G. Cunningham | TN | 15 | 0/0 | 6 | 4/4 | 23 | 0/4 | 26 | 4/8 | 14 | 4/12 | 3 | 4/16 | 30 | 4/20 | 20 | 92 | |
| 7 | 25 | Ira G. Shoaf | NC | 13 | 4/4 | 3 | 2/6 | 24 | 2/8 | 17 | 4/12 | 2 | 4/16 | 9 | 2/18 | 9 | 0/18 | 18 | 102 | |
| 8 | 27 | Harry Stanfield | NC | 19 | 4/4 | 24 | 2/6 | 8 | 2/8 | 16 | 0/8 | 17 | 4/12 | 23 | 0/12 | 15 | 4/16 | 16 | 108 | |
| 9 | 30 | W. E. Williams | VA | 17 | 2/2 | 26 | 4/6 | 16 | 0/6 | 4 | 4/10 | 24 | 4/14 | 8 | 2/16 | 5 | 0/16 | 16 | 98 | |
| 10 | 24 | George Ruff | NC | 18 | 4/0 | 27 | 2/6 | 25 | 2/8 | 10 | 4/12 | 30 | 0/12 | 2 | 4/16 | 8 | 0/16 | 16 | 96 | |
| 11 | 16 | Tim Laverty | NC | 21 | 4/4 | 11 | 0/4 | 30 | 4/8 | 27 | 4/12 | 9 | 0/12 | 15 | 2/14 | 23 | 0/14 | 14 | 108 | |
| 12 | 15 | Joe McClellan | NC | 5 | 4/4 | 7 | 4/8 | 9 | 0/8 | 3 | 4/12 | 11 | 0/12 | 16 | 2/14 | 27 | 0/14 | 14 | 106 | |
| 13 | 3 | Ray Brooks | NC | 28 | 4/4 | 25 | 2/6 | 17 | 2/8 | 15 | 0/8 | 13 | 4/12 | 5 | 0/12 | 19 | 2/14 | 14 | 94 | |
| 14 | 2 | Waldo Barton | NC | 9 | 0/0 | 29 | 4/4 | 19 | 2/6 | 1 | 4/10 | 25 | 0/10 | 24 | 0/10 | 10 | 4/14 | 14 | 92 | |
| 15 | 14 | Cecil Lowe | NC | 8 | 0/0 | 4 | 4/4 | 7 | 4/8 | 23 | 0/8 | 5 | 0/8 | 13 | 2/10 | 21 | 4/14 | 14 | 90 | |
| 16 | 19 | Charlie Miller | NC | 27 | 0/0 | 28 | 4/4 | 2 | 2/6 | 22 | 4/10 | 8 | 0/10 | 10 | 2/12 | 3 | 2/14 | 14 | 90 | |
| 17 | 17 | Clifton McDowell | NC | 30 | 2/2 | 21 | 4/6 | 3 | 2/8 | 25 | 0/8 | 27 | 0/8 | 7 | 4/12 | 22 | 2/14 | 14 | 84 | |
| 18 | 26 | James H."Sawmill" Sipe | NC | 7 | 0/0 | 30 | 0/0 | 18 | 4/4 | 5 | 0/4 | 29 | 4/8 | 28 | 2/10 | 7 | 4/14 | 14 | 74 | |
| 19 | 28 | R.G. "Robert" Whitley | NC | 3 | 0/0 | 19 | 0/0 | 6 | 4/4 | 7 | 0/4 | 1 | 4/8 | 26 | 2/10 | 13 | 4/14 | 14 | 72 | |
| 20 | 10 | Raleigh Johnson | NC | 6 | 4/4 | 12 | 0/4 | 13 | 4/8 | 24 | 0/8 | 7 | 2/10 | 19 | 2/12 | 2 | 0/12 | 12 | 88 | |
| 21 | 7 | A.T."Arthur" Freshwater | NC | 26 | 4/4 | 15 | 0/4 | 14 | 0/4 | 28 | 4/8 | 10 | 2/10 | 17 | 0/10 | 26 | 0/10 | 10 | 84 | |
| 22 | 1 | W.H."Howard" Amos | NC | 11 | 0/0 | 22 | 2/2 | 21 | 4/6 | 2 | 0/6 | 28 | 0/6 | 21 | 0/6 | bye | 4/10 | 10 | 78 | |
| 23 | 22 | Clint Pickard | NC | 23 | 0/0 | 1 | 2/2 | 4 | 2/4 | 19 | 0/4 | 21 | 2/6 | 6 | 2/8 | 17 | 2/10 | 10 | 76 | |
| 23 | 13 | Kluthe | 25 | 0/0 | 18 | 4/4 | 10 | 0/4 | 29 | 4/8 | 3 | 0/8 | 14 | 2/10 | 28 | 0/10 | 10 | 76 | ||
| 25 | 21 | Harold L. Perkins | NC | 16 | 0/0 | 17 | 0/0 | 1 | 0/0 | 6 | 4/4 | 22 | 2/6 | 1 | 4/10 | 14 | 0/10 | 10 | 72 | |
| 26 | 4 | Robert Crump | NC | 12 | 0/0 | 14 | 0/0 | 22 | 2/2 | 30 | 0/2 | 6 | 0/2 | bye | 4/6 | 6 | 2/8 | 8 | 84 | |
| 27 | 6 | W. E. "Pete" Dew | NC | 10 | 0/0 | 5 | 0/0 | 28 | 0/0 | 21 | 0/0 | 4 | 4/4 | 22 | 2/6 | 4 | 2/8 | 8 | 74 | |
| 28 | 29 | |||||||||||||||||||