2012 Tennessee Open
"Hugh R. Burton Tournament Honoree"
was held on March 2^nd thru 4^th 2012 in Lebanon, TN 37087
at Americas Best Value Inn & Suites, on Highway 231 (822 Cumberland Street) at exit 238 north off I-40

Congratulations, Alex!
(1st place)

Congratulations, John!
(2nd place)

Congratulations, Michael!
(3rd place)

Congratulations, Larry!
(TN Champ)

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

2012 Tennessee Open
Masters By Round, 2Gm

Finish Name City, State
ACF#
before
Rate
after
Rate

Op

Rd1
Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 H Pt.
Cash

Comments

1 GM Alex Moiseyev Dublin, OH 10157 2286 2287 12 1T4 14T7 13T11 18T14 6T16 7T18 8T21 6T23 126 $300.00 2012 TN Open Masters Champ (9th time)

2 IM Dr. John Webster Stoneville, NC 10147 2165 2175 18 4T2 3T6 6T8 12T9 9T11 2T14 7T16 17T20 125 $200.00

3 IM Michael Holmes Louisville, KY 10144 2189 2203 6 7T2 11T6 18T8 9T11 12T13 14T15 13T17 12T19 136 $100.00

4 IM Larry Keen Halls, TN 10149 2179 2177 7 6T2 10T5 8T7 14T9 13T12 12T14 18T16 9T18 130 $67.00 2012 Tennessee Champion (5 in a row)

5 GM Jim Morrison Glasgow, KY 10156 2256 2218 14 15T4 12T5 2T7 7T9 17T12 6T14 9T15 13T18 125 $67.00 4th$90, 5th$60, 6th$51 tied for 4th Place - split $201/3=$67

6 IM Tim Laverty Graham, NC 10153 2087 2124 9 16T4 13T4 10T8 6T9 18T11 8T13 14T16 7T18 123 $67.00

7 Frank Davis Clarksville, TN 10070 1986 1973 5 3T1 2T2 1T6 4T8 10T10 13T11 15T13 4T17 99 $40.00

8 Joe Moore Levittown, PA 12644 2022 2065 13 17T3 9T7 12T7 8T9 7T10 5T13 6T15 14T16 129 $15.00 8th,9th,10th,11th, & 12th place tied-split $75/5=$15

9 Harvey Kelley Calhoun, GA 12632 1989 2017 8 10T2 4T5 7T7 13T9 2T11 9T13 12T14 3T16 119 $15.00

10 IM Anthony Bishop College Grove, TN 10143 2101 2060 2 11T2 5T5 14T7 17T9 8T11 18T12 3T14 16T16 118 $15.00

11 Nick Boatman Pegram, TN 12443 1880 1926 3 5T3 18T3 4T5 11T8 15T10 17T12 2T14 8T16 108 $15.00

12 Teal Stanley Greensboro, NC 10107 2082 2026 16 9T0 15T2 17T2 1T4 11T8 4T10 10T14 2T16 99 $15.00

13 CM Albert Tucker Minden, LA 10127 2018 2006 17 13T1 1T3 16T7 2T9 14T10 3T12 4T15 18T15 117

14 John Acker Columbus, OH 10244 1961 1949 1 12T0 17T2 5T2 16T4 4T6 15T9 11T12 15T15 107

15 Ken Christian Watertown, TN 10119 1737 1803 4 18T2 8T3 3T5 5T7 1T9 16T11 17T12 5T12 117

16 Dr. Robert Shuffett Greensburg, KY 10135 1966 1910 15 14T0 16T2 11T4 10T6 3T8 1T9 5T11 1T12 108

17 Hollis McClard Lafayette, TN 10099 1698 1742 11 2T2 6T2 15T4 3T5 16T5 10T7 1T8 byeT11 104

18 Roy Little Oklahoma City, OK 10048 1971 1912 10 8T2 7T3 9T3 15T5 5T7 11T9 16T9 withdrew

$916.00

Congratulations! to GM Alex Moiseyev of Dublin, Ohio as winner of the 2012 Tennessee Open Tournament, his ninth time.

Congratulations! to IM Larry Keen of Halls, TN as the 2012 Tennessee State Champion, his fifth straight year winning this title, and his sixth time as a Tennessee State Champ.

Congratulations! to Lynn Steelman of Crandall, GA as the 2012 Tennessee Open Majors Champion.

Congratulations! to Paul Hines of Russellville, KY as the 2012 Tennessee Open Minors Champion.

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

Congratulations! to Kim Wills and Vonda Jones as Tennessee State Open Women Champions.

In the Youth Division, Alex Holmes placed 1st and Trey Stanley placed 2nd. Congratulations to these young men!

ACF Rating - January 2012, Ratings supplied by ICH Checkers www.icheckers.net Program written by Vadim Khavinson, calculated by Joe Moore/Eric Strange, and updated by Joe Moore, as ACF ratings processor. icheckers ratings

"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.

Frank Davis, President of Tennessee Checker Association welcomed 43 players from 11States: 13 from TN, 11 from NC, 6 from KY, 2 from OH, GA, PA, IN, and 1 from AL, LA, MO, OK, WV. This group of players included 9 State Champions, 2 Grand Masters, 4 International Masters, 1 Candidate Master, and the 3-Move / 11-Man World Champion.

In the 3:00 pm business meeting Frank reported on the Gene Lindsay Fund, reporting this year's interest $643 was down from last years, but the principal was secure in a deposit account at F&M Bank in Clarksville, TN requiring 3 signatures (Davis, Christian, & Burton). The interest yield will hopefully increase. Only interest is used to fund the TN Open. We voted to keep the same TCA officers: Frank Davis - President & the TN Open Director, Ken Christian - Vice President, and Mary Davis - Secretary/Treasurer of TCA & administrator / score-keeper for TN Open. Tournament rules were reviewed and we voted to re-pairing opponents so that it could only occur in last round when necessary. Frank would make a judgment call on overtime game endings or elect another Masters to help him, if a computer analysis was requested by a Master it should show a score value of 60 point for a win. (Posted Rules)

Frank Davis also recognized the Stanleys... (Mr. Bill - Grandfather, Teal - Son, and Trey - Grandson). Three generations of checker players form Greensboro, NC who usually attends TN Open and the Southern Open.

Alex Moiseyev spoke to the players explained his upcoming matches, and his take on world and international activities, what he thought would help promote checkers, and how he personally felt he could support and promote checker was staying as active as possible, playing as many tournaments as possible, continue to write his books, annotate, share his games, and enthusiasm.

Kim reported on her Youth Program in K2 - K5 School Systems and reported she was bring kids to the Youth National in Lebanon, TN. John Acker had BC and other books for sale to help raise money for the Youth Program. Several spoke in favor of Kim's effort, saying they wanted to help so she could continue her worthwhile endeavor. Kim reported her appreciation on ACF forum.

Kim signed up to play Majors but was ask by the Scorekeeper if she would play down to fill the Minors field so they would have an even number of players, thus her $5.00 donation to the prize fund.

This Tournament was special, since this Tennessee Open was dedicated to Mr. Hugh R. Burton. He was the "Tournament Honoree," Frank Davis recognized and presented a nice plaque and several players spoke about Mr. Burton's accomplishments and contribution to checkers. This was a fitting tribute to Mr. Burton since he has won the Tennessee State Championship 39 times over a life time of supporting and playing tournament checkers. 2012 Hugh Burton's Plaque

We received plenty of door prizes supplied by several local merchants, Wilson County Visitors Center, Wilson County Chamber of Commerce, and Wilson Bank & Trust. All in the form of meal coupons & discounts, merchandise, and donated items. The winners were drawn at random. Ken Christian is TCA public relations man and he continues to do an outstanding job with merchants' donations and public relations in Wilson Co.

Management at Americas Best Value Inn & Suites again confirmed their appreciation for the TN Open venue by providing pizza and soft drinks on Friday evening which everyone (players, spouses, & family) enjoyed! This makes the sixth year TN Checker Association has chosen Americas Best Value Inn & Suites after moving it from Best Western Executive Inn, Lebanon in 2006 which ended that long time venue.

We appreciated the donations and contributions which totaled $1,810.00 for the total cash prize fund.

Frank Davis, Tournament Director and Referee in addition to Mary Davis, scorekeeper did a fantastic job as usual. We really appreciate these well run tourneys and also John Acker reporting the results in a timely manner using his laptop and Google documents.

Most of the TN players took time to sign two sympathy cards, one to Arwood Smith for the loss of his wife Verna and the other to Elbert Jones for the loss of his daughter Tabitha.

Many wives attended this tournament and they seem to enjoy the company of the other wives. Otis Jones and Tommy Martin attended, Tommy is "plumtart" on Play OK.

A severe thunderstorm passed through Nashville then Lebanon, Friday evening with high winds, heavy rain and large marble size hail which pecked dimples in most of the cars in the parking lot. Danny Hughes withdrew from the tournament because of tornado damage at his home & farm.

Sunday service was enjoyable with opening invocation, singing, a message by Frank.

The Lebanon Democrat did a nice pre-tournament article and a follow up article on the tournament results Monday.

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

Congratulations, Lynn!
(1st Place TN Majors)

Congratulations, Mike!
(2nd Place & Highest TN Majors)

Congratulations, Joe!
(3rd Place TN Majors)

Congratulations, Alex!
(TN Youth Champion)

2012 Tennessee Open
Majors 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

1 Lynn Steelman Crandall, GA 10111
1915
13 4T4 2T6 3T9 14T11 7T13 8T15 1T17 6T21 120 $130.00 2012 TN Open Majors Champion

2 Mike Choate Madisonville, TN 12521 1901 2 11T3 13T5 1T7 3T10 14T12 7T14 8T16 8T20 122 $100.00 2012 TN Open Highest Finishing Majors

3 Joseph McClellan Wilmington, NC 10058 1876 7 6T2 12T5 14T7 9T10 13T12 2T14 5T16 1T19 123 $90.00 3rd Place TN Open Majors

4 Dustin Belcher Madisonville, TN 10261 1780 1 8T2 10T5 2T7 5T9 3T11 14T14 13T16 7T17 125 $55.00 4WayTie, 4th 5th 6th & 7th places tied & split $s

5 Bobby Gerringer Pittsboro, NC 12442 1818 3 12T2 6T6 13T7 2T8 1T10 5T12 4T15 5T17 122 $55.00 $70+$60+$50+$40=$220/4 $55

6 Alex Holmes Sellersburg, IN 10066 1788 5 14T2 8T4 10T7 1T9 9T11 3T13 7T15 3T17 118 $55.00 2012 TN Open 1st Place Youth Champ

7 Dallas Ramsey Pine Hill, AL 10078 1750 9 10T1 4T4 8T6 7T7 5T9 12T12 11T13 12T17 104 $55.00

8 Harvey Powell Hendersonville, TN 10064 1775 8 1T2 5T4 9T6 12T10 11T12 13T14 2T16 2T16 123 $7.00 3WayTie, 8th 9th&10th places tied & split $21/3 = $7

9 Raleigh Johnson Murfreesboro, NC 10198 1813 6 7T2 3T2 12T4 4T5 10T9 11T12 14T16 13T16 113 $7.00 Johnson over Shultz in head-to-head honor pts (3 of possible 4)

10 Ken Shultz Cosby, TN 10086 1762 11 2T1 14T1 4T4 10T8 8T10 6T11 9T14 14T16 113 $7.00

11 Jeff Webster Stoneville, NC 10218 1812 14 5T2 11T6 7T8 13T10 2T12 1T13 6T13 11T15 126

12 Leonard Hickman Culleoka, TN 10084 1611 4 13T0 9T1 11T2 6T5 12T7 byeT10 3T11 byeT14 114

13 J.R. Smith Greensboro, NC 10098 1582 12 3T2 7T3 6T5 8T5 4T7 9T8 byeT11 9T11 116

14 Jimmy Reliford Columbia, KY 10063 1559 10 9T3 1T4 5T5 11T5 6T5 withdrew

$561.00

Congratulations, Paul!
(TN Minors Champion)

Congratulations, James!
(2nd Place TN Open Minors)

Congratulations, Vonda!
( Highest Finishing TN Minors)

Congratulations, Kim!
(Top finishing Lady Minors)

Congratulations, Trey!
(2nd Place Youth Champion)

2012 Tennessee Open
Minors 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

1 Paul Hines Russellville, KY 12444
1645
3 8T4 10T8 4T8 1T10 6T10 2T14 5T18 6T22 116 $90.00 2012 TN Open Minors Champion

2 James Atkins Julian, NC 12439 1594 1 7T4 4T5 6T7 3T9 5T13 10T15 9T16 9T20 120 $80.00

3 Bobby Rice Columbia, KY 10117 1548 6 10T0 8T4 1T6 4T9 3T13 9T16 7T18 3T18 128 $60.00

4 Neil Wenberg Harmony, PA 10126 1707 9 2T2 7T3 8T5 10T8 4T12 6T13 1T16 1T16 121 $43.00 4th $50 & 5th $36 Places tied & split $86/2=$43

5 Kim Willis Eldon, MO 10083 1555 10 6T4 3T4 5T6 9T7 2T9 1T11 8T14 7T16 118 $43.00 2012 TN Open Women Champion

6 Bill Stanley Greensboro, NC 10061 1443 7 1T0 9T3 2T5 5T7 8T9 4T11 6T13 10T15 114 $10.00 6th $20 & 7th Places tied & split $20/2=$10

7 Trey Stanley Greensboro, NC 10234 1529 8 3T0 6T0 9T2 2T5 7T7 5T10 10T11 2T15 110 $10.00 2012 TN Open 2nd Place Youth Champ

8 Vonda Jones Talbott, TN 10001 1296 5 4T1 2T4 10T6 7T8 1T8 8T9 3T9 byeT12 116 2012 TN State Women Champion

9 Roger Blaine Mishawaka, IN 10102 1391 2 9T2 5T3 7T5 8T6 10T8 3T8 byeT11 8T11 111

Danny Hughes Niota, TN 12458 1518 4 5T3 1T6 3T10 6T11 9T11 7T13 withdrew

Ted Williamson Kenova, WV 10024 1712 declined to play

$336.00


Congratulations, Alex! (1st place)	Congratulations, John! (2nd place)	Congratulations, Michael! (3rd place)	Congratulations, Larry! (TN Champ)


Congratulations, Lynn! (1st Place TN Majors)	Congratulations, Mike! (2nd Place & Highest TN Majors)	Congratulations, Joe! (3rd Place TN Majors)	Congratulations, Alex! (TN Youth Champion)


Congratulations, Paul! (TN Minors Champion)	Congratulations, James! (2nd Place TN Open Minors)	Congratulations, Vonda! ( Highest Finishing TN Minors)	Congratulations, Kim! (Top finishing Lady Minors)	Congratulations, Trey! (2nd Place Youth Champion)