2013 Annual Mid-Ohio Open Checker Tournament
held Friday & Saturday, August 16th & 17th at Crist & Rosanna Miller's home at 10250 S. Kansas Road, Fredericksburg, Ohio 44627 (map).

Congratulations, Mark!
(1st place)
Congratulations, Richard!
(2nd Place)

Congratulations, Kenny!
(3rd Place)

Congratulations, Joe!
(4th Place)

Congratulations, Crist!
(4th Place)

(Official Crosstable Results)
Single Division (A & B Class Players) 3-Move / Seven 2 game rounds (Swiss w/ no repairs) of 1 hours per game or 2 hours per round - playing 4 rounds Friday, 3 rounds Saturday.

2013 Annual Mid-Ohio
A & B Division By Round, 2Gm Before After

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1 Mark Sokolovsky Cleveland, OH 12653 2044 2073 8 16T4 1T4 15T2 10T3 6T2 3T4 13T4 23 74 Wins 2012 Mid-Ohio Meet + handcrafted clock

2 GM Richard Beckwith Wiloughby, OH 10151 2234 2198 15 7T3 2T4 8T2 3T3 13T3 6T3 12T4 22 72

3 Kenny Miller Middlebury, IN 12532 1773 1821 1 9T4 8T0 7T1 4T4 3T1 11T3 6T4 17 72

4 Joe Weaver Dundee, OH 12535 1793 1817 13 5T4 6T2 10T1 16T4 15T1 7T3 8T0 15 79 102 5-Way Tie 4th 5th /6th 7th 8th places on gm pts

5 Crist Miller Fredericksburg, OH 12530 1607 1641 11 3T2 4T1 12T2 5T2 2T4 1T1 byeT3 15 73 90 5-Way Tie 4th 5th /6th 7th 8th places on gm pts

6 Jerry Miller Middlebury, IN 12537 1736 1733 4 12T2 11T3 6T1 1T0 17T4 5T2 7T3 15 72 89 5-Way Tie 4th 5th /6th 7th 8th places on gm pts

7 Marvin Yoder Shipshewana, IN 12541 1532 1580 2 10T2 15T0 14T4 12T2 11T0 ByeT3 9T4 15 60 82 5-Way Tie 4th 5th /6th 7th 8th places on gm pts

8 J.R. Smith Greensboro, NC 10098 1613 1621 5 13T0 9T4 3T0 11T2 ByeT3 4T2 17T4 15 58 73 5-Way Tie 4th 5th /6th 7th 8th places on gm pts

9 tie
Aden Keim Fredericksburg, OH 12609 1714 1733 3 11T2 12T2 5T4 15T1 1T3 8T0 10T2 14 83 106 5-Way Tie 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th places on gm pts

9 tie
John Acker Columbus, OH. 10244 1900 1880 6 14T3 13T2 4T3 7T3 8T2 15T1 1T0 14 83 106 5-Way Tie 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th places on gm pts

11 Larry Atwood Minot, ND 10311 1869 1829 7 15T1 14T4 1T3 6T1 10T3 13T1 4T1 14 75 97 5-Way Tie 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th places on gm pts

12 Neil Wenberg Harmony, OH 10126 1721 1712 12 4T2 3T2 11T2 2T2 16T3 10T3 15T0 14 73 95 5-Way Tie 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th places on gm pts

13 Ted Williamson Kenova, WV 10024 1675 1696 10 2T2 17T4 13T3 8T1 7T1 12T1 3T2 14 72 95 5-Way Tie 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th places on gm pts

14 Harley Hochsteler Sugarcreek, OH 12531 1530 1540 16 8T0 ByeT3 17T4 13T0 12T1 9T2 14T3 13 54

15 John Troyer Millersburg, OH 12533 1613 1552 14 6T1 7T0 2T0 ByeT3 9T4 17T2 16T1 11 55

16 Eddie Yoder Middlebury, IN 12538 1382 1373 17 ByeT3 10T0 16T0 9T3 4T0 14T2 5T0 8 59

17 Ray Yoder Goshen, IN 12544 1495 1410 9 1T0 5T0 ByeT3 17T1 14T0 16T2 2T0 6 62

Congratulations! to Mark Sokolovsky from Cleveland, Ohio as the winner of the 2012 Annual Mid-Ohio Open Checker Meet, and for his outstanding performance he was presented a handcrafted wooden wallclock created for the occasion.

Congratulations! to GM Richard Beckwith as 2nd Place, Kenny Miller as 3rd Place, Joe Weaver as 4th Place, Crist Miller as 5th place, all the others who participated.

At 4:30 some of the early arriving players were already registering, playing warm up games, and visiting with other players. Crist was using an auxiliary room adjacent to the store which served as our playing room. The room was set up with plenty of tables & chairs and each table was also provided with boards, checkers, and 3-Move cards. John Acker provided the game recording sheets.

At our 5:00 PM pre-tournament meeting, Crist Miller, director of the 2013 Annual Mid-Ohio Open Checker Meet warmly welcomed 17 checker enthusiast from 5 different states. Larry Atwood from Minot, North Dakota was recognized as the most distant player, driving 1,400 miles and over 25 hours one-way to attend the meet. Crist Miller covered the playing rules, tournament schedule, and discussed what amenities and lodging was available. Crist introduced the players to each other, his brother John, and family. The next several upcoming checker tournaments were also announced as: Indiana open Aug 23-24 in Shipshewana, NC 1-day Cedarock Aug 24, Ohio Open in Medina Sept 7-8, Virginia Open in Bedford Sept 20-21, and District 9 in LasVegas in Sept 23-25.

We appreciate Crist and Rosanna Miller for opening their home and hosting our ty and providing our playing facility. They did an exceptional job as planning, organizing, and sponsoring this checker meet. Mrs. Miller kept us supplied in treats, snack, coffee, water, and drinks through the tournament so players could relax and enjoy something as they took breaks between matches.

Crist directed the tournament and maintained a wall scoreboard with John Acker assisting with pairing and scorekeeping. Acker was set up in a corner of the playing room (his office). He brought a laptop, forms, supplies, books, extra everything, and, etc. (his Tournament Footlocker).

We appreciate John Acker using his laptop and ChessArbiter Pro Draughts program to pair, accumulate match points and document the tournament so the results could be post in a timely manner on the USA Checkers-facebook, and in addition to snapping some pictures.

There was a number of visitors who dropped by during the tournament to watch and visit with players. You could hear the pleasant “clip-clop” traffic through the window, which brought back 65 years of my country childhood.

Rosanna out did herself in preparing Saturday's Lunch. The food (delicious garden fresh sweet corn! & beef and potato casserole!) and the hospitality was way more than expected. This was a most enjoyable weekend checker tournament with wonderful fellowship, addictive top level checker competition right in the heart of Amish country. You will have to attend next year's meet to know what we are talking about!

GM stands for Grand Master, IM for International Master, and CM for Candidate Master, which are earned titles given by WCDF to distinguish players. "T" separates player's opponent from player's round game points: Draw is 1, Win is 2 points, Bye is 3, and Forfeit is 4.

Please note, this is Eddie Yoder's second ACF rated tournament so his rating is provisional and his performance with other rated players who won games will not increase their ratings until he completes his first 20 games.

Before and After Ratings are the results of a player's rating before this tournament and after it was recalculated from this score-sheet by ACF rating processor. | icheckers ratings

Neil Wenberg, Richard Beckwith, and John Acker had many checker books for sale. John Acker had his newly authored 2013 US National “3-Move” booklet for sale at $12.00. It included pictures, games, players' results, and other details about the recent tournament.

Several of the player's wives attend the ty and they enjoyed browsing and shopping the next door store and the near by towns of Wooster, Orrville, and Dalton while their husbands played checkers.

The $20 entry fee covered all tournament and food expense, with left over proceeds going to the Ohio Crippled Children's Fund.

The Annual Mid-Ohio Checker Meet alternates back and forth between “GAYP” and “3-Move” every other year, so it will be “GAYP” in 2014. The Annual Mid-Ohio Open Checker Meet decided to schedule their future tournaments on the third Friday & Saturday of August, so next years dates are, August 15th & 16th, 2014. Crist has already call me about some additional features he is planning to add to next year's Mid-Ohio that will make it even better.

We appreciate the Amish Players: John Troyer, Joe Weaver, Harley Hochsteler, and Aden Keim who played in the 2013 National in Cincinnati, 2012 Greensboro Open, 2012 Virginia, and 2012 District 4 in Lexington, NC. Joe Weaver also played in the 2011 VA Open in beautiful Bedford, VA.

Again, “A-Big-Thank-You” to Crist & Rosanna Miller for planning, organizing, & directing a Great Checker Meet.


Congratulations, Mark! (1st place)	Congratulations, Richard! (2nd Place)	Congratulations, Kenny! (3rd Place)	Congratulations, Joe! (4th Place)	Congratulations, Crist! (4th Place)