2014 District 4 Results-1

The 68th Annual ACF District 4 Open
2014 District 4 in Lexington, NC
States: FL, GA, SC, NC, VA, WV - Larry Michael, D4 Manager

The 2014 District 4 held November 7^th - 8^th (Friday & Saturday)
at Gethsemane Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, 622 Hill Everhart Rd. Lexington, NC 27295
Lodging at Lexington Triad Inn at 418 Piedmont Dr, Lexington, NC 27295 (336-249-0111) (map)

2014 District IV Open Results:

Congratulations to GM Alex Moiseyev!
2014 District 4 Tournament Winner

Congratulations to IM John Webster!
2014 District 4 Masters Champion

Congratulations to IM Tim Laverty!
2014 District 4, 3rd Place

Congratulations to Teal Stanley!
2014 District 4, 4th Place

Congratulations to Robert Cline!
2014 District 4 Majors Champion

(Official Crosstable Results)
3-Move Single Division Open Tournament: 8 Rounds of Swiss - Gethsemane Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, Lexington, NC - November 1 & 2, 2013

2014 ACF District IV Open - Single Division
3-Move - 8 Rounds - November 7 & 8, 2014

Class A - 2 GmRds (Scored by game) Swiss before after

Finish
Name, City, State

ACF#
Rate Rate
Op

Rd 1

Rd 2
Rd 3 Rd 4
Rd 5

Rd 6
Rd 7 Rd 8
Pts - Hpts

Cash

Comments

1 GM Alex Moiseyev, Dublin, OH 10157 2244 2247 10 1T4 7T4 12T4 2T4 6T2 16T2 15T3 16T3 26 $500 2014 District 4 Open Tourney Winner

2 IM Dr. John Webster, Stoneville, NC 10147 2150 2085 16 2T3 15T3 6T2 1T3 14T4 10T2 11T4 10T1 22 $300 2014 District 4 Masters Champion

3 IM Tim Laverty, Graham, NC 10153 2163 2138 6 11T2 5T4 16T2 15T3 10T2 1T3 2T3 15T2
21
$200

4 Teal Stanley, Greensboro, NC 10107 2028 2017 15 8T3 16T1 4T4 6T1 2T3 11T3 10T1 6T2
18 - 133
$150 2-way tie for 4th place

5 Robert Cline, Yadkinville, NC 12773 1600 1695 3 14T2 11T1 1T1 13T2 5T1 4T3 12T4 2T4 18 - 104 $125 2-way tie for 4th place 2014 District 4 Majors Champion

6 John Acker, Columbus, OH 10244 1899 1887 1 10T0 9T4 3T3 16T1 4T3 6T1 5T3 13T2 17 - 142 $80 2-way tie for 6th place

7 Buck Smith, Millboro, VA 10091 1590 1614 13 5T2 12T0 9T2 3T2 8T4 2T1 4T4 1T2
17 - 103
$70 2-way tie for 6th place

8 Howard Gain, Panama City, FL 10081 1619 1670 5 13T2 6T0 8T1 9T3 3T3 14T4 1T1 11T2 16 $60

9 Mike Ross, Burlington, NC 10110 1785 1788 11 6T2 3T3 2T0 7T3 12T4 15T1 16T0 5T2 15 $50

10 Matthew Clark, Fort Mill, SC 10492 1838 1923 2 16T1 8T4 11T4 10T0 15T1 13T3 6T1 3T0 14 - 137 $40
2-way tie for 10th place

11 Larry Michael, Lexington, NC 10059 1650 1596 8 15T1 2T0 5T3 4T1 13T0 ByeT3 9T3 14T3
14 - 101
$30 4-way tie for 10th place

12 J.R. Smith, Greensboro, NC 10098 1626 1599 14 3T2 4T2 7T3 12T2 16T0 5T0 ByeT3 8T1 13 $25

13 Ray Shelly, Cambridge, MD 10049 1523 1522 12 4T2 13T4 10T0 14T2 11T0 9T1 3T0 ByeT3 12 - 122 $25 2-way tie for 13th place

14 Grover Minor, Greensboro, NC 12659 1555 1596 9 7T0 1T0 13T2 5T1 ByeT3 12T3 8T1 4T2
12 - 91
$25 2-way tie for 13th place

15 Glenn Fuquay, Elon, NC 12582 1710 1716 4 12T2 14T2 15T0 8T3 1T1 3T1 13T0 9T2
11
$25

16 James Martin, Monroe, NC 10032 1658 1634 7 9T4 10T0 14T1 11T1 wd wd wd wd 6 $25
withdrew after 4th Rd, usually doesn't play checkers on Saturday

Total Prize Fund: $1,730

Congratulations! to GM Alex Moiseyev from Dublin, OH for winning the 2014 District 4 Open Tournament. | Congratulations! to IM Dr. John Webster from Stoneville, NC as winning second place and recognize as our 2014 District 4 Masters Champion.

Congratulations! to Tim Laverty from Graham, NC for his third place finish and Congratulations! to Teal Stanley from Greensboro, NC for his fourth place finish.

Congratulations! to Robert Cline from Yadkinville, NC for his fifth place finish and we also recognize him as our 2014 District 4 Majors Champion. This is also Robert's first ACF Tournament, although he is a regular Play OK internet player under the name "johndeer45."
The Majors Champion is the winner of the Majors Division, or selected from the middle of the contestant field as their finishing final positions in a single division tournament.

When the mid place finishers is a non-resident then the next place D4 finisher above him is selected. Only a District 4 residences may be a District 4 Championship title holder. Rules

Larry Michael - District IV Mgr. / Tournament Director and Tim Laverty - Referee & Scorekeeper. We had 16 players representing 5 States: 11 from NC, 2 each from OH, and 1 each from FL, MD, & VA.

Larry welcomed all players and visitors at the opening of the tournament business meeting. Larry gave our invocation and we remembered our recently deceased player, Raleigh Johnson who died August 19th at age 90. Tournament rules were covered and players were instructed on playing time limits and other conditions. We play 2 hour rounds as 60 minutes per game.

JR Smith announced the up coming Alabama / D5 in Haleyville, AL Nov 14th & 15th and the up coming 2015 Tennessee State Open in March 6th - 8th, 2015 in Lebanon, TN which is expected to have a $4-5K cash prize. Also the 11-Man WTM between Laverty & Moiseyev is scheduled January 17th thru 19th, 2015. And of course the Joe McDaniel's Branson Mixer, June 19th thru 21st with a $7,500+ Cash Purse!

We offer a special thank you to Larry for his continued arrangements to hold our D4 at their fellowship hall. This makes the sixteenth year Larry has served as our ACF District 4 Manager.

We played a single division tournament using Swiss pairing & the 156 deck, with only last round repairing if necessary. 2 hour rounds, allowing 1 hour per game. Only a 5 minute time allowance for over time rounds with a 1 minute per move for 5 moves, then Referee will judge any unfinished games as a draw or win to stay on schedule. | Bye awarded as 3 points to lowest game point player.

A Big Delicious Buffet country cooking dinner was provided in the Fellowship Hall at 6PM Friday! We thank Larry, Frances, & Judy for the preparation and serving of our tournament dinners, refreshments, and finger-foods throughout the tournament. Also a big thank you! to Mrs. Frances McClintock for her preparation of all the foods that supplemented our lunch and dinner, as various dishes, cakes, breads, sandwiches, desserts, (persimmon pudding) etc. We also thank Carolyn Minor for bringing her delicious turnip greens.

Players were welcomed to Lexington Triad Inn by a nice office desktop display announcing "The 68th ACF District 4 Open Checker Tournament"

Most of our out-of-town players elected to stay at the Budget Inn, 200 Murphy Dr, Lexington, NC 27292, 336-248-5172 (map), just 2½ miles past Lexington Triad Inn, south on Bus. 85. Manager Jack, matched Triad's king or double bed rates at $45 per night including tax.
T separates player's opponent from player's game points (win=2, draw=1, loss=0, bye=3). GM stands for Grand Master, CM stands for Candidate Master, IM stands for International Master which are earned titles given to distinguish a player's status by WCDF. | Ratings are from ACF. | 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, Joe Moore. Robert Cline
Howard Gains was the furthers away distant traveling player from Panama City by 635 miles & 10 hrs. one-way. Lots of wives and visitors attended: Morris Auman from Sophia, NC visited us Saturday and played some practice games.

The Total Cash Prize : $1,730 = Entry Fees $400 ($25x16) + contributions & donations, including Joe McDaniel's $200.00 check.

Larry Michael said he was looking into launching our own internet checker playing game room site for ACF checker players, which would be accessible at the USACheckers.com site. This idea was suggested by Larry in a conversation between District 4 Manager and several tournament sponsors about what is most needed to build and promote checkers. Having our own internet playing room should attract serious players which would become ACF members and participate in other events. We have their name, address, and how active they are in visiting and playing at our game room. This was one of the most practical idea I've heard, with serious intent to develop and implement it.

Many players enjoyed meals and fellowship at Randy's, Lexington Barbeque, Speedy's BBQ, Ocean View Seafood, Country Cookin, Portabello's, Christo's, and Village Grill, etc. over the weekend.

This was a fun tournament, the weather was rainy Thursday afternoon but cleared up to two nice cool Indian summer days for our Friday & Saturday tournament. We enjoyed a delicious dinner & lunch, and a delightful tournament & fellowship for all who attended!
Ray & Beverly Shelly, and JR Smith attended Sunday-school & Worship Service at Gethsemane, after the tournament. Ray was their guest singer and Pastor Michael delivered an inspiring message about self-esteem, self-confidence, self-worth, and self-assurance which are all attributes of a Christian. A good image and respect for yourself is what God has given us because man was created in his image. These things are possible through God's strength and assurance.


Congratulations to GM Alex Moiseyev! 2014 District 4 Tournament Winner	Congratulations to IM John Webster! 2014 District 4 Masters Champion	Congratulations to IM Tim Laverty! 2014 District 4, 3rd Place	Congratulations to Teal Stanley! 2014 District 4, 4th Place	Congratulations to Robert Cline! 2014 District 4 Majors Champion