The ICAONA US Open Tournament - “Willem Blyheid Memorial”  

International Checkers Association of North America (ICAONA)

Sunday, October 15^th thru October 22^nd 2023

Sunny Isles Beach, Florida

ICAONA announces (google.com)   -  Participants

The games will be held under the Fisher system time control with 1 hour and 20 minutes for the game + 50 seconds added for each move.
The players are required to document the moves after they are done.  With Fisher system, there is no "time trouble” excuse not to record - the game must be recorded at all times! 

International Checkers:
This game is one of the most widespread checkers variants in the world. The game is played on “10 X 10 board” and each player has 20 pieces (men). There are several specific rules, regarding piece moving and capturing: men move one space diagonally forward only, but can capture diagonally forward or backward.  Kings (promoted pieces - 2 Men stacked) move any number of spaces diagonally forward or backward, and can capture any number of spaces diagonally forward or backward as well.  Jumped checkers are removed from the board after the full move is performed and every enemy checker can be jumped over only once.  It is mandatory to capture as many pieces (as one multi-jump) as possible. When a checker (man) reaches the last row, it promotes to a King (2 Men stacked). However, if a man reaches the last row while jumping and can jump more pieces backwards, it does not promote and continues jumping as a man.