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DECEMBER 1997
THE ACF BULLETIN # 270


THE ROSTER OF CHAMPIONS
TITLES AND TITLE HOLDERS OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED BY THE ACF
All entries apply to 3-move checkers, unless otherwise stated.

WORLD CHAMPION-RON KING-BARBADOS


MAN VS. MACHINE- CHINOOK-CANADA
MACHINE VS. MACHINE- CHINOOK
LADIES - PATRICIA BREEN. IRELAND
U.S. LADIES- CAROLYN LUCAS. MISSISSIPPI
1994 NATIONAL TOURNAMENT-DON LAFFERTY
GAYP WORLD CHAMPION- RON KING
GAYP NAT.TY. - JAMES MORRISON (1996)
WORLD MAIL PLAY- JERRY CHILDERS
1996 ID (INTER-DISTRICT) AL LYMAN
11 MAN BALLOT- ELBERT LOWDER
CANADIAN MATCH- LEROY ADAMS


DISTRICT

1. JOSEPH MARGOLIN -MA.
2. RICHARD HALLETT-FL.
4. ELBERT LOWDER-NC.
5. MICHAEL HOLMES(1996 )Hugh Burton-1997
6. DICK HOAR-OH.
7. JACK MOURNING-MN.
8. ROY REED-KS
9. GERRY LOPEZ.


MAJOR U.S. TOURNAMENTS

1997 U.S. NAT. GAYP TY.-RICHARD HALLETT
SOUTHERN STATES- RICHARD HALLETT - 1997
NORTHERN STATES- HARVEY KELLY ( 1997 )
MISSISSIPPI OPEN-MICHAEL HOLMES. ( 1996 )
TENNESSEE OPEN- ( 1997 ) JOHN WEBSTER
FLORIDA STATES-RICHARD HALLETT (1997)


STATE CHAMPIONS

AZ JACK GIBSON MO BILL WETHINGTON
AL LARRY POLLARD MS CHARLES C. WALKER
AR JERRY CHILDERS NJ AL DUBOISE
CA GERRY LOPEZ NY RICHARD HALLETT
CT JAMES BRACNARO NC ELBERT LOWDER
FL RICHARD HALLETT NE JOHN PESTAL
GA HARVEY KELLEY ND LARRY ATWOOD
IA HARRY SUTER OK WAYNE GOBER
IL BILLY MARSHALL OH LOUIS COWIE
IN RON BAILEY & PA TONY KOZENSKI
RICHARD BECKWITH RI WILLIAM DEAETT
KS ROY REED SC NATHAN GARDNER
KY HERBERT REED SD KENNETH WOLD
LA ALBERT TUCKER TN GENE LINDSAY
MA JOSEPH MARGOLIN TX ED KING
ME NONE CURRENT VA PAUL DAVIS &
MI DOUGLAS HUGHSON LES BALDERSON
MN JACK MOURNING WA WILLARD H. HERMAN SR.
WI RAYMOND SCOTT

NATIONAL JR. MATCH-CAMILO FRANCISCO
NATIONAL JR. TY. -BRIAN LUCAS
NATIONAL JR. GAYP-BRIAN LUCAS

JUNIOR STATE CHAMPIONS

CA.-CAMILO FRANCISCO
MS. BRIAN LUCAS
JUNIOR DISTRICT
9TH. CAMILO FRANCISCO
SOUTHERN YOUTH-BRIAN LUCAS


E-MAIL ADDRESSES AND INTERESTS

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100646.3501@DELETEmTHIScompuserve.com (Adrian Millett) /PC SOLUTIONS
PaulMorphy@DELETEmTHISaol.com Ed Trice
martinbr@DELETEmTHIScolossus.demon.co.uk /Martin Bryant (COLOSSUS) (chk pr)
jonathan@DELETEmTHIScs.ualberta.ca /Jon Schaeffer (CHINOOK) (chk pr)
Gildodgen@DELETEmTHISaol.com /Gil Dodgen (chk prg)
75204.3277@DELETEmTHIScompuserve.com /Al Lyman, US Checker fed.
donl@DELETEmTHISekx.infi.net / Don Lafferty, US Checkers champion
gloc@DELETEmTHISmuhlon.com /Carl Reno
rcbeckwith@DELETEmTHISjuno.com Dr. Richard Beckwith
tharris@DELETEmTHISskn.net /Tony Harris (chk pl)
sandrews@DELETEmTHISnovalink.com /Steve Andrews (chk pl)
hucabuck@DELETEmTHISbellsouth.net /Valtas Hockenbury (chk pl)
lblevitt@DELETEmTHISix.netcom.com /Leo Levitt, Checkers master.
phil@DELETEmTHISdraughts.demon.co.uk /Phil Williams (chk pl)
S967443@DELETEmTHISumslvma.umsl.edu /Brian Hinkle (chk pl)
urga20a@DELETEmTHISprodigy.com Michael Holmes
lake@DELETEmTHIScs.ualberta.ca Robert Lake-chinook Team
76624.2113@DELETEmTHIScompuserve.com Norman Wexler
sandrews@DELETEmTHISnovalink.com Steve Andrews
jtp@DELETEmTHISacpub.duke.edu /Tom Parry (chk pr)
portzlines88@DELETEmTHISdelphi.com /Scott Portzline (chk pl)
100622.1614@DELETEmTHIScompuserve.com /George Miller, chk pl)
100020.2752@DELETEmTHIScompuserve.com /Nick McBride (chk pl)
richa@DELETEmTHISthepoint.net Rick Avolio
simon.moore@DELETEmTHISxxxbbs.conqueror.co.uk -Simon Moore (chk pl)
Wgober@DELETEmTHISflash.net /Wayne Gober (chk pl)
krow@DELETEmTHISprimenet.com /AL Lyman ( chk pl)
johnr@DELETEmTHISma.man.ac.uk /John Reade (chk pl, 10x10,8x8)
grimmink@DELETEmTHISfwi.uva.nl /Mike Grimmick (10x10 chk pr)
102526.2017@DELETEmTHIScompuserve.com /Arthur Olsen (pool chk pl)
buijs@DELETEmTHISchem.vu.nl /Joost Buijs (10x10)
vdiepeve@DELETEmTHISalchemy.cs.ruu.nl /V Diepeve (10x10)
alioto@DELETEmTHISmbox.vol.it /Alioto Domenico (italian chk)
mortola@DELETEmTHISipmma3.mate.polimi.it /Stefano Mortola (italian chk)
100621.130@DELETEmTHIScompuserve.com /Thomas Fischer (chk pl)
c.hewlett1@DELETEmTHISgenie.geis.com /C.Hewlett, US.Othello fed.
100425.670@DELETEmTHIScompuserve.com /Bruno Bouisseir, French oth fed.&10x10
parsons@DELETEmTHISmaestro.com /Dave Parsons, (oth pl/pr)
arnoldk@DELETEmTHISaol.com /Arnold Kling, (oth pl)
springer@DELETEmTHISs5.math.umn.edu /Colin Spinger, (oth pl)
icca@DELETEmTHIScs.rulimburg.nl /Int Computer Chess Association
dkb@DELETEmTHISmitre.org /Daryl Baker, GNU chess prog
uscf@DELETEmTHISdelphi.com /US chess federation
eric@DELETEmTHISelhchess.demon.co.uk /Computer Chess Newsheet
abrron@DELETEmTHISpacificcoast.net Al Borron
jimloy@DELETEmTHISmcn.net Jim Loy /chk pl
102526,2017@DELETEmTHIScompuserve.com Arthur Olsen
starcap50@DELETEmTHISaol.com-Dennis Cayton /chk pl

The numbered Board.

Example. Red moves from 11 to 15. It is recorded as 11-15.

Rules In Brief.

1. Red or the dark side always move first. Red occupies the lower numbered squares 1-12.

2. Jumps are mandatory.

3. When a player can jump in more that one direction, or jump more pieces in one direction than another, the option is up to the player, in both cases.

4. A piece entering king row for the first time, ends the turn. It is then crowned, and cannot move out of king row until the next move.

5. Single men can jump kings.

6. If a player cannot move because all pieces are confined, the game is lost.


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