American Pool Checkers
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American Pool checkers, also called "American Pool", is a variant of draughts, mainly played in the mid-Atlantic and southeastern United States and in Puerto Rico.
Basic rules
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As in the related game English draughts (also known as American checkers or straight checkers), the game is played on an 8x8 board with the double corner (corner without a checker) to each player's right.[1] The opponent playing the dark pieces will start the game by making the first move. One difference from the rules of English checkers is that a piece may capture both forward and backward. A player must capture an opponent's checker when possible (both forward and backward), but if two possibilities exist, the player may choose the sequence (even if one sequence has more jumps). The pieces are not removed until all jumps are completed and the player's hand is removed from his piece. A player may not capture an opponent more than one time. A player may not capture his own pieces. Another difference is that kings are flying kings. A king can jump any number of squares forward and backward. A king can make right turns after a jump and continue along another path after successfully taking an opponent. A king must also make all the possible jumps during a sequence. If the condition arises that one player has three kings and the other has just one king, the player who has the three kings must win within thirteen moves (even if the fourteenth move is a capture).
Past champions of the American Pool Checker Association
Names of champions in the several divisions are listed with the APCA club that they represent.[2]
All Tournament Results 2005-2016
Championship Divisions | |||||
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Year / Place | Top Master | Master | Junior Master | Gold Bar | Blue Ribbon |
2016 Durham, North Carolina | Al "Eastpoint" Barnett, Sparta Georgia | Charlie Williams | Joe Davis, Louisburg, North Carolina | Booke Neely | James McQuay |
2015 Albany, Georgia | Al "Eastpoint" Barnett, Sparta Georgia
Emanuel Rogers, St. Louis |
Eugene "Sailorboy" McCloud Moltree, Georgia | James Lyles, Georgia | Ronald Jackson, Georgia | Stevie L. Scott, Lakeland Florida |
2014 Memphis, Tennessee | Al "Eastpoint" Barnett, Sparta Georgia
Calvin Monroe, Atlanta, Georgia |
Freddie Welcher, Augusta. GA | Derrick Williams, Memphis, Tennessee | Joe Davis, Louisburg, North Carolina | Kenneth Jones, Havana Florida |
2013 Columbia, South Carolina | Calvin Monroe, Atlanta, Georgia Al "Eastpoint" Barnett, Sparta Georgia |
Carlye Lasane, Columbia, South Carolina | Alexander McNair, Durham, North Carolina | Michael Tramaine Adkins, Alapaha, Georgia | Cornelius McCleod, South Carolina |
2012 Atlanta, Georgia | Al "Eastpoint" Barnett, Sparta Georgia | Michael Weaver, Washington, DC | Alex Issac, Darlington, South Carolina | Derrick Williams, Memphis, Tennessee | Walter A. Adams, Atlanta, Georgia |
2011 Columbus, Ohio | Calvin Monroe, Atlanta, Georgia | Fred D. Shurn, Chicago, Illinois | Michael Weaver, Washington, DC | Khemraj Rambarran, Washington, DC | Robert Firstlist, St. Louis, Missouri |
2010 Durham, North Carolina | Al "Eastpoint" Barnett, Sparta Georgia |
Tim Moore, Durham, North Carolina | Toney Simuel, Washington, DC | Michael Weaver, Washington, DC | William Wilkerson, Durham, NC |
2009 Washington, DC | Calvin Monroe, Atlanta, Georgia | Kim Williams, Washington, DC | Thomas Fletcher, Washington, DC | Toney Simuel, Washington, DC | William Ham Apex, North Carolina |
2008 Chicago, Illinois | Calvin Monroe, Atlanta, Georgia | Arthur McCarr, Tampa, Florida | Kim Williams, Washington, DC | General Owens, Chicago, Illinois | Joe Davis, Louisburg, NC |
2007 Chicago | Al Lambert, Chicago, Illinois | Clinton Thang & David Jackson Macon, GA | Gregory Green, Macon, Georgia | Kim Williams, Virginia Beach, Va. | Derrick Williams, Memphis, Tennessee |
2006 Columbus, Ohio | Calvin Monroe, Atlanta, Georgia | John Williams, Washington, DC | Larry Lindsay, Piedmont | Tommie Ferrell, Athens, Georgia | Keith Brown, St. Louis, Missouri |
2005 Atlanta, Georgia | Al "Eastpoint" Barnett, Sparta Georgia Calvin Monroe, Atlanta, Georgia |
Willie Robinson, Atlanta, Georgia | Hammond Clark, Atlanta, Georgia | Reggie King, Miami, Florida | Toney Simuel, Atlanta, Georgia |
2004 Memphis, Tennessee | Calvin Monroe, Atlanta, Georgia | Edward Danzy, Detroit, Michigan | Jessie Sherfield, Memphis, TN | Freddie Lambert, Durham, NC | Robert Hunt, Miami, Florida |
2003 Atlanta, Georgia | Al "Eastpoint" Barnett, Sparta Georgia | Homer King, Macon | Edward Danzy, Detroit | Alexander McNair, Piedmont | Alexander Eley, Atlanta |
2002 Washington DC | Calvin Monroe Georgia Charlie Brown, Baltimore Alexander Katz, New York |
Albert Harrison, North Carolina Joe Wilson, Memphis |
John Williams, Washington, DC | Robert N. Johnson, Piedmont | Michael Weaver, Washington, DC |
2000 Columbus, Ohio | Ion Dosca, Moldova | Clorius Lay, Gary | Arthur McCarr, Tampa | Keith Goodman, Atlanta | Lynwood Tharrington, Piedmont |
1999 Memphis, Tennessee | Al "Eastpoint" Barnett, Sparta Georgia | Frank Cox, Bahamas | Donald Jackson, Macon | Emmett Smith, Georgia | James Lanier, Piedmont |
1998 Atlanta, Georgia | Al "Eastpoint" Barnett, Sparta Georgia | Louis Rufus, St. Louis | David Jackson, Macon | Timothy Moore, Piedmont | Vilner Philippe, Bahamas Emanuel Rogers, St. Louis |
1997 Flint, Michigan | Al "Eastpoint" Barnett, Sparta Georgia | Alex Golodets, Memphis | Joseph Wilson, Memphis | Willie Robinson, Midwest Ohio | Elliott Eley, St. Louis |
1996 Houston, Texas | Al "Eastpoint" Barnett, Sparta Georgia | Anatoliy Grupin, Los Angeles Anthony Simmons, Georgia |
Servin Hanna, Bahamas | Chauncey Smith, St. Louis | Timothy Moore, Piedmont |
1995 Augusta, Georgia | Al "Eastpoint" Barnett, Sparta Georgia Elton Williams, Flint |
Vincent 'Dino' Dean, Bahamas | Freddie Welcher, Augusta | Gary Watson, Florida | Eugene Davis, Georgia |
1994 Winston-Salem, North Carolina | Calvin Monroe, Georgia | Timothy Irving, Houston | Fred Shurn, Chicago | Rodger Knowles, Bahamas | William Byrant, Piedmont |
1993 Petal, Mississippi | Elton Williams, Flint | Orlando Williams, Chicago | Anatoliy Grupin, Los Angeles | Wayne Lockheart, Toledo, Ohio | Clinton Murphy, Georgia |
1992 Nassau, Bahamas | Carl Smith, Chicago Andrew Frazier, Bahamas |
Charles Hudson, Detroit American | Michael Williams, Bahamas | Leonard Bains, Bahamas | General Owens, Chicago |
1991 Los Angeles, California | Carl Smith, Chicago | Melvin Martin, NA | Frank Cox, Bahamas | Therman Earnest, Chicago | Joe Bailey, LA |
1990 Atlanta, Georgia | Iser Kuperman, Midwest Ohio | Simon Levine, NA | Willie Robinson, Georgia | Obie Rufus, Memphis | Leonard Bain, Bahamas |
1989 Columbus, Ohio | Iser Kuperman, NA | Valentine Cox, Bahamas | Nelson Moore, St. Louis | Clifford Johnson, Chicago | Crover Kennedy, LA Christopher Stinson, LA |
1988 Detroit, Michigan | Iser Kuperman, NA | Sylvester Wilson, NA Al Lambert, Chicago |
Orlando Williams, Chicago | Fred Shurn, Chicago | Joseph Capers, Detroit American |
1987 Memphis, Tennessee | Iser Kuperman, Bahamas | Henry Stokes, Memphis | Albert Harrison, Winston-Salem | Jessie Sheffield, Memphis | Fred Shurn, Chicago |
1986 St. Louis, Missouri | Iser Kuperman, Bahamas | Henry Miller, Georgia Andrew Frazier, Bahamas |
Valentine Cox, Bahamas | Frank Cox, Bahamas | Garland Kilpatrick, LA |
1985 Dayton, Ohio | Iser Kuperman, Bahamas | James Garrett, Winston-Salem | Andrew Frazier, Bahamas | Robert Butler, Bahamas | Eddie Smith, Chicago |
1984 Nassau, Bahamas | Iser Kuperman, Bahamas | Neil Wright, NA | James Chambers, Bahamas | Andrew Frazier, Bahamas | Roger Knowles, NA |
1983 Chicago, Illinois | Carl Smith, Chicago | George Briscoe, Berston/Flint | Al Lambert, Chicago | Louis Rufus, St. Louis | Wayne Lockheart, Toledo, Ohio |
1982 Akron, Ohio | Carl Smith, Chicago | James Shell, Georgia | Eugene Hampton, Berston/Flint | Valentine Cox, Bahamas | Sylvester Wilson, Berston/Flint |
1981 Memphis, Tennessee | Momodou Fall, Georgia | James Stone, Georgia | Homer King, Georgia | McBee Smith, Cleveland | Robert Johnson, Chicago |
1980 Washington DC | Momodou Faal, Georgia | Rembert Ford, Detroit Parmalee McClammey, Brooklyn |
Bobby Hodo, Chicago | Dan Flowers, Detroit American | Prince Garland, Washington |
1979 Winston-Salem, North Carolina | Momodou Faal, Georgia Vladimir Kaplan, N.Y. Dream Elton Williams, Berston/Flint |
Larry Stepter, Memphis | Parmalee McClammey, Brooklyn | Bobby Hodo, Chicago | Emory Myrick, Brooklyn |
1978 Detroit, Michigan | Vladimir Kaplan, N.Y. Dream | Jesse Hurst, Memphis | Charles Hudson, Det. Amer | Ben Rice Det., Amer. | Johnny Jamerson, Piedmont |
1977 Atlanta, Georgia | Vladimir Kaplan, N.Y. Dream | Joel Marshall, Georgia | C.P. Rudy, N.Y. Dream | Parmalee McClammey, Brooklyn | Bobby Hodo, Detroit American |
1976 Memphis, Tennessee | Carl Smith, Chicago | Raleigh Taylor, Brooklyn | James Sharp, Chicago | Luther Murray, Detroit American | Jesse Sheffield, Memphis |
1975 Chicago, Illinois | Carl Smith, Chicago | Ohio Mitchell, Chicago | Larry Stepter, Memphis | Stephen Trader, Harlem Pk. | S. Saneigeyman, Cleveland |
1974 St. Louis, Missouri | Carl Smith, Chicago | Charles McDuffie, St. Louis | Alex Femandez, Brooklyn | Jesse Galloway, N.Y. Dream | Leroy Thomas, Chicago |
1973 New York, New York | Carl Smith, Chicago | Elton Williams, Berston/Flint | Jasper Grayson, NA | Alex Femandez, Brooklyn | Stephen Trader, Harlem Pk. |
1972 Detroit, Michigan | Carl Smith, Chicago | See Top Masters | Elton Williams, Berston/Flint | Charles Florene, Chicago | Ray Lawrence, N.Y. Dream |
1971 Flint, Michigan | Victor Krafft, Chicago Ollie Howard, N.Y. Dream |
See Top Masters | Joel Marshall, Georgia | Elton Williams, Berston/Flint | Eddie Reynolds, Cleveland |
1970 Cleveland, Ohio | Carl Smith, Chicago | Carl Smith, Chicago | Wood Williamson, Det. Amer | Rudy Slade, N.Y. Dream | Elton Williams, Berston/Flint |
1969 Atlanta, Georgia | William Langley, Detroit American | Carl Smith, Chicago | Frank Mitchell, Georgia | James Turner, Detroit American | Archie Hinton, Georgia |
1968 Detroit, Michigan | Charlie Carter, Georgia | Carl Smith, Chicago | Ben White, Detroit American | Pierce Towns, Georgia | Walter Hall, Berston/Flint |
1967 Detroit, Michigan | Carl Smith, Chicago | George Lyons, Cleveland | James Shell, Georgia | Howard Jackson, Georgia | Michael Jordan, Georgia |
1966 Detroit, Michigan | George Sykes, Detroit American | George Sykes, Detroit American | Rembert Ford, Detroit American | Howard Jackson, Georgia | Michael Jordan, Georgia |
References
- ^ The APCA Playing Rules, compiled and published by the American Pool Checkers Association
- ^ This list of winners is taken from http://www.americanpoolcheckers.us/americanpoolcheckers/index.php/history/division-champion/74-division-champions-1966-2011, compiled and published by the American Pool Checkers Association.