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March 11th. ICHF. World 3 Move title match Moiseyev V Lowder. Moiseyev becomes ACF World 3 Move Champion 2002. World Freestyle and 3 move champion Ron King from Barbados has been sensationally stripped of his world 3 move title by the ACF for failing to abide by ACF byelaws re title match.A match for the vacant 3 move title was played between the No 1 challenger A. Moiseyev and E. Lowder. This controversial match started on Monday March 11th at the Checker Hall of Fame, Petal Mississippi.Alex Moiseyev defeated Elbert Lowder by the score of 12-0-17 to become the ACF World 3 move Champion. April 20th.Longbridge. Czech Draughts Tournament. This event was used to select the team for the forthcoming Cambridge Mindsports match England v Czech Republic.The competition was won by the program Damos,with second place going to world Mailplay champion George Miller. The rate of play was 50 min per game. To see the Games go to Games Page. May 4th-6th Cambridge MSO. The Cambridge MSO was a very enjoyable event. In the mixed English & Czech Draughts match England defeated the Czech team by 8wins to 5. It needs to be pointed out that it is easier to obtain a draw at Czech draughts than it is at the Anglo American game .In the Draughts tournament there was a 3 way tie for 1st place between Harwood, Miller and Lucas.Vaclav Krista finished 4th. In the 100sq tournament the overseas players generally outclassed the English. Krista won the tournament with Leo Springer from the Netherlands and V. Marek sharing 2nd place. For full results see the crosstable page. Photos of the event may be seen in the gallery page. June 1st-2nd. Birmingham. English Open freestyle Championship and British Computer Championship. These events were played at the Grand Moat Hotel Birmingham. Congratulations to George Miller for Securing the excellent venue and also for organising such an enjoyable, successful event. The competition was won by Pat Mccarthy with Fred Buckby runner up. Go to Gallery for photos from the event. The British Computer Championship was contested at the same venue between nemesis and Wyllie. Nemesis emerged the winner by the score of 5-0-11.The 3-move ballots were selected from the new "Computer Hard" deck to be used in the World Computer Championship in Las Vegas in August. The match took place under full conditions and the same Fischer time controls of 20 mins + 1 to be used in Las Vegas. The games will not be made publically available until after the Las Vegas event. Nemesis won the strong side of the Wilderness I, Garter Snake, Gemini I, Black Hole and Gemini II. The other ballots used were the Octopus, White Doctor and 10-15, 21-17, 11-16. The event has been sanctioned by the EDA and Nemesis recognised as British Computer Champion. July22nd-26th. Stonehaven. British Open Championship. This was won by R King of Barbados, in second place was A. Moiseyev from the USA and third was H. Devlin from Ireland. See crosstable for full results. Sept 21st-22nd Knighton.Welsh Open Championship. This Freestyle event was won by D Harwood. Second was L Edwards and 3rd was George Miller. See the Crosstable page for full results. Oct 26th-30th. Carrick-on-Shannon. Irish Open. This was won by Pat McCarthy. In second place was Sean Cronin, third was Tom Watson and fourth was World ladies champion Patricia Breen. Nov 1st-3rd. Bristol. English matchplay Title. ] Richard Pask retained the English matchplay title after defeating challenger D. Harwood by 9-0-7. Nov 2nd. Birmingham. W Edwards Memorial Tournament. This Freestyle event was won by F Buckby. Nov 16th Birmingham. Sam Cohen Memorial. Pat McCarthy won the event. This was to be the last tournament for the great Irish player. Tragically, Pat died the following month of a heart attack. 10 points: Pat McCarthy It was disappointing that the turnout was so small, but I think a lesson has been learned not to hold events too close to each other, bearing in mind that Birmingham had held a tournament a few weeks previously. Despite the disappointment, it is my intention at this stage to plan a one day event next year, possibly in London, for the Tom Landry Cup. More details will be provided in the New Year. I am now working on the assumption that the Mind Sports Olympiad will no longer be staged in the South East. Report by courtesy of J McCarthy. See Gallery for photos of the event Three Move WCM Plans for the big match between Ron King and Alex Moiseyev are still at an early stage. There is a possibility that the match will be played half in Barbados and half in Ireland, depending on how much sponsorship Ron can raise. A draft contract has been sent to both players for their comments. In addition to Hugh Devlin's pledge of $1500 towards the match fund, we now also have pledges of $100 each from Alan Millhone and Eddie Moore. The first deadline will be the Executive Committee Meeting of the EDA on 7 December, when the match referee will be appointed, and the final form of the match contract approved. The second deadline will be 31 December, which is the date by which the contract must be signed by both players. It is hoped that the match will be played early in the new year. Contributions / pledges to the match fund may be sent to John Reade, 123, Andover Avenue, Middleton, Manchester M24 1JQ, England.The ACF have sanctioned the match and will be contributing $500 towards the match fund. 11man Ballot World Championship Title holder Elbert Lowder was challenged by Alex Moiseyev for the 11 man Ballot World Title.The Match was played alongside the 2002 Kentucky State Tournament In Richmond, Ky. The match resulted in a draw with 6 wins apiece .Elbert Lowder thus retains the title. 7 th Intl Match Book The Match Book for the 7th Intl ,USA v UK and Ireland is now on sale priced £10.incl p&p.Please send orders to Ian Caws at 54 Mayfield Road, Ryde, Isle Of Wight PO33 3PR. Cheques should be made payable to the English Draughts Association. Northern Ireland Open Championship Castlebay 1st week in April 2002 This was the 1st event held by the recently reformed North West Federation .The first 3 in the senior event were W Mulligan,P Doyle and P Havlin. The first 3 in the junior event were F Mcnally,S McKenna and J Maguire. George Miller Successfully defends World Mail Title against Mac Banks in 14 game match 2002 The match has finished in dealock with all 14 games drawn. Mac Banks (Challenger) bravely tried to make a breakthrough, but was beaten off with stout defence by George Miller (Champion). A new attack was played on 9-13 24-20 11-16 and the Champion nearly came unstuck with a pet defence on 10-14 23-19 11-15. Some cooks were avoided and some well met. The games will be posted later, first allowing match subscribers to get a good look! This was the first successful defence of the title since Richard Fortman defeated Dennis Cayton in 1990. Midlands news 2002 After several hard games Mike Peach has won the Warwick Cup beating Arthur Butcher by the score of 2-1-3. The Bill Edwards Memorial tournament will be played later in the year,this will include the Birmingham Cup ,which can be won by the highest placed Midlands player, further details will be available later.West Midlands will play Cornwall in the counties match on 9th march in Bristol, four players per side.
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