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December, 2003 ACFB #306

ACF BULLETIN

For 55 Years the Official Publication of the American Checker Federation

Published at 5304 Barton Vale Court, Nashville, TN 37211

Checkers/Draughts Players

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Solution to Cover Problem: 14-17 21-14 13-17 22-6 15-22 26-17 2-27. Red Wins. Prof. Fuller Mynatt v. John F. Foster.

National Champions

District Managers
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District Champions

State Champions

14 Vacant: AR DC HI ID MD ME MT NH NM NV OR UT VT WY

Index for 2003 (# 301 - # 306)

Some articles continue for several pages. The first page only is referenced.
Tournament Results, Checker Calendar and Checker Market Place are regular features.
Covers are referenced as follows: Front Cover: i, Inside: ii, Back Cover: iii, Inside: iv.

Marion Tinsley played one match involving GAYP, a forty game mixed event with Professor W. R. Fraser. Ten games were played on each of the GAYP, Two-Move, Three-Move, and Eleven Man Ballot styles. (The games may be found in Fraser's Inferno.)

This match took place in Montreal, Canada in the year 1952. Border crossings at that time were taken very seriously with immigration personnel on the lookout for communists and particularly wary of anyone trying to enter the U. S. without proper credentials.

Fraser wrote, "The innocent Marion had a problem in how to re-enter the USA, and only Press clippings from Montreal eventually convinced Immigration officers that his story of a sojourn in Canada to play draughts was not a puerile fabrication from Moscow," (International Draughts and Checkers, page 14.)

Richard Fortman adds, "Marion did not have the usual forms of identification. He didn't drive, so had no driver's license. And he didn't have a social security card either!"

Districts

1: CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT
2: NJ, NY
3: DC, DE, MD, PA
4: FL, GA, NC, SC, VA, WV
5: AL, KY, LA, MS, TN
6: IL, IN, MI, OH
7: IA, MN, MO, ND, NE, SD, WI
8: AR, KS, NM, OK, TX
9: AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV,OR, UT, WA, WY

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