NOTICE TO OTHER CLUBS:
We do not accept challenges issued through the automatic team-challenge feature.
Our club ladder is not a team.
If you wish to challenge us, please negotiate with us manually.
PURPOSE:
Hello, Pool Checker players!
We are a club dedicated exclusively to Pool Checkers.
We have an active club ladder, club tournaments and interclub team matches.
All are welcome to join.
TOURNAMENT & TEAM-MATCH NOTICES:
Make sure you are always notified.
-1- Go to «Club Boards» in the upper-right corner of the Main Club Page.
Put a check mark in the empty box in front of «Gold Token Pool Checkers Club».
-2- Under «Club Options» on the right side of the Main Club Page, click on «Membership».
Then, under «Club Preferences», make sure that the club-news option is turned on.
-3- You may also check right here under «Gold Token Pool Checkers Club Information».
The status of current tournaments and matches is always given just a few lines below.
CLUB LADDERS:
Sign up under «Our Teams» by putting a check mark in the box for «Pool Checkers».
Although the heading says «Teams», this is really a club ladder.
Click on «View the ladder for this team» to find the ladder.
Seat numbers are a second ladder; you can challenge players above you and move up.
DISCUSSION BOARD RULES:
-1- Politics and religion, being too divisive, are not to be discussed on this open forum.
-2- Discriminatory statements, sexual matters, personal accusations and mean-spirited comments are all to be avoided.
-3- If you break these rules, you must apologise.
-4- If you refuse to apologise, you will be thrown out of the club.
-5- If you continue to break the rules, you will be thrown out of the club.
-6- It is everyones responsibility to maintain a friendly environment.
ROUND ROBIN, MAY 2010:
The [
Round Robin, May 2010 ] club tourney has begun.
The format is a single round robin, and the game, of course, is Pool Checkers.
Click on the above link to go find your pairings.
LINKS:
-1- American Pool Checkers Association
http://americanpoolcheckers.us/apca/
-2- APCA, Site Index
http://americanpoolcheckers.us/Directory/Site%20Index.html
-3- Community Server, Serving Pool Checkers Community
http://forums.americanpoolcheckers.us/
-4- Pool Checkers Rules
http://americanpoolcheckers.us/Directory/Pool%20Checkers%20Rules%20of%20Play.htm
-5- Gold Token Pool Checkers Ladder
http://www.goldtoken.com/games/ladders?ladder=CheckPool
-6- Gold Token Checkers Ladder
http://www.goldtoken.com/games/ladders?ladder=Checkers
-7- Gold Token Pool Checkers Tournaments
http://www.goldtoken.com/games/tournaments?toc=F
Scroll down to "You may also sort this list by game type." Then find "Pool Checkers".
-8- Draughts Diagrams (Create and Publish)
http://fmjd.org/dias2/
http://www.turbodambase.com/eng/home.html
http://aurora.shashki.com/index.html
-9- Wikipedia, "Draughts"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draughts
-10- American Checker Federation
http://www.usacheckers.com/index.php
-11- American Checker Federation, Forum
http://www.usacheckers.com/forum/index.php
-12- American Checker Federation, Links
http://www.usacheckers.com/links.php
-13- The ACF Club
http://www.goldtoken.com/games/clubs?club=2013
-14- NorthWest Draughts Federation
http://www.irishdraughts.org/
-15- English Draughts Association
http://home.clara.net/davey/
-16- The Checker Maven
http://www.bobnewell.net/nucleus/checkers.php
-17- Jim Loy's Checkers Pages
http://www.jimloy.com/checkers/checkers.htm
-18- Kurnik
http://www.kurnik.org/
-19- Vying Games
http://vying.org/
-20- Checkers
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Arthur_H_Olsen/checkers.htm
-21- Homan Square Pool Checkers & Chess Club of Chicago
http://hspccc.com/
-22- North Carolina Checker Association
http://www.nccheckers.org/
-23- For the Love of Draughts
http://www.goldtoken.com/games/clubs?club=1964
-24- Vinco Online Games
http://www.vogclub.com/
-25- Checkers Programs Page
http://perso.orange.fr/alemanni/index.html
-26- Tora Tora Tora Checkers
http://www.goldtoken.com/games/clubs?club=1882
-27- Wyllie Online Draughts Club
http://www.wylliedraughts.com/
-28- Checkerworld
http://www.checkerworld.com/index.html
-29- FMJD - World Draughts Federation
http://www.fmjd.org/
-30- KingsRow
http://pages.prodigy.net/eyg/Checkers/KingsRow.htm
-31- Nemesis Checkers and Nexus Checkers
http://www.nemesis.info/
-32- Danish Draughts Federation
http://www.draughts.dk/ENG/Menu/index.html
-33- Checkers
http://www.fierz.ch/checkers.htm
-34- El Juego de Damas
http://www.damasweb.com/
-35- New Zealand Draughts Association
http://www.checkers.org.nz/home.htm
-36- NZDA
http://www.goldtoken.com/games/clubs?club=2008
-37- Wikipedia, "Famous Checkers Players"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_draughts_players
-38- "Move Over, or How to Win at Draughts" by Derek Oldbury
http://hcoop.net/~ntk/moveover.txt
-39- Gold Token Checkers Discussion Board
http://www.goldtoken.com/games/boards?board=4
-40- AbeBooks.com (great place to find books on Checkers and Pool Checkers)
http://www.abebooks.com/
-41- eBay (You can find all sorts of Checkers stuff here.)
http://www.ebay.com/
-42- My Checker World
http://www.mycheckerworld.com/mcw/
-43- Checker Maven: Checker Diagram Maker (excellent!)
http://www.bobnewell.net/drawit/index.php
-44- "Basic Checkers" by Richard L. Fortman
http://home.clara.net/davey/basic.htm
-45- Proverbs of Tom Wiswell
http://www.dailyspeculations.com/Letter/wiswell.htm
-46- How to Beat Granddad at Checkers
http://www.unwanted.com/index_files/checkers.html
-47- Roger Blaine's New Page (Checkers & Pool Checkers)
http://hspccc.com/Roger%20Blaine's%20New%20Page.htm
-48- Standard Endings
http://checkersusa.com/pool/school/tdam/classic-endings.htm
-49- World Checkers Draughts Federation (2008 world ratings list)
http://wcdf.wz.cz/index.htm
-50- ACF Store (Sells the best set/board of Pool Checkers anywhere)
http://www.usacheckers.com/acfstore.php
-51- Chessex mat (03021) and Chessex roll-up vinyl mat (03021)
http://www.chessex.com/mats/ChessMats.htm
(The mat matches the ACF Pool Checkers pieces perfectly!)
-52- American Pool Checkers, information
http://americanpoolcheckers.us/americanpoolcheckers/
POOL CHECKER BOOKS:
Pool Checkers or Spanish Pool (Scientifically known as Minor Polish Draughts)
by Theodore P Hines
The Secrets of Spanish Pool Checkers (Also Known as Pool Checkers or Polish Minor
Checkers), Book I
by Clyde «Kingrow» Black and Archie «Checkerboard» Waters
Art of American Pool Checkers (ISBN: 0961143606)
by Vladimir M Kaplan
The Tactics of American Pool Checkers (ISBN: 0961143614)
by Vladimir M Kaplan
Tournament Checkers: An Introduction to Pool Checkers (ISBN: 0800842057)
by Vladimir M Kaplan
TOURNAMENT RECORD:
| Completed Tourneys & Matches |
| # | TYPE | ENDED | WINNER | SCORE |
| 14 | 4-gm elimination | Apr'10 | Symix  | 8-0=0 |
| 13 | One-vs-all | Feb'10 | T-Rex  | 5-3=0 |
| 12 | Round robin | Oct'09 | transfusion  | 8-0=1 |
| 11 | 4-gm elimination | Oct'09 | Shine | 6-0=6 |
| 10 | 2-gm elimination | Aug'09 | transfusion | 2-0=3 |
| | (2-way tie) | T-Rex | 2-0=3 |
| 9 | One-vs-all | Jne'09 | T-Rex | 8-1=3 |
| 8 | Site-wide | Apr'09 | No one from GTPC | n/a |
| 7 | Round robin | Apr'09 | Civilis | 4-0=0 |
| 6 | Round robin | Feb'09 | piscator  | 6-0=1 |
| 5 | 4-gm elimination | Feb'09 | ez  | 4-1=3 |
| 4 | Round robin | Dec'08 | transfusion | 7-0=0 |
| 3 | Team match | Mar'08 | FLD beat GTPC | 8-4=2 |
| 2 | One-vs-all | Jan'08 | piscator | 3-1=0 |
| 1 | One-vs-all | Dec'07 | Loser: Winter Gal | 2-10=0 |
