Pool checkers

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Pool checkers, also called "American pool checkers", is a variant of draughts, mainly played in the southeastern United States.

1 Basic rules
2 Flying kings description
3 Past champions
4 External links

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Basic rules

The game is played on an 8x8 board with the double corner (corner without a checker) to each players right. The opponent playing the dark pieces will start the game by making the first move. A player must capture an opponent's checker when possible (both forward and backward), but if two possibilites exists, the player may choose the sequence (even if one sequence has more jumps). Kings are flying kings. 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). The pieces are not removed until all jumps are completed and the players 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.

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Flying kings description

The King can jump any number of squares forward and backward as long as one square is empty past the opponent. The King can make right turns after a jump and continue along another path after successfully taking an opponent. The King must also make all the possible jumps during a sequence.

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Past champions

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 Barnett Georgia	Homer King Macon	Edward Danzy Detroit	Alexander McNair Piedmont	Alexander Eley Atlanta
2002 Washington D.C	Calvin MonroeGeorgia 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 Barnett Georgia	Frank Cox Bahamas	Donald Jackson Macon	Emmett Smith Georgia	James Lanier Piedmont
1998 Atlanta, Georgia	Al Barnett Georgia	Louis Rufus St. Louis	David Jackson Macon	Timothy Moore Piedmont	Vilner Phillipe Bahamas Emanuel Rogers St. Louis
1997 Flint, Michigan	Al Barnett Georgia	Alex Golodets Memphis	Joseph Wilson Memphis	Willie Robinson Midwest Ohio	Elliott Eley St. Louis
1996 Houston, Texas	Al Barnett Georgia	Anatoliy Grupin Los Angeles Anthony Simmons Georgia	Servin Hanna Bahamas	Chauncey Smith St. Louis	Timothy Moore Piedmont
1995 Augusta, Georgia	Al Barnett Georgia Elton Williams Flint	Vincent Dean Bahamas	Freddie Welcher Augusta	Gary Watson Georgia	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	Clinton Murphy Georgia
1992 Nassau, Bahamas	Carl Smith Chicago Andrew Frazier Bahamas	Charles Hudson Det. Amer.	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 O.	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 Det. Amer.
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
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 D.C.	Momodou Faal Georgia	Rembert Ford Detroit Parmalee McClammey Brooklyn	Bobby Hodo Chicago	Dan Flowers Det. Amer.	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 Det. Amer.
1976 Memphis, Tennessee	Carl Smith Chicago	Raleigh Taylor Brooklyn	James Sharp Chicago	Luther Murray Det. Amer.	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 Det. Amer.	Carl Smith Chicago	Frank Mitchell Georgia	James Turner Det. Amer.	Archie Hinton Georgia
1968 Detroit, Michigan	Charlie Carter Georgia	Carl Smith Chicago	Ben White Det. Amer.	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 Det. Amer.	George Sykes Det. Amer.	Rembert Ford Det. Amer.	Howard Jackson Georgia	Michael Jordan Georgia