Vidor’s Watson Franks, a Texas state checkers champion, remembers the time he almost beat checkers master and current world champion Alex Moiseyev at a national tournament. “I got two draws, but ...

BRANSON, Mo. – Some of the world’s best checkers players are in Branson to compete for bragging rights and a piece of a $20,000 prize pool. While the term “March Madness” may be reserved for ...

AKRON, N.Y. (WIVB)- If you ask John Herberger about checkers, he’ll tell you a dozen stories of the greats he’s played, and how he got into the game. ‘When I was age seven, my mom introduced me to ...

VIDOR, Texas — A familiar face to the annual checkers championship in Vidor has officially defended his crown. Master checkers players from all around the globe gathered for tournaments all week, with ...

Shouts of “king me” came from all corners of Scranton as players practiced for the fourth annual checkers tournament sponsored by Scranton’s Department of Recreation. The tournament began April 5 with ...

Thoroughly starved for competition, Alex Moiseyev traveled 10 hours to southern Illinois from his home in Pittsburgh, thinking of nothing but moving checkers pieces across a green-and-buff ...

Beginning Saturday, Cleveland will host a world-title checkers tournament between 10-year reigning champion Alex Moiseyev of Columbus and Michele Borghetti of Italy. The two men will play four games a ...

VIDOR, Texas — A South African man who is the reigning world champion in checkers lived up to his title this week when he won the 2022 USA checkers tournament in Vidor. The City of Vidor welcomed ...

Checkers fanatics from around the world will compete in Springfield for five days in August to honor the memory of one of the game’s most revered players. The American Checker Federation’s 2010 ...

Shouts of "king me" came from all corners of Scranton as players practiced for the fourth annual checkers tournament sponsored by Scranton's Department of Recreation. The tournament began April 5 with ...