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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Watson Franks wants people to think checkers when they hear about Vidor. The two-year reigning Texas state champion’s most recent move to accomplish this was hosting the Texas Open and District 8 ...

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 ...

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 ...