USA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1970–20..
Copied from a handwritten list kept by Warren Williams; updated 2003 and 2007 by Roger Blaine with assistance from Jake Kacher and others.
The tournaments before 2007 were hosted by American International Checkers Society(AICS), the latest ones are run by International Checkers Association of North America (ICAONA).
Year | Where | Winner | From | |
1970 | Philadelphia, PA | Raymond Saint-Fort | Brooklyn, NY | |
1971 | Civic Center, Detroit | Carl Smith | Chicago, IL | |
1972 | Civic Center, Detroit | Alfred Barrow | New Orleans, LA | |
1973 | Gallier Hall, New Orleans | Alfred Barrow | New Orleans, LA | |
1974 | Heritage Hotel, Detroit | Carl Smith | Chicago, IL | |
1975 | Heritage Hotel, Detroit | Carl Smith | Chicago, IL | |
1976 | Fontainebleau Hotel, New Orleans | Warren Liddell | Jackson, MS | |
1977 | International Hotel, Jackson | Carl Smith | Chicago, IL | |
1978 | Lincoln Hotel, Michigan | Carl Smith | Chicago, IL | |
1979 | Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans | Boris Gurvich | W. Hartford, CT | |
1980 | Downtown Hotel, Jackson | Willie Thomas | New Orleans, LA | |
1981 | Inkster, Michigan | Vladimir Kaplan | Brooklyn, NY | |
1982 | Inkster, Michigan | Vladimir Kaplan | Brooklyn, NY | |
1983 | African Museum, Philadelphia | Momodou Faal | Washington, D.C. | |
1984 | Harvey, LA | Iser Kuperman | Boston, MA | |
1985 | Chicago, IL | Iser Kuperman | Boston, MA | |
1986 | Washington, D.C. | Iser Kuperman | Boston, MA | |
1987 | Jackson, MS | Iser Kuperman | Boston, MA | |
1988 | New York, NY | Iser Kuperman | Boston, MA | |
1989 | Petal, MS | Vladimir Veytsman | Philadelphia, PA | |
1990 | Revere, MA | Iser Kuperman | Boston, MA | |
1991 | Rockville, MD | Alexander Mogilyansky | Philadelphia, PA | |
1992 | Kenner, LA | Iser Kuperman | Boston, MA | |
1993 | Ramada, Rockville, MD | Alexander Mogilyansky | Philadelphia, PA | |
1994 | Ramada, Rockville, MD | Yevgeniy Sklyarov | Brooklyn, NY | |
1995 | Kenner, LA | Iser Kuperman | Boston, MA | |
1996 | Best Western, Hempstead, L.I., NY | Alex Moiseyev | Pittsburgh, PA | |
1997 | Bushkill, PA | Alexander Mogilyansky | Philadelphia, PA | |
1998 | Kenner, LA | Vladimir Veytsman | Philadelphia, PA | |
1999 | Battlefield Inn, Vicksburg, MS | Jake Kacher | Burbank, CA | |
2000 | -------------------------------------------------------------- | No tournament held | -------------------- | |
2001 | Petal, MS | Jake Kacher | Burbank, CA | |
2002 | Petal, MS | Alexander Rudnitsky | Chalfont, PA | |
2003 | New Castle, DE | Igor Rybakov | Minnetonka, MN | |
2004 | Comfort Inn, Bloomington, MN | Igor Rybakov and | Minnetonka, MN | |
Kolman Turiy | Huntington, NY | |||
2005 | Continental Inn, Lancaster, PA | Igor Rybakov | Minnetonka, MN | |
2006 | Continental Inn, Lancaster, PA | Robert Capriata | Philadelphia, PA | |
2007 | Thunderbird Hotel, Sunny Isles, FL | Alexander Mogilyansky | Philadelphia, PA | |
2008 | Thunderbird Hotel, Sunny Isles, FL | Alexander Rudnitsky | Philadelphia, PA | |
2009 | Thunderbird Hotel, Sunny Isles Beach, FL | Jean Michelet Giraud | E Orange, N.J. | |
2010 | Newport Beach Resort, Sunny Isles Beach, FL | Yevgeniy Sklyarov | Huntington, NY | |
2011 | Thunderbird Hotel, Sunny Isles Beach, FL | Alexander Mogilyansky | Philadelphia, PA | |
2012 | Super 8 Motel, Las Vegas, NV | Yevgeniy Sklyarov | Huntington, NY | |
2014 | Marco Polo Ramada Inn,Sunny Isles Beach, FL | Alexander Rudnitsky | Sunny Isles Beach, FL | |
2015 | Marco Polo Ramada Inn,Sunny Isles Beach, FL | Alexander Rudnitsky | Sunny Isles Beach, FL | |
2016 | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | No tournament held | -------------------- | |
2017 | Huntington StationPublic Library, Huntington, NY | Sheik Sadibou Drame | ||
2018 | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | No tournament held | -------------------- | |
2019 | Huntington Station Public Library, Huntington, NY | Yevgeniy Sklyarov | Farmingdale, NY | |
2020 | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | No tournament held | -------------------- | |
2021 | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | No tournament held | -------------------- | |
2022 | Huntington Station Public Library, Huntington, NY | Souleymane Keita |
Washington, DC |