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2013 Women's World Draughts Championship
The 2013 Women's World Draughts Championship was an international draughts tournament held in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. Sixteen female players in total competed in the tournament, which began on October 4, 2013, and ended on October 15, 2013. The tournament was round-robin style, with a total of 15 rounds played, each of which was a micro-match from two games. Arbiter — Rima Danileviciene (Lithuania). Competition The competition began with sixteen players from 10 countries. The players in the tournament were Viktoriya Motrichko, Erdenetsogt Mandakhnaran, Odgejrel Molomjamts, Nyamjargal Numkhbaatar, Laima Adlyte, Darya Tkachenko, Alatenghua, Matrena Nogovitsyna, Ayyyna Sobakina, Heike Verheul, Zoja Golubeva, Tamara Tansykkuzhina, Hanqing Zhao, Olga Fedorovich, Piret Viirma, and Natalia Sadowska. The tournament ended with Zoja Golubeva coming in first place, having won a total of eight matches. Darya Tkachenko came in second place with a total of seven wins. Also on October 2 the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Draughts
International draughts (also called international checkers or Polish draughts) is a Abstract strategy, strategy board game for two players, one of the variants of draughts. The gameboard comprises 10×10 squares in alternating dark and light colours, of which only the 50 dark squares are used. Each player has 20 pieces, light for one player and dark for the other, at opposite sides of the board. In conventional diagrams, the board is displayed with the light pieces at the bottom; in this orientation, the lower-left corner square must be dark. History According to Draughts historians, draughts historian Arie van der Stoep, the 100 square draughts board came into use in the Netherlands between 1550 and 1600, and the number of pieces was extended to 2x20 between 1650 and 1700. The name "Polish draughts" was following a Dutch convention of the time that "unnatural" ideas were considered "Polish". Rules The general rule is that all moves and captures are made diagonally. All refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
