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2017 Women's World Draughts Championship
The 2017 Women's World Draughts Championship at the international draughts held in Tallinn, Estonia International Draughts Federation FMJD. Sixteen female players in total was competing in the tournament. The tournament started on October 1, 2017, and lasted on October 15, 2017. Three round played in hotel Europe, other – at Paul Keres Chess House. It played as a round-robin, with 15 rounds in total. The winning prize for the tournament is 20,000 euros. At the same time the 2017 World Draughts Championship was held. Women's World Draughts Champion Natalia Sadowska (Poland) and former champion Zoja Golubeva (Latvia) participated in competition. New world champion became Zoja Golubeva. Rules and regulations The games will be played in the official FMJD time rate of the Fischer system with 1 hour and 20 minutes for the game plus 1 minute per move. Conforming to the FMJD regulations players are not allowed to agree on a draw before they both made 40 moves. If they do so neverthele ... [...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] |
Vitalia Doumesh
Vitalia Doumesh ( lv, Vitālija Dumeša; born April 29, 1965, Latvian SSR, USSR) is a Dutch draughts player ( International draughts, English draughts and Turkish draughts). She won championships in the USSR (1983, 1989, 1990, 1991) and the Netherlands (1997, 2015, 2017). Women's International grandmaster (GMIF). Biography Doumesh lived and worked as a software engineer in Latvian capital Riga during the 80s . Since 1995 she has lived in the Netherlands (Alkmaar), She is a teacher at Transcendental Meditation, translator from Dutch, Russian and English. Sports achievements International draughts World Championship * 1997 (6 place)) * 1999 (15 place) * 2003 (7 place) * 2005 (7 place) * 2007 (11 place) * 2011 (11 place) * 2017 (7 place) * 2023 (10 place) European Championship * 2002 (4 place) * 2004 (12 place) * 2006 (9 place) * 2008 (13 place) * 2000 (8 place) * 2012 (23 place) * 2014 (15 place) * 2016 (14 place) * 2018 (10 place) * 2022 (12 place) * 2024 (15 place) English dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Draughts World Championships
Checkers (American English), also known as draughts (; British English), is a group of strategy board games for two players which involve diagonal moves of uniform game pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over opponent pieces. Checkers is developed from alquerque. The term "checkers" derives from the checkered board which the game is played on, whereas "draughts" derives from the verb "to draw" or "to move". The most popular forms of checkers in Anglophone countries are American checkers (also called English draughts), which is played on an 8×8 checkerboard; Russian draughts, Turkish draughts both on an 8x8 board, and International draughts, played on a 10×10 board – the latter is widely played in many countries worldwide. There are many other variants played on 8×8 boards. Canadian checkers and Singaporean/Malaysian checkers (also locally known as ''dum'') are played on a 12×12 board. American checkers was weakly solved in 2007 by a team of Canadian computer scie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 In Draughts
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KNDB
KNDB (channel 26) is a television station in Bismarck, North Dakota, United States. Owned by BEK Sports Network, Inc., a subsidiary of BEK Communications Cooperative, it is affiliated with multiple networks on various digital subchannels, with Heroes & Icons anBEK Primeon its main channel. KNDB's studios are located on East Interstate Avenue in Bismarck, and its transmitter is located near St. Anthony, North Dakota. KNDM (channel 24) in Minot, North Dakota operates as a semi-satellite of KNDB extending its signal into the northern portion of the Bismarck–Minot market; this station's transmitter is located near South Prairie. KNDM simulcasts all programming as provided through its parent, but airs separate commercial inserts and station identifications. Although KNDM maintains an advertising sales office on 32nd Avenue SW in Minot, master control and most internal operations are based at KNDB's facilities. From 1999 until 2014, KNDB was known as KNDX, and KNDM was known as K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Women's Draughts World Championship Winners
The Draughts World Championship is the world championship in international draughts, since 1973 organised among women by the World Draughts Federation (FMJD). Since 1981 the championship occurs every two years. In the even year following the tournament must take place the World Title match. The first began in 1973 in the Netherlands and has had winners from the Soviet Union, Latvia, Ukraine, and Russia. The current women's champion is Matrena Nogovitsyna, she previously didn't win the championship. See also *List of Draughts World Championship winners *World Checkers/Draughts Championship References {{ReflistFMJD list women world champions External linksWorld Draughts Federation Draughts world championships Draughts competitions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triinu Jalg
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Merilii Jalg
Merilii Jalg (born September 20, 2001) is an Estonian draughts player, gold medalist of the Estonian women's championship in International draughts, International and in Russian draughts (both 2018). The elder sister of the shashlist, Triinu Jalg (born 2005). Sports biography At the adult level, she has been competing since the year 2015. She is trained by Arno Uutma. ;2015 * 7th place at the Estonian Women's Championship in International draughts ;2016 * 4th place at the Estonian Women's Championship in International draughts * 4th place in the Estonian Women's Championship in Russian draughts ;2017 * 2nd place in the Estonian Championship among women in Russian draughts * 15th place at the 2017 Women's World Draughts Championship, Women's World Draughts Championship ;2018 * Estonian champion among women in Russian draughts * Estonian champion among women in International draughts * 27th place at the 2018 Women's World Draughts Championship match, Women's World Draughts Champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
