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2017 World Draughts Championship
The 2017 World Draughts Championship at the international draughts held in Tallinn, Estonia. 79 players, who qualified through the championships of Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America competed in the tournament, which ran from October 1, 2017, to October 16, 2017. Among them was women's grandmaster Matrena Nogovitsyna from Russia. Three round played in hotel Europe, other in Paul Keres Chess House. The winning prize for the tournament is 30,000 euros. The tournament will be supervised by main referee Andriy Shcherbatyuk (Ukraine). At the same time the 2017 Women's World Draughts Championship was held. Rules and regulations In the first stage 79 participants played in three groups Swiss-system tournament with 9 rounds. To define the places with equal points used of Solkoff truncated coefficient. The first four from each group participated in the final, total twelve players. The final is in the form of a round-robin tournament, with 11 rounds in total. The games played i ... [...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] |
N'Diaga Samb
N'Diaga Samb (born August 6, 1966) is a Senegalese draughts player based in the Netherlands. He took first place at the African Championship in 2016, second place at the African Championship in 1992, 2006, 2014, 2018 and finished third in 2003, 2009 and 2010. He won several international tournaments and was awarded the titles of International Master (MI) in 1992 and International Grandmaster (GMI) in 2000. World Championship * 1992 (14 place) * 2003 (14 place) * 2007 (10 place) * 2013 (1 place in final B) * 2015 (11 place) * 2016 (Blitz) (2 place) * 2019 (16 place) African Championship * 1992 (2 place) * 2003 (3 place) * 2006 (2 place) * 2009 (3 place) * 2010 (3 place) * 2014 (2 place) * 2016 (1 place) * 2018 (2 place) International tournaments 1 place: * 1991: Brunssum Open * 1992: Mello Koolman toernooi * 1998: Nijmegen Open * 1999: Brunssum Open * 2000: Mello Koolman toernooi and Bijlmertoernooi * 2001: Zeeland Open * 2002: Zeeland Open * 2003: Leeuwarden * 2018: Brunssum O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evgeni Vatutin
Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin". Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus Gene is a common shortened form. The feminine variant is Eugenia or Eugenie. , a common given name in parts of central and northern Europe, is also a variant of Eugene / Eugine. Other male foreign-language variants include: Peo ...
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Joel Atse , a community in the United States
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Joel or Yoel is a name meaning "Yahweh Is God" and may refer to: * Joel (given name), origin of the name including a list of people with the first name. * Joel (surname), a surname * Joel (footballer, born 1904), Joel de Oliveira Monteiro, Brazilian football goalkeeper * Joel (footballer, born 1980), Joel Bertoti Padilha, Brazilian football centre-back * Joel (prophet), a prophet of ancient Israel ** Book of Joel, a book in the Jewish Tanakh, and in the Christian Bible, ascribed to the prophet * Joel, Georgia, a community in the United States * Joel, Wisconsin The Town of Clayton is located in Polk County, Wisconsin, Polk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 571 at the 2000 census. The Clayton (village), Wisconsin, Village of Clayton and the unincorporated communities of Joel and Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexei Chizhov
Alexei Rudolfovich Chizhov (russian: Алексей Рудольфович Чижов; born October 15, 1964 in Izhevsk, Udmurtia, Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...) is a Russian draughts player who has won the International Draughts World Championship ten times. His first world championship title was in 1988, and his most recent was in 2005. His eighth world championship title, in 1996, broke Isidore Weiss's record of seven world championship titles—a record which had stood for 87 years. USSR national champion (1990), Russian national champion (2016). In 2003, Chizhov headed the World Draughts Federation. References External linksWorld Draughts Federation [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wouter Wolff
Wouter is a Dutch masculine given name popular in the Netherlands and Belgium. It is the Dutch equivalent of the English name Walter and French name Gauthier, both of Germanic origin, meaning "ruler of the army", "army of the forest" or "bright army". Wouter is sometimes shortened to Wout. The patronymic surname of Wouter is Wouters. People named Wouter Sports * Wouter olde Heuvel, Dutch speed skater *Wouter Claes, Belgian badminton player * Wouter Mol, Dutch professional road racing cyclist *Wouter Toledo, Dutch figure skater * Wouter Poels, Dutch professional road bicycle racer * Wout van Aert, Belgian professional cyclist * Wouter Wippert, Dutch professional road racing cyclist * Wouter Jolie, Dutch field hockey player * Wouter Brouwer, Dutch fencer * Wouter van Pelt, Dutch field hockey player * Wouter Corstjens, Dutch-Belgian footballer * Wouter D'Haene, Belgian sprint canoer * Wouter Biebauw, Belgian footballer * Wouter Marinus, Dutch professional footballer *Wouter de Vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Marc Ndjofang
Jean Marc Ndjofang (born 15 March 1976 in Ebolowa) is a Cameroonian draughts player, resident since 2002 in the Netherlands. He was List of Draughts African Championship winners, African champion in 2000 and 2010. In 2011 at the Draughts World Championship he took third place. In 2013 World Draughts Championship, 2013 he placed second at the Draughts World Championship. In 2015 World Draughts Championship match, 2015 he played the World Draughts Championship match with Alexander Georgiev from Russia. In 2017 Jean Marc Ndjofang became World Draughts Championship blitz. References External links Profileat site KNDB Profile at site FMJD Cameroonian draughts players 1976 births People from Ebolowa Living people {{board-game-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
