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Lourival Mendes França
Lourival Mendes França (died 18 August 2012) was Brazilian draughts player ( Brazilian draughts and International draughts), world champion in draughts-64 (1993). International grandmaster (GMI) in draughts-64, International master (MI) in International draughts. Sport achievements *World champion (Brazilian draughts) 1993. *Brazilian national champion (Brazilian draughts) (1969, 1970, 1991). *Played in Panamerican championship (International draughts), best result fourth place in 1994. *Played in 1982 World draughts championship (International draughts) - 14 place. References Players of international draughts Brazilian draughts players 2012 deaths {{Brazil-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Draughts
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 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Draughts
Brazilian draughts (or Brazilian Checkers) is a variant of the Abstract strategy game, strategy board game draughts. Brazilian Checkers follows the same rules and conventions as International draughts, the only differences are the smaller gameboard (8×8 squares instead of 10×10), and fewer checkers per player (12 instead of 20). Rules Starting position * The game is played on a board with 8×8 squares, alternating dark and light. The lower-leftmost square should be dark. * Each player has 12 pieces. In the starting position the pieces are placed on the first three rows closest to the players. This leaves two central rows empty. Moves and captures All moves and captures are made diagonally. All references to squares refer to the dark squares only. The main differences from English draughts are: pieces can also capture backward (not only forward), the long-range moving and capturing capability of kings, and the requirement that the maximum number of men be captured whenever a ... [...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] |
List Of Draughts-64 World Championship Winners
The Draughts-64 World Championship is the world championship for Brazilian and Russian draughts. The championship has been organized by the World Draughts Federation The Fédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames (FMJD, World Draughts Federation) is the international body uniting national draughts federations. It was founded in 1947 by four Federations: France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland. Members C ... (FMJD) since 1985, the last few championship organized by the International Draughts Federation (IDF). The first championship was in Brazilian draughts. In 1993 the first championship in Russian draughts was held. Since 1993 took place Draughts-64 World Championship in blitz, since 1998 in rapid. Classic Rapid Blitz References External links World Men Championship//section-64 {{Main world championships Draughts world championships Draughts competitions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Players Of International Draughts
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Brazilian Draughts Players
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