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Salou Open
Salou Open is a yearly international draughts tournament. The tournament has been organized since 1998 in the second half of May in the resort of Salou Salou () is a municipality of the '' comarca'' of Tarragonès, in the province of Tarragona, in Catalonia, Spain. The city is approximately 10 km from Tarragona and Reus on the Costa Daurada and 112 km from Barcelona. Founded by the Gre ..., Spain. Winners References External links Official websiteSalou Open in Tournaments baseSalou Open - 2014 at AlldraughtsSalou Open - 2014at de Volkskrant Salou Open - 2016 at KNDB Draughts competitions Recurring sporting events established in 1998 {{board-game-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] |
Alexander Getmanski
Alexander Eduardovich Getmanski (russian: Александр Эдуардович Гетманский; born October 6, 1977, Tula) is a Russian draughts player ( International draughts and draughts-64), author of books on draughts. He took third place at Draughts-64 World Championship in 2003, also he took second place at Draughts World Championship 2017 in rapid and third place in blitz in 2016 year. Winner of Junior World Championship in 1996 and 1997. Three times winner of Russian championship. International grandmaster (GMI). World championship * 1997 (4 place in semifinal group B) * 2001 (15 place) * 2003 (9 place) * 2005 (10 place) * 2011 (11 place) * 2013 (5 place) * 2017 (5 place in semifinal group С) * 2021 (2 place) European championship * 1999 (6 place) * 2002 (9-16 place) * 2006 (15 place) * 2008 (13 place) * 2010 (13 place) * 2012 (21 place) * 2014 (5 place) * 2016 (7 place) * 2018 (7 place) Russian championship * 1997 (2 place) * 1998 (1 place) * 1999 (1 place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Volkskrant
''de Volkskrant'' (; ''The People's Paper'') is a Dutch daily morning newspaper. Founded in 1919, it has a nationwide circulation of about 250,000. Formerly a leading centre-left Catholic broadsheet, ''de Volkskrant'' today is a medium-sized centrist compact. Pieter Klok is the current editor-in-chief. History and profile ''De Volkskrant'' was founded in 1919 and has been a daily morning newspaper since 1921. Originally ''de Volkskrant'' was a Roman Catholic newspaper closely linked to the Catholic People's Party and the Catholic pillar. The paper temporarily ceased publication in 1941. On its re-founding in 1945, its office moved from Den Bosch to Amsterdam. It became a left-wing newspaper in the 1960s, but began softening its stance in 1980. On 23 August 2006 the ''Volkskrant'' published its 25,000th edition. In 1968, the ownership of De Volkskrant and Het Parool merged into a new parent, De Perscombinatie. Het Parool gained control due to the larger investment in the par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Schwarzman
Alexander Mikhailovich Schwarzman (russian: Александр Михайлович Шварцман; born 18 September 1967 in Moscow) is an international grandmaster in international draughts, Russian draughts and Brazilian draughts from Russia. He is known for his creative playing style, especially his positional sacrifices and his high number of elegant games involving encirclements. Notable achievements *World champion (international draughts) 1998, 2007, 2009, 2017, 2021. *World champion (Brazilian draughts) 1987, 1989, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2008, 2018 * Russian national champion (international draughts) 1993, 1996, 2003, 2004 and 2008. * Russian national champion (Russian draughts) 1987, 1989, 1993, 1996 and 1997. *Winner of Bijlmer The Bijlmermeer (), or colloquially Bijlmer (), is one of the neighbourhoods that form the Amsterdam-Zuidoost borough (Dutch: ''stadsdeel'') of Amsterdam, Netherlands. To many people, the Bijlmer designation is used to refer to Amsterdam Zuidoost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artem Ivanov (draughts Player)
Artem Ivanov (born April 5, 1988) is a Ukrainian player in the International draughts and draughts-64. He won European championship 2015 in rapid, many times champion of Ukraine in International draughts and draughts-64. International Grandmaster (GMI). World Championship International draughts * 2013 (11 place) * 2015 (4 place) * 2017 (12 place) * 2021 (7 place) * 2023 (6 place) European Championship International draughts * 2008 (18 place) * 2010 (14 place) * 2012 (12 place) * 2014 (14 place) External linksPfofile FMJDPfofile 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 ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ivanov, Artem 1988 births Living people Ukrainian draughts players Players of international draughts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Trofimov
Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgarian tsar Ivan Vladislav. It is very popular in Russia, Ukraine, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Belarus, North Macedonia, and Montenegro and has also become more popular in Romance-speaking countries since the 20th century. Etymology Ivan is the common Slavic Latin spelling, while Cyrillic spelling is two-fold: in Bulgarian, Russian, Macedonian, Serbian and Montenegrin it is Иван, while in Belarusian and Ukrainian it is Іван. The Old Church Slavonic (or Old Cyrillic) spelling is . It is the Slavic relative of the Latin name , corresponding to English '' John''. This Slavic version of the name originates from New Testament Greek (''Iōánnēs'') rather than from the Latin . The Greek n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Ainur Shaibakov
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Jan Groenendijk
Jan Groenendijk (6 July 19469 February 2014) was a Dutch football player. Club career Born in Vreeswijk, Groenendijk came through the youth ranks at hometown club Geinoord and made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for Elinkwijk and joined new club FC Utrecht who were formed by a merger of DOS, Elinkwijk and Velox in 1970. On Wednesday 19 August 1970 he became the first ever goalscorer of the new club after scoring in 1-4 defeat by Feyenoord. He would become the club's first top goalscorer that season with 18. He later played for Go Ahead Eagles and Wageningen Wageningen () is a municipality and a historic city in the central Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. It is famous for Wageningen University, which specialises in life sciences. The municipality had a population of in , of which many .... Death Groenendijk died of esophageal cancer on 9 February 2014. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gavril Kolesov
Gavril Kolesov (russian: Гаврил Гаврильевич Колесов, born 7 September 1979, in Dyabyla, Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union) is Russian draughts player (Russian, Brazilian and International draughts International draughts (also called international checkers or Polish draughts) is a 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 onl ...), seven time world champion in draughts-64. International grandmaster (GMI) since 1996. He graduated North-Eastern Federal University in 2001. Sport achievements *World champion (Brazilian and Russian draughts) 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2012. *European champion (Brazilian and Russian draughts) 2010 (rapid and blitz). *Russian national champion (Russian draughts) 2010 and 2012. *Winner of Salou Open Tournament 2013. References External linksRating list Men on 01.01.2015//section ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Georgiev
Alexander Sergeyevich Georgiev (russian: link=no, Александр Серге́евич Георгиев; born 17 July 1975) is a Russian draughts player. He won the world championship in international draughts in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2013 (two time), 2015 (two time), 2019. In 2018 he was second at the world championship in Frisian draughts. Russian national champion (13 times). Participation in World and European Championships * Tied for 1st-3rd places, won blitz tournament. ** In final. *** The main part of the match ended in a draw. The winner was determined in additional matches. **** Equality in the classical format, the advantage in the Rapid format. References External links Alexander GeorgievProfile at the Dutch draughts Federation archiveKNDB 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 networ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roel Boomstra
Roel Boomstra (born 9 March 1993) is a Dutch draughts player and current world champion. He won the Draughts World Championship match in 2016, 2018 and 2022. In 2014 Boomstra won the Draughts European Championship. He also won the Dutch championship twice (2012, 2015). Boomstra holds the title of International Grandmaster. He was born in Utrecht. World championship * 2011 (7th place) * 2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ... (3rd place) * 2015 (3rd place) * 2016 (winner) * 2017 (semifinal group C 5th-6th place) * 2018 (winner) * 2021 (3rd place) * 2022 (winner) Boomstra did not participate in the 2019 World Draughts Championship, because he decided to focus on his studies in physics. European championship * 2006 (63rd place) * 2010 (8th place) * 2012 (12th plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
