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Isidore Weiss (1867 – June 12, 1936) was a
History of checkers site
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Isidore Weiss (1867 – June 12, 1936) was a Frenchman
The French people (french: Français) are an ethnic group and nation primarily located in Western Europe that share a common French culture, history, and language, identified with the country of France.
The French people, especially the nati ...
who won seven world championships for international 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 ...
from 1899 to 1911, a record not surpassed until 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, Российск ...
85 years later.
In international draughts, the ''Coup Weiss'' is a refinement of the ''Coup de l'Expresse'' named after him.
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History of checkers site
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