Ron "Suki" King (born 1956) is an
English checkers player from
Saint George, Barbados
The parish of Saint George ("St. George") is located in the interior of Barbados. It is one of two land-locked parishes, the other being Saint Thomas to the north. A prominent landmark in the parish is Gun Hill Signal Station – one of the few ...
. He has won twelve
world championship
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titles at the game and is considered one of the strongest players of the game. King has been honored by his homeland being named
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate). ...
's Sportsman of the Year in both 1991 and 1992. He has been called the
Muhammad Ali
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of the checkers world for his
trash-talk
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ing.
In 1998 he made it into
Guinness World Records
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for playing against 385 players simultaneously and beating them all.
His 2008 match against South African grandmaster
Lubabalo Kondlo
Lubabalo Nicholas Kondlo (born December 21, 1971) is a player of English draughts (also known as American checkers) from South Africa. He holds the title of grandmaster, and is the current world champion in the GAYP (go as you please) version.
Car ...
is the central subject in the documentary ''King Me.'' In 2014 he lost his world title in the GAYP ("go as you please") version to
Sergio Scarpetta Sergio Scarpetta (born 12 June 1975 in Cerignola) is an Italian grandmaster of English draughts (also known as checkers) and the current world champion in the 3-move version. He was world champion in the GAYP version from 2014 to 2016.
Scarpetta fi ...
, as King failed to appear for the final four games.
World Championship titles
*3-time world champion (3-move version): 1994, 1996, 1997
*9-time world champion (GAYP version): 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2006, 2008
References
External links
Checkers Champion Ronald "Suki" King
1956 births
Living people
Barbadian checkers players
Players of English draughts
People from Saint George, Barbados
Date of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
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