Vladimir Kaplan (January 11, 1925 – September, 2000) was a noted player of
pool checkers
American Pool Checkers, also called "American Pool", is a variant of draughts, mainly played in the mid-Atlantic and southeastern United States and in Puerto Rico.
Basic rules
As in the related game English draughts
English draughts (Britis ...
from
Russia
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. Kaplan was an International Grandmaster who immigrated from Russia in 1977 to live in
New York City
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New York and by 1983 he played competitively for the
United States
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His wife worked as an accountant on Wall Street to support his profession. He reportedly had some difficulties in international competitions because he was Jewish. Kaplan also wrote several books on the game.
Pool Checkers Books by Vladimir Kaplan
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American people of Russian-Jewish descent
1925 births
2000 deaths
Russian draughts players
American checkers players
Pool checkers players
Players of international draughts
Players of Russian draughts