N'Diaga Samb (born August 6, 1966, died February 19, 2025) was a
Senegal
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ese
draughts
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player based in the
Netherlands
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. He took first place at the
African Championship An African Championship is a top level international sports competition between African athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs.
List of championships
;Athletics
* African Championships in At ...
in 2016, second place at the African Championship in 1992, 2006, 2014, 2018 and finished third in 2003, 2009 and 2010. He won several international tournaments and was awarded the titles of International Master (MI) in 1992 and International Grandmaster (GMI) in 2000.
World Championship
* 1992 (14 place)
* 2003 (14 place)
* 2007 (10 place)
*
2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
(1 place in final B)
*
2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
(11 place)
* 2016 (Blitz) (2 place)
*
2019
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
(16 place)
2019 World Draughts Championship
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African Championship
* 1992 (2 place)
* 2003 (3 place)
* 2006 (2 place)
* 2009 (3 place)
* 2010 (3 place)
* 2014 (2 place)
* 2016 (1 place)
* 2018 (2 place)
International tournaments
1 place:
* 1991: Brunssum Open
* 1992: Mello Koolman toernooi
* 1998: Nijmegen Open
* 1999: Brunssum Open
* 2000: Mello Koolman toernooi and Bijlmertoernooi
* 2001: Zeeland Open
* 2002: Zeeland Open
* 2003: Leeuwarden
* 2018: Brunssum Open
* 2019: Brunssum Open
Senegal Championship
* 1990 (1 place)
* 1992 (1 place)
* 2008 (1 place)
External links
NDiaga Samb. Profile
at site KNDB
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NDiaga Samb. Profile
at site FMJD
The World Draughts Federation (''Fédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames'') FMJD, is the international body uniting national draughts federations. It was founded in 1947 by four Federations: France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland.
Membe ...
References
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1966 births
Living people
Senegalese draughts players
Players of international draughts