List of draughts players
List of draughts players is concerned with the leading or champion figures in the history of various forms of draughts. The list should be limited to those who are notable in the game or its history.
Champions or masters in variants of draughts[]
- [1]
- Alatenghua
- Alex Moiseyev
- Alexander Baljakin
- Alexander Dybman
- Alexander Georgiev
- Alexander Getmanski (also spelled as "Aleksandr Getmanski")[2]
- Aleksander Kandaurov
- Alexander Schwarzman
- Alexei Chizhov
- Alfred Dussaut
- Alfred Jordan[3][4] - A World Checkers/Draughts Champion
- Alfred Molimard
- Amangul Durdyyeva
- Anatoli Gantvarg
- [5]
- Andrew Anderson
- Andris Andreiko
- Arnaud Cordier[6]
- Asa Long
- Baba Sy
- Ben Springer
- [7]
- Carl "Buster" Smith - Champion in Pool checkers.
- Charles Walker
- Darya Tkachenko
- [8] [9]
- Derek Oldbury
- Don Lafferty
- Dul Erdenebileg[10]
- Edvardas Bužinskis
- Edwin Hunt
- Elbert Lowder[11]
- Elena Altsjoel - A Women's International Draughts Champion
- Elena Mikhailovskaya - First Women's International Draughts Champion
- Eugène Leclercq - A Men's International Draughts Champion
- [12]
- Guntis Valneris
- Hanqing Zhao
- Harm Wiersma
- Herman Hoogland
- [13]
- Ion Dosca
- Iser Kuperman
- Isidore Weiss
- Jack de Haas
- Jake Kacher[14][15]
- James Ferrie - A World Checkers/Draughts Champion[16]
- James Wyllie
- Jan Mortimer
- Jannes van der Wal
- Jean Marc Ndjofang[17]
- [18]
- [19]
- Leopold Sekongo[20]
- Li Tchoan King[21]
- Lindus Edwards
- Lourival Mendes França
- Lubabalo Kondlo[22][23]
- Lukas Valenta[24]
- Marcel Deslauriers
- Future Is Near[25]
- Marion Tinsley - He has been called the greatest American-checkers player ever.[26]
- Marius Fabre
- Maurice Raichenbach
- [27]
- Michele Borghetti[28]
- Nadiya Chyzhevska[29][30]
- Natalia Sadowska
- N'Diaga Samb[31]
- Newell W. Banks
- Nina Hoekman
- Olga Kamyshleeva - A Women's International Draughts Champion
- Olga Levina
- [32]
- Patricia Breen
- Pierre Ghestem
- Piet Roozenburg
- [33]
- Rashid Nezhmetdinov
- [34]
- Richard Fortman
- Rob Clerc
- Robert Martins - A World Checkers/Draughts Champion[35]
- Robert Stewart - A World Checkers/Draughts Champion[36]
- Robert D. Yates
- Roel Boomstra
- Ron King
- Ryan Pronk
- Sam Gonotsky
- Stanislas Bizot
- Tamara Tansykkuzhina
- Tanja Chub[37]
- Ton Sijbrands
- Vadim Virny
- Viktoriya Motrichko
- Vladimir Kaplan
- Vyacheslav Shchyogolev
- Walter Hellman
- William F. Ryan[38]
- [39]
- Yulia Makarenkova
- Zoja Golubeva
Non-human players[]
This section is for computer programs who are noted in the history of the game.
- Chinook (draughts player), a program developed at the University of Alberta (noteworthy match against Marion Tinsley)
- KingsRow, a strong program by Ed Gilbert
- Nemesis (draughts player), world computer champion in 2002
References[]
- ^ Lyons Draughts site (in French)
- ^ FMJD
- ^ The Canadian checker player, Volume 2
- ^ "Old Time Players" at "Checkerworld" Archived 2012-07-23 at archive.today
- ^ FMJD
- ^ Article in La Dépêche du Midi
- ^ Koninklijke Nederlandse Dambond
- ^ http://www.wcdf.net/games/WQT_2005_Prague_Jim_Loy.pdf
- ^ "Lélio Marcos — WMSG - Draughts".
- ^ KNDB
- ^ WCDF Champions list
- ^ KNDB
- ^ KNDB
- ^ American Pool Checker Association
- ^ FMJD
- ^ WCDF champions list
- ^ Embassy of Cameroon in the Netherlands
- ^ FMJD
- ^ KNDB
- ^ "KNDB". Toernooibase.kndb.nl. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
- ^ Lyons Draughts site (in French)
- ^ Parkersburg News and Sentinel for November 13, 2010
- ^ The Cleveland International Film Festival
- ^ WCDF Champions list
- ^ "Dama gratuiti - Gioca a Dama online".
- ^ Sports Illustrated
- ^ FMJD
- ^ WCDF ratings page
- ^ Chess Arbiter Pro Draughts
- ^ WCDF champions list
- ^ FMJD
- ^ KNDB
- ^ FMJD
- ^ KNDB
- ^ WCDF champions list
- ^ WCDF champions list
- ^ KNDB
- ^ USA Checkers
- ^ KNDB
External links[]
Categories:
- Draughts players
- Lists of sportspeople by sport