Marcel Deslauriers
Marcel Deslauriers at the 1960 Draughts World Championship.
Marcel Deslauriers (born in Montreal on July 22, 1905; died December 1988) was a Canadian/Québécois international draughts player. In 1956 he became the only North American, male or female, to win Draughts World Championship. A tournament in Canada was named in his honor[1] and a book was written on him and his strategies.[2]
Book on Deslauriers[]
- L.J.A Koops, Marcel Deslauriers : Partijen, fragmenten en analyses
References[]
- ^ "Canadian checkers federation" (PDF). Archived from the original on June 22, 2004. Retrieved 2013-09-30.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- ^ http://dames.quebecjeux.org/nouveau-livre-au-sujet-de-marcel-deslauriers/
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