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Vladimir Vigman
Vladimir Vigman (; ; born in Riga) is a Latvian draughts player in International draughts and Draughts-64. Three-times was second at World Draughts-64 Championships (Brazilian draughts) (1985, 1987, 1989), three-times USSR champion in Russian draughts (1976–1978), draughts trainer and journalist, author of books on draughts. International grandmaster in International, Brazilian and Russian draughts. Sport achievements In 1968 Vigman got the title of national master. In 1970 he won the silver medal in USSR championship at Russian draughts, then from 1976 to 1978 he won the gold medal. In 1978 he became a national grandmaster. He also participated in the USSR championship of International draughts. In 1984 Vigman took sixth place at World Draughts Championships in Dakar Dakar ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Senegal, largest city of Senegal. The Departments of Senegal, department of Dakar has a population of 1,278,469, and the population of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salou Open
Salou Open is a yearly international draughts tournament. The tournament has been organized since 1998 in the second half of May in the resort of Salou, Spain. Winners References External links Official websiteSalou Open in Tournaments baseSalou Open - 2014 at AlldraughtsSalou Open - 2014at de Volkskrant ''De Volkskrant'' (; ), stylized as de Volkskrant, is a Dutch daily morning newspaper. Founded in 1919, it has a nationwide circulation of about 250,000. Formerly a leading centre-left Catholic broadsheet, ''de Volkskrant'' today is a medium- ... Salou Open - 2016 at KNDB Draughts competitions Recurring sporting events established in 1998 {{board-game-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Draughts-64 World Championship Winners
The Draughts-64 World Championship is the world championship for Brazilian draughts, Brazilian and Russian draughts, Russian draughts. The championship has been organized by the World Draughts Federation (FMJD) since 1985, the last few championship organized by the International Draughts Federation (IDF). The first championship was in Brazilian draughts. In 1993 the first championship in Russian draughts was held. Since 1993 took place Draughts-64 World Championship in blitz, since 1998 in rapid. Classic Rapid Blitz References External links World Men Championship//section-64 {{Main world championships Draughts world championships Draughts competitions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sportspeople From Riga
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Players Of International Draughts
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Soviet Draughts Players
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Latvian Draughts Players
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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. Members Currently, the FMJD has more than 70 national federation members in 2021. Recently the FMJD has become a member of the Global Association of International Sports Federations and strives for Olympic recognition. The FMJD memberships is part of a more general movement toward integration of Mind Sports in the regular sports arena, a development that, in the vision of the FMJD, is to be lauded. The FMJD is member of the: * General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) * International Mind Sports Association (IMSA) Presidents # 1947: J. H. Willems, # 1968: Beppino Rizzi, # 1975: Huib van de Vreugde, # 1978: Piet Roozenburg, # 1980: Wim Jurg, # 1984: Vadim Bairamov, # 1985: Piet Roozenburg, (interim) # 1986: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Schwarzman
Alexander Mikhailovich Schwarzman (; born 18 September 1967 in Moscow) is an international grandmaster in international draughts, Russian draughts and Brazilian draughts from Russia. He is known for his creative playing style, especially his positional sacrifices and his high number of elegant games involving encirclements. Notable achievements *World champion (international draughts) 1998, 2007, 2009, 2017, 2021. *World champion (Brazilian draughts) 1987, 1989, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2008, 2018 * Russian national champion (international draughts) 1993, 1996, 2003, 2004 and 2008. * Russian national champion (Russian draughts Russian draughts (also known as Shashki or Russian shashki) is a variant of draughts (checkers) played in Russia and some parts of the former USSR, as well as parts of Eastern Europe and Israel. Rules As in all draughts variants, Russian draught ...) 1987, 1989, 1993, 1996 and 1997. *Winner of Bijlmer Tournament 1997, 1998 and 2006. *European champion 2002. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksander Kandaurov
Aleksander Kandaurov (, born 17 January 1956, in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a Russian draughts player (Russian and Brazilian draughts) who has been the first world champion in draughts-64 (Brazilian version) in 1985, four-time champion USSR in Russian draughts (1982, 1987, 1989, 1991). He also played in International draughts International draughts (also called international checkers or Polish draughts) is a Abstract strategy, strategy board game for two players, one of the variants of draughts. The gameboard comprises 10×10 squares in alternating dark and light co ... and had the title of 'International grandmaster' (GMI) since 1986. External linksRating list Men on 01.01.2015//section-64 References 1956 births Living people Sportspeople from Moscow Russian draughts players Soviet draughts players Players of international draughts Players of Russian draughts Players of Brazilian draughts {{Russia-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dakar
Dakar ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Senegal, largest city of Senegal. The Departments of Senegal, department of Dakar has a population of 1,278,469, and the population of the Dakar metropolitan area was at 4.0 million in 2023. Dakar is situated on the Cap-Vert peninsula, the westernmost point of mainland Africa. Cap-Vert was colonized by the Portuguese people, Portuguese in the early 15th century. The Portuguese established a presence on the island of Gorée off the coast of Cap-Vert and used it as a base for the Atlantic slave trade. Kingdom of France, France took over the island in 1677. Following the abolition of the slave trade and French annexation of the mainland area in the 19th century, Dakar grew into a major regional port and a major city of the French colonial empire. In 1902, Dakar replaced Saint-Louis, Senegal, Saint-Louis as the capital of French West Africa. From 1959 to 1960, Dakar was the capital of the short-lived Mali Federation. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riga
Riga ( ) is the capital, Primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city of Latvia. Home to 591,882 inhabitants (as of 2025), the city accounts for a third of Latvia's total population. The population of Riga Planning Region, Riga metropolitan area, which stretches beyond the city limits, is estimated at 847,162 (as of 2025). The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava (river), Daugava river where it meets the Baltic Sea. Riga's territory covers and lies above sea level on a flat and sandy plain. Riga was founded in 1201, and is a former Hanseatic League member. Riga's historical centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, noted for its Art Nouveau/Jugendstil architecture and 19th century wooden architecture. Riga was the European Capital of Culture in 2014, along with Umeå in Sweden. Riga hosted the 2006 Riga summit, 2006 NATO Summit, the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, the 2013 World Women's Curling Championship, and the 2006 IIHF Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Draughts World Championship
The Draughts World Championship is the world championship in international draughts and is held every two years. In the even year following the tournament, the World Title match takes place. The men's championship began in 1885 in France and since 1948 has been organised by the World Draughts Federation (FMJD). The men's championship has had winners from the Netherlands, Canada, the Soviet Union, Senegal, Latvia, Russia and Ukraine. The current men's champion is Jan Groenendijk. Since 1998, there is also a Draughts World Championship held with the blitz time control A time control is a mechanism in the tournament play of almost all two-player board games so that each round of the match can finish in a timely way and the tournament can proceed. For turn-based games such as chess, shogi or go, time cont ... (5 minutes plus an increment of 5 seconds per move), and since 2014 also with the rapid time control (15 min + 5 sec per move). World title match The championship is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
