Iser Kuperman, sometimes spelled Koeperman, (russian: Исер Иосифович Куперман; April 21, 1922 - March 6, 2006) was a player of

international draughts International draughts (also called international checkers or Polish draughts) is a strategy board game for two players, one of the variants of draughts. The gameboard comprises 10×10 squares in alternating dark and light colours, of which onl ...

from the

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. He had been the seven-time

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, the four-time Panamerican champion, and multiple USSR champion in international and

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 draughts ...

. He was also an International Grandmaster.

Career

Iser Kuperman was born in Habne,

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

(now

Poliske Poliske ( uk, Поліське) or Polesskoye (russian: Полесское) is an abandoned settlement and former urban-type settlement in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, part of Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. It is located on the Uzh River and was an a ...

Kiev Oblast Kyiv Oblast ( uk, Ки́ївська о́бласть, translit=Kyïvska oblast), also called Kyivshchyna ( uk, Ки́ївщина), is an oblast (province) in central and northern Ukraine. It surrounds, but does not include, the city of Kyiv, w ...

) on April 21, 1922 to a

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family. In 1945, he made his debut in the USSR Russian draughts championship and won first place. After that, Kuperman took first place three times. Then he began to play in international draughts and was USSR champion five times. Iser Kuperman was world champion in 1958, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, and 1974. He emigrated to

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

and then to the

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in 1978. After his emigration, any mention of him was purged from Soviet records. After that, he became a Panamerican champion (1983, 1985, 1987 and 1995), a US champion in

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, and won in their "Top Master" division from 1984 to 1990. This led him to be referred to as "The Greatest Pool Checkers Player of All Time" by the Homan Square Pool Checkers & Chess Club of

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References

*Dutch newspaper

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7 March 2006 Ukrainian draughts players Soviet draughts players Pool checkers players 1922 births 2006 deaths Players of international draughts People from Poliske Players of Russian draughts Sportspeople from Kyiv Oblast {{Ukraine-bio-stub