Robert Stewart (born 1873; died in
Scotland
Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...
on 11 August 1941) was a British champion of
English draughts
Draughts (British English) or checkers (American English), also called straight checkers or simply draughts, is a form of the strategy board game checkers (or draughts). It is played on an 8×8 checkerboard with 12 pieces per side. The pieces m ...
from Scotland. He reportedly lost only two out of 8,000 games. He actually lost more games but was unbeaten for a span of 21 year according to other sources. He also held the title of
World Checkers/Draughts Champion from 1922 to 1933.
WCDF champions list
/ref>
References
Scottish draughts players
Players of English draughts
1873 births
1941 deaths
{{Scotland-sport-bio-stub