Competitive Sport of Checkers & Draughts
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Competitive checkers/draughts brings together players in sport competitions. There are several regional and topical organizations sponsoring and administering competition. Here are the competitions, oldest first:
- 1840: The World Championship in English draughts began in 1840.[1][page needed] The winners in men's have been from the United Kingdom, United States, Barbados, and most recently Italy (3-Move division).
- 1885: The Draughts World Championship in international draughts began in 1885 in France, and since 1948 has been organized by the World Draughts Federation (FMJD, Fédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames). It occurs every two years. In even years following the tournament, the World Title match takes place. The men's championship has had winners from the Netherlands, Canada, the Soviet Union, Senegal, Latvia, and Russia.
- 1908: The Netherlands draughts championship first official championship took place in 1908. Since 1911 under auspice of Koninklijke Nederlandse Dambond (KNDB).[2][page needed]
- 1965: European Championships have been held since 1965 (men's) and 2000 (women's).
- See men's: List of Draughts European Championship winners
- See women's: List of women's Draughts European Championship winners
- 1966: American Pool checkers, also called "American Pool", is a variant of draughts, mainly played in the mid-Atlantic and southeastern United States and in Puerto Rico.[3][page needed]
- See champions of the American Pool Checker Association -- American Pool Checkers
- 1971: The World Junior Championship has been played since 1971.
- 1973: The first Women's World Draughts Championship was held in 1973.
- 1980: Draughts African Championship
- 1980: Draughts Panamerican Championship
- 1985: World Championship for Brazilian draughts. The Draughts-64 World Championship is the world championship for Brazilian and 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).
- 1993: The women's championship in English draughts started in 1993. The women's winners have been from Ireland, Turkmenistan, and Ukraine.
- 1993: World Championship for Russian draughts
- 1998: 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.
- 2003: Czech Republic championship in English draughts
- 2014: World Championship for Turkish draughts
References[edit]
- ↑ The People's Draughts Book. (1847). United Kingdom: People's Journal.
- ↑ Koopmans, J. W. (2015). Historical Dictionary of the Netherlands. United States: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
- ↑ Ramsey, G., Jenkins, H. (1979). American Pool Checkers: With Diagrams, Comments, and Explanations Simplified for Players of All Classes. United States: Jenkins.
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