Draughts
101Chess libraries — are library collections of books and periodicals on the game of chess. Chess has a very extensive literature, probably exceeding that of all other games combined. In 1913, preeminent chess historian H.J.R. Murray estimated the total number of… …
102Christopher Strachey — Born 16 November 1916 Hampstead, England Died 18 May 1975 Oxford, England …
103Fox games — are a category of board games where one player is the fox and tries to eat the geese/sheep, and the other player directs the geese/sheep and attempts to trap the fox, or reach a destination on the board. In another variant, Fox and Hounds , the… …
104Checkers (disambiguation) — Checkers (or chequers) may refer to: Draughts, the board game called checkers in American English. The most popular variants of this group of board games are American checkers, also called English draughts, and International draughts. Other board …
105Alexander Georgiev — (born July 17, 1975 in Novgorod Oblast) is a draughts player who has been world champion at least three times. He is considered to be among the best living players of the game.External links* [http://www.shashki.com/draughts/english/index e.htm… …
106Stanislas Bizot — (born in Nice on December 22, 1879; died June 2, 1950) [ [http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1950/june 2 1950 111459.html Brainy History] ] was a French draughts champion who debuted in 1901. He won the Draughts World Championship in 1925. [… …
107Amangul Durdyyeva — Amangul Durdyev is an English draughts and International draughts champion from Turkmenistan. All five of her siblings, and her father, play the game at a professional level. [ [http://www.usacheckers.com/articlearchive.php?id=36 American… …
108World Mind Sports Games — The first World Mind Sports Games will be held in Beijing, China [ [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007 09/26/content 6795421.htm First World Mind Sports Games to be held in Beijing ] from news.xinhuanet.com] [ [http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily …
109Permainan-Tabal — is a two player abstract strategy game from Indonesia specifically from the island of Java. The game is sometimes referred to as a cross between Alquerque and Draughts. It is essentially Draughts played on an expanded Alquerque board. It is… …
110Kolowis Awithlaknannai (Fighting Serpents) — Kolowis Awithlaknannai also known as Fighting Serpents is a two player abstract strategy game from the Zuni Native American Indians. It was described by Stewart Culin in his book Games of the North American Indians (1907), and may have been the… …
