Jean Marc Ndjofang (born 15 March 1976 in Ebolowa [1] ) is a Cameroonian draughts player, [2] [3] resident since 2002 in the Netherlands. He was African champion in 2000 and 2010. [4] In 2011 at the Draughts World Championship he took third place. [5] In 2013 he placed second at the Draughts World Championship. [6] In 2015 he played the World Draughts Championship match with Alexander Georgiev from Russia. [7]
In 2017 Jean Marc Ndjofang became World Draughts Championship blitz. [8]
International 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 only the 50 dark squares are used. Each player has 20 pieces, light for one player and dark for the other, at opposite sides of the board. In conventional diagrams, the board is displayed with the light pieces at the bottom; in this orientation, the lower-left corner square must be dark.
Alexander Sergeyevich Georgiev is a Russian draughts player. He won the world championship in international draughts in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2019. In 2018 he was second at the world championship in Frisian draughts. Russian national champion.
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.
Elena Altsjoel was the Women's World Draughts Champion in 1980 and from 1982 to 1985. She won her championship as a Soviet player, but today resides in Germany with her husband Vadim Virny.
Tanya or Tanja Chub is a Ukrainian-born Dutch draughts player. She won a silver medal for Draughts at the 1st World Mind Sports Games.
Rob Clerc is a Dutch draughts player. In 1976 he tied for second place at the Draughts World Championship. He was second place at the 1992 European championship held in Parthenay.
Dul Erdenebileg is a Mongolian draughts player and four-time Asian champion. In 2013 he placed twelfth at the Draughts World Championship.
The 2016 Women's World Draughts Championship match at the international draughts was held 2–9 September 2016 in Karpacz (Poland) International Draughts Federation FMJD between ranked second at the 2015 Women's World Draughts Championship Natalia Sadowska (Poland) and ranked third at the same Women's World Draughts Championship Olga Kamyshleeva (Netherlands). The current world champion Zoja Golubeva (Latvia) had informed FMJD that she was not willing to defend her title. Natalia Sadowska won and became 9th women's world draughts champion.
The 2013 World Draughts Championship was an international draughts tournament held in Ufa, Russia. 40 players from 24 countries who qualified through the championships of Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America competed in the tournament, which began on June 2, 2013 and ended on June 20, 2013. Among them was women's Draughts World Champion Zoja Golubeva from Latvia.
The 2013 World Draughts Championship match at the international draughts was held May 12–18, 2013 in Tallinn, Estonia International Draughts Federation FMJD between the actual World Champion Alexander Georgiev (Russia) and the challenger Alexander Schwartzman (Russia). Alexander Georgiev won and became the world champion for the seven time.
The Women's Draughts World Championship is the world championship in international draughts organized by the World Draughts Federation (FMJD). The championship occurs every two years. In the even year following the tournament must take place the World Title match.
The 2015 World Draughts Championship match at the international draughts was held October 25–31, 2015 in Izmir, Turkey International Draughts Federation FMJD between the actual World Champion Alexander Georgiev (Russia) and the challenger Jean Marc Ndjofang (Cameroon). Alexander Georgiev won 7-7-6-6 against 7-5-4-12 and became eight times world champion.
Hanqing Zhao is a Chinese international draughts player who ranked second at the 2012 Asian Women's Draughts Championship. She became World Draughts Champion Juniors Girls 2012. She was the champion of China many times. Zhao is an International master (MIF). At 7 years-of-age she begin playing in checkmate. After that she started playing draughts.
You Zhang is a Chinese draughts player, who ranked first at the 2015 Asian Women's Draughts Championship. She took place in 2012 World Mind Sports Games, in 2015 Women's World Draughts Championship, in 2019 Women's World Draughts Championship. You Zhang is a Women's International grandmaster (GMIF).
The 2018 Women's World Draughts Championship match at the international draughts was held 19–30 November 2018 in Riga (Latvia) International Draughts Federation FMJD between world champion 2017 Zoja Golubeva (Latvia) and world champion 2016 Natalia Sadowska (Poland). Natalia Sadowska won second title. Prize money 17 000€. If score will be 54:54 both players will receive equally.
Alexander Eduardovich Getmanski is a Russian draughts player, author of books on draughts. He took third place at Draughts-64 World Championship in 2003, also he took second place at Draughts World Championship 2017 in rapid and third place in blitz in 2016 year. Winner of Junior World Championship in 1996 and 1997. Three times winner of Russian championship. International grandmaster (GMI).
The 2021 Women's World Draughts Championship match at the international draughts was held 23 April – 3 May 2021 in Warsaw (Poland) International Draughts Federation FMJD between world champion 2019 Tamara Tansykkuzhina from (Russia) and world champion 2018 Natalia Sadowska (Poland). Tamara Tansykkuzhina won seventh title. Prize money 20 000€.
The 2021 World Draughts Championship at the international draughts took place from June 28 to July 14, 2021 in Tallinn, Estonia under the auspices International Draughts Federation (FMJD). Forty players competed in the tournament, which was played in a COVID bubble at Hotel Viru. In the semi-final all players were divided into four groups. The best three players from each semi-final group went to the final. The championship was played in a round-robin system. The main referee was IR Frank Teer (Netherlands). The winning prize for the tournament was 20,000 euros.
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