International
checkers world records (2)
11. Least evident world champion |
Iser Koeperman (Soviet-Union, nowadays United States of America) in 1974. He didn't need to play because there was no opponent. |
12. Oldest (10x10) draughts club that still exists |
Constant, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, founded in 1899. |
13. World record playing draughts simultaneously |
Jos Stokkel, Dutch international Grandmaster, played against 251 players on 6 November 2010 in Hengelo, The Netherlands. His score was 81,67% and the duration was 17 h 46 m. |
14. World record playing draughts simultaneously with a roulation system. |
Harm
Wiersma, The
Netherlands, in 1983 in
Amsterdam. He played 428 games. Only 50 draws and 5 losses. |
15. World record playing draughts simultaneously in a blind session |
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16. World record playing draughts and chess simultaneously in a combination |
Jannes van der Wal on 23 June 1996 in Stadskanaal against 85 spelers. He lossed 2 games against a draughts player and 2 games against a chess player. And he played draw against 3 draughts players and 2 chess players. Jannes won the rest. |
17. Oldest (and rarest!) draughts book |
A book of Torquemada (Spain, Malaga, 1547). A book about Spanish draughts. |
18. Oldest notation of a international draughts game |
G.
Grégoire - A.
Verhaeren (1877). Two
players from Belgium
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19. Longest game (in moves) |
The duration of a game is normally 50-65 moves. In a extreme situation 100 moves of more.
The 3 longest (official)
games:
The longest game:
The longest game that not
resulted in a draw:
E. Bronstring - F. Luteyn. |
20. Biggest difference in strongness between 2 players. |
World Championship 1968. Russian
player Iser Koeperman,
at that moment the player with the highest ranking in the world, against G.
Feldl from Austria,
the weakest player ever. Play and astonish!
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