Draughts
About
Draughts also known as Checkers, Dames and Dama is one of the best known "board games". It is one of the ten events tested in the Decamentathlon. As the game has a have to take rule it is necessary to think through very long sequences of moves in order to try and change the timing.
Rules
http://www.mastersgames.com/rules/draughts-rules.htm
The full list of MSO games that are in this category are below. For a list of all games see Games A-Z.
MSO Draughts Champions
| Year | Name | Country | Flag | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | David Harwood | England |  |
Champion |
| 2005 | Fred Kok | Netherlands |  |
Olympiad Champion |
| 2004 | Colin Young | Scotland |  |
Champion |
| 2003 | Mustafa Durdyev | Turkmenistan |  |
Olympiad Champion |
| 2002 | Mustafa Durdyev | Turkmenistan | |
Olympiad Champion |
| 2001 | Mustafa Durdyev | Turkmenistan | |
Champion |
| 2000 | Pat Mccarthy | Ireland |  |
Champion |
| 1999 | Ron King | Barbados |  |
Champion |
| 1998 | Raivis Paegle | Latvia |  |
Champion |
| 1998 | Ron King | Barbados | |
Champion |
| 1997 | Ron King | Barbados | |
Olympiad Champion |
Full results and other winners can be found in Results.
MSO Draughts Ranked Players:
GRANDMASTER:
David Harwood
George Miller
Mustafa Durdyev
Ron King
INTERNATIONAL MASTER:
Con Mccarrick
CANDIDATE MASTER:
Bagtiyar Durdyev
Parahat Durdyev
Raivis Paegle
Terry Thomas
Tony C. Boyle
External Links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkers
http://www.bobnewell.net/checkers/principles.html