Ton Sijbrands
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Teunis Sijbrands (born December 15, 1949 in Amsterdam
) is a famous Dutch
player of international draughts
who became world champion in 1972 and remained so in 1973 after he successfully defended his title against Andris Andreiko
. He also has a weekly column about draughts in the Dutch national newspaper de Volkskrant
.
In 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973 and 1988 he was national Dutch champion.
He also made major achievements in playing blindfold simultaneous draughts. In 2002 he won 17 games and played 5 draws from a total 22 games, which equals a score of approximately 88%.
On December 18, 2004 Sijbrands improved in the Dutch village Lutten the world record blindfold simultaneous draughts. In this attempt that lasted 24 hours, he won 20 out of 24 games; the other 4 were draws, which equals a score of about 92%. At his most recent attempt on October 5, 2007 at Tilburg University, he broke his own record again. This time he played 25 games, winning 21 and drawing 4. After losing the record to the compatriot Erno Prosman Sijbrands regained it in September 2009 when he played simultaneously 28 games, winning 17, drawing 7 and losing 3.
Ton Sijbrands currently holds the first place on the ranking of the World Draughts Federation
.
Amsterdam
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) is a famous Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
player of international draughts
International draughts
International draughts is a board game, one of the variants of draughts. It is played on a 10×10 board with alternatingly dark and light squares, of which only the 50 dark ones are used. There are two players on opposite sides, with 20 pieces each, light for one player and dark for the other...
who became world champion in 1972 and remained so in 1973 after he successfully defended his title against Andris Andreiko
Andris Andreiko
Andris Andreiko was a three time world champion and European champion in Draughts.-External links:**...
. He also has a weekly column about draughts in the Dutch national newspaper de Volkskrant
De Volkskrant
de Volkskrant is a national daily Dutch morning newspaper, the leading centre-left broadsheet, although now in tabloid size.-History:...
.
In 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973 and 1988 he was national Dutch champion.
He also made major achievements in playing blindfold simultaneous draughts. In 2002 he won 17 games and played 5 draws from a total 22 games, which equals a score of approximately 88%.
On December 18, 2004 Sijbrands improved in the Dutch village Lutten the world record blindfold simultaneous draughts. In this attempt that lasted 24 hours, he won 20 out of 24 games; the other 4 were draws, which equals a score of about 92%. At his most recent attempt on October 5, 2007 at Tilburg University, he broke his own record again. This time he played 25 games, winning 21 and drawing 4. After losing the record to the compatriot Erno Prosman Sijbrands regained it in September 2009 when he played simultaneously 28 games, winning 17, drawing 7 and losing 3.
Ton Sijbrands currently holds the first place on the ranking of the World Draughts Federation
World Draughts Federation
The FMJD is the international body uniting national draughts federations. It was founded in 1947 by four Federations: France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland....
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