List of draughts players
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List of draughts players is concerned with the leading or champion figures in the history of various forms of draughts, commonly called checkers. The list should be limited to champions and significant figures in the game, so if current names do not meet that standard they may be removed.
[edit] Human players...
- Leroy Adams
- Vladimir Agafonov
- Andris Andreiko
- Alexander Baljakin
- Newell W. Banks
- Al Barnett
- Stanislas Bizot
- Patricia Breen (draughts player)
- Joan Caws
- Alexei Chizhov
- Marcel Deslauriers
- Marius Fabre
- Clarence Freeman
- Anatoli Gantvarg
- Alexander Georgiev
- Aleksandr Getmanski
- Pierre Ghestem
- Sam Gonotsky
- Walter Hellman
- Herman Hoogland
- Edwin Hunt
- Julian Janvier
- Alfred Jordan
- Reinier Cornelis Keller
- Ron King
- Iser Kuperman
- Don Lafferty
- Asa Long
- Elbert Lowder
- George Miller
- Alex Moiseyev
- Alfred Molimard
- Jan Mortimer
- Rashid Nezhmetdinov
- Derek Oldbury
- Piet Roozenburg
- Ton Sijbrands
- Carl Smith
- Benedictus Springer
- Baba Sy
- Tamara Tansykkuzhina
- Marion Tinsley
- Darya Tkachenko
- Guntis Valneris
- Jannes van der Wal
- Charles Walker
- Isidore Weiss
- Harm Wiersma
- Bryan Wollaert
- Robert D. Yates
- Johnathan Peña
[edit] Non-human players
This section is for computer programs who are noted in the history of the game.
- Cake (draughts player), a strong program by Martin Fierz
- CheckerBoard, a GUI for checkers engines
- Chinook (draughts player), a program developed at the University of Alberta (noteworthy match against Marion Tinsley)
- KingsRow, a strong program by Ed Gilbert
