World Draughts Forum

Please allow me to speak on this topic. I have written articles and newsbriefs on many of these topics pertaining to chess. As a chessplayer (not a draughts player), some good points for chess have been made... common rules, charismatic figures, and the mystique of chess. Of course, I have my prefer...

Hi Hanco... I believe you inadvertantly copied my picture to one of your posts. As much as I am humbled by that gesture, I do not believe I deserve such a honor as a chess player! However, I am preparing to write another story on the content which draught players have been so generous to provide her...

Dominica... ah yes... English-speaking. Thanks for the correction. I suppose I had in mind the French legacy. I know a number of people from Dominica including a professorial colleague. Of course the Dominican Republic on Hispanola is very different from Dominica indeed! It is really interesting how...

Jacques, There is a lot to be said about the other ethnicities in Africa. Of course, there are Arab Africans (in the Saharan region), Indian Africans (Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, the Seychelles, Mauritius), and White Africans (Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia). Typically when one says "African," they ar...

Very interesting information on Caribbean draughts. I remember seeing information about federations and the players there. Our strongest chess federation in the Caribbean (by far) is Cuba and after that, the English-speaking federations are the strongest... Barbados, Jamaica, and Trinidad (in that o...

Fortunately, your information is highly inaccurate, but this is not a religious forum and it may be best to avoid religious philosophies. Besides many of the African draughts players are from Muslim countries and it is insulting to say such things about a holy figure of a major religion (especially ...

Perhaps that is the understanding they have, but it would not be because chess is forbidden (haram). Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) never spoke on chess per se, but it is referred to in several hadiths. Of course games with gambling were forbidden and there was an older form of chess that was played with d...

Wow! Such a wide variety and powerful. West Africa is really a staging ground for strong players.

I am slowly, but surely becoming a propagandist for the FMJD! [img]images/smilies/shrug.gif[/img]

I have a new idea for an essay looking at Black pioneers in both draughts and chess. I believe that seeing these legendary figures are inspiring regardless of which board sport one plays. However, we have to break up the West African monopoly of draughts! Maybe I will go to Senegal as a chess missi...

I just discovered from a chessplayer in Jamaica that a Russian chess legend was also a strong draughts player. His name was Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov . If he was as strong in draughts as in chess, then he was really strong! He was known for his attacking skill and combinations. I did some look...

This is wonderful information! It appears that I will have to do more reports. Carl Smith is from my hometown of Chicago! Here are (The Chess Drum) reports on Ndiaga Samb and the one I just did on Baba Sy. The one of Sy has already received attention from chess players. The dates are included on mos...

Correct URL for Pontus Carlsson http://thechessdrum.net/newsbriefs/2004/NB_Carlsson3.html I showed the readers of The Chess Drum the beauty of 10X10 draughts with the combination at http://dammeur2.free.fr/Baba%20Sy/preface.htm I wrote the following page years ago. http://www.thechessdrum.net/newsbr...