Alexei Chizhov Biography

Russian draughts playerAlexei Chizhov

Alexei Rudolfovich Chizhov (Russian: Алексей Рудольфович Чижов; born October 15, 1964, in Izhevsk, Udmurtia, Russian SFSR) is a Russian draughts player who has won the International Draughts World Championship ten times. His first world championship *le was in 1988, and his most recent was in 2005. His eighth world championship *le, in 1996, broke Isidore Weiss's record of seven world championship *les—a record which had stood for 87 years. USSR national champion (1990), Russian national champion (2016). In 2003, Chizhov headed the World Draughts Federation.

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    External links

    • World Draughts Federation
    • Ranking at European draughts site
    • Biography (in Russian)


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