Alexander Borisovich Kandaurov (b. January 17, 1956 , Moscow , USSR ) - Soviet Russian athlete specializing in drafts-64 . International Grandmaster (1986 [1] ), Knight of the Order of the Badge of Honor . The first world champion in Brazilian drafts , four - time champion of the USSR in Russian drafts (1982, 1987, 1989, 1991).
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| Full name | Alexander Borisovich Kandaurov |
| A country |  the USSR  Russia |
| Specialization | checkers |
| Date of Birth | January 17, 1956 (63 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Moscow , USSR |
The first steps in the drafts of Alexander Kandaurov were taken under the guidance of the Honored Coach of the USSR Nikolai Kurnosov . Subsequently, Kandaurov trained with E. S. Kukleev, Yu. V. Kirillov, A. A. Salnikov, S. N. Gorbachev .
In 1977, in Bendery, Kandaurov won his first medal of the USSR championship in Russian drafts . In the future, he four times became the champion of the USSR in this kind of drafts:
- 1982 ( Chisinau )
- 1987 ( Samarkand )
- 1989 ( Pinsk )
- 1991 (Chisinau)
Kandaurov also won another bronze medal of the national championship in 1986 in Tallinn . In 1985, in Galatine (Italy), at the first World Drafts-64 Championship, held according to the rules of Brazilian drafts , Kandaurov, in competition with another Soviet athlete Vladimir Wigman and rivals from the Netherlands and Brazil, confidently won first place, one and a half points ahead Wigman - silver medalist [2] . In 1986, he became a holder of the Order of the Badge of Honor [3] . Later, he shared third place with Yuri Anikeev at the 2002 World Championship in the lightning fast game of Brazilian drafts [4] . Kandaurov’s best achievement in international drafts was the victory of the Polish Open in 1983.
In the future, Alexander Kandaurov played a prominent role in the life near the table. He is the owner of the website “Checkers in Russia”, where critical notes are regularly posted about the organs of the FMJD and the Russian drafts leadership. Kandaurov was a member of the Executive Committee of the Section 64 of the FMJD and was its vice-president, but lost the presidential election [5] . Kandaurov actively supports the development of drafts game programs, in particular, actively participating in the organization of the first Russian championships among drafts programs [6] , and then becoming a participant in the first matches in Russian drafts between such programs ( “Master” and then “Tundra”) and grandmaster -man. Kandaurov defeated the “Master” in January, and the “Tundra” in June 2003 [7] . As vice-president of Section 64 of the FMJD, Kandaurov became the organizer of the I World Championship in Russian Drafts among programs (Moscow, 2008) [8] .
Notes
- ↑ List of drafts players with international drafts titles 64 Archival copy of August 16, 2011 on Wayback Machine on the official website of Section 64 of the FMJD
- ↑ First World Cup on a 64-cell board on the website “Checkers for All”
- ↑ Congratulations! // Chess Review. - 1986. - No. 15 . - S. 32 .
- ↑ Men's World Drafts-64 Championships on the official website of Section 64 of the FMJD
- ↑ Meeting of the management of Section 64 FMJD with the participants of the European Championship in Bulgaria
- ↑ Article by A. N. Knyazev on the fate of computer championships on the website “Checkers in Russia”
- ↑ The first game of human checkers with a computer on the site “Checkers to all”
A computer or a person? (Attempt No. 3) Archived October 29, 2011 to Wayback Machine at TUNDRA2.com - ↑ I-th World Championship in Russian drafts among computer programs Archived copy of October 18, 2010 on the Wayback Machine on the site “Taveli: Computer Drafts”
Links
- Kandaurov Alexander on the website of the Academy of Chess and Drafts (St. Petersburg)
- Portal "Checkers in Russia"