Marcel Deslauriers Explained

Marcel Deslauriers (Montreal on July 22, 1905 – December 1988) was a Canadian/Québécois international draughts player. In 1956 he became the only North American, male or female, to win Draughts World Championship. A tournament in Canada was named in his honor^[1] and a book was written on him and his strategies.^[2]

Book on Deslauriers

• L.J.A Koops, Marcel Deslauriers : Partijen, fragmenten en analyses

Notes and References

1. Web site: Canadian checkers federation . 2013-09-30 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20040622102552/http://www.fqjr.qc.ca/dames/100/ChCan2004_en.pdf . June 22, 2004 .
2. Web site: Nouveau livre au sujet de Marcel Deslauriers! | Association québécoise des joueurs de dames.