Marcel Deslauriers

Marcel Deslauriers at the 1960 Draughts World Championship.

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

References

1. "Canadian checkers federation" (PDF). Archived from the original on June 22, 2004. Retrieved 2013-09-30.
2. "Nouveau livre au sujet de Marcel Deslauriers! | Association québécoise des joueurs de dames".