eBooks from an independent researcher

The purpose of this blog is to facilitate you free access to many eBooks about the history of draughts in: https://archive.org/details/@govertwAs an independent researcher Govert Westerveld has so far published 200 books in various branches of history and mind sports (Spanish history, Spanish biographies, history of chess, alquerque, draughts, biographies of prominent figures in draughts, draughts (checkers) playing, etc.) and his works are written...

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                 ISIDORE WEIS Three books in 7 lenguages:Dutch, German, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, English, French.Hardcover, available in: About Govert Westerveld        http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/moriscoricote     ...

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The History of Alquerque-12. Texts of the game. Volume III

The History of Alquerque-12.  Texts of the game. Volume III  ISBN:   978-0-244-07274-2  515 pages --- I dedicate this work to Mr. Joaquín Salmerón, Director of the Museum Siyasa of Cieza (Murcia) in Spain. Thanks to his enthusiasm and generous help I could initiate the investigation of the Alquerque-12 game in Spain.    The reason to write three volumes about alquerque-12 was due to the...

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My young Years by the side of Harm Wiersma and Ton Sijbrands, Future World Champions

My young Years by the side of Harm Wiersma and Ton Sijbrands, Future World Champions  Draughts is more difficult than Chess - 308 pages ISBN:   978-0-244-66661-3            -       2018    Hard cover     Lulu Editors At the end of 2017 a draughts player asked me to have translations of some of my Spanish...

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Draughts and La Celestina’s creator Francesch Vicent (Lucena) in Ferrara with Lucrezia Borgia

Draughts and La Celestina’s creator Francesch Vicent (Lucena) in Ferrara with Lucrezia Borgia  -  316 pages ISBN:   978-0-244-05324-6            -       2018 Writing about the medical student Lucena, the inventor of draughts  and first writer about modern chess was not easy and it took us many years to find out about his activity...

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The Origin of the Checkers and Modern Chess Game. Volume II

The Origin of the Checkers and Modern Chess Game. Volume II - 300 pages ISBN:   978-0-244-04257-8            -       2017 I shall briefly describe the second volume of the first part of this book, whose chapters I have tried to write in a simple style. The  ancient word "trecha",  that years afterwards was  converted into "...

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Draughts is more difficult than chess

What is more difficult, draughts or chess? One can argue endlessly about this question according to the ex-world champion Dr. Max Euwe. The chessboard has 64 squares, the checkerboard only 50 in the international game of 100 squares. Players use 40 pieces in draughts (checkers) and only 32 in chess. In a full position on the checkerboard there are usually three or four reasonable possible moves, on the chessboard the number of free moves can...

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