Claim: Alex Moiseyev was a draughts player who won the US title at the international form in 1995 and then switched to English draughts, also called American checkers or straight checkers.
Evidence: Alexander Moiseyev (born February 19, 1959) is a Soviet-born American draughts player. He won the US title at the international form in 1995 and then switched to English draughts, also known as "American checkers". English draughts (British English) or checkers (American English; see spelling differences), also called American checkers or straight checkers, is a form of the strategy board game draughts.