Ton Sijbrands

Teunis (Ton) Sijbrands (kuma bi ọjọ 15 December 1949, ẹfu Amsterdam) chi Dutch international draughts player kimu di world champion in 1972. Odo ẹkiji nwu, he successfully defended his title in a match against Andris Andreiko.

Ẹfu ọdọ 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973 kpamani 1988 onwu chi the national Dutch champion. Sijbrands nwọ chẹ ni a weekly column lu gbo draughts ẹfu Dutch national newspaper de Volkskrant kpamani i kọ'takada wẹwẹ lu gbo game le.

He also made major achievements in simultaneous blindfold draughts. Ẹfu ọdọ 2002 he won 17 games and played 5 draws from a total 22 games, which equals a score of approximately 88%.

Ọjọ 18 December 2004, ẹfu Dutch village ẹyi Lutten, Sijbrands improved the world record for blindfold simultaneous draughts. In this attempt that lasted 24 hours, i du 20 ẹfu 24 games; the other 4 were draws, which equals a score of about 92%. At his next attempt, on 5 October 2007 at Tilburg University, he broke his own record again. This time he played 25 games, winning 21 and drawing 4. After losing the record to his compatriot Erno Prosman, Sijbrands regained it in September 2009 when he played 28 simultaneous games, winning 18, drawing 7 and losing 3.Sijbrands recovers simultaneous world record , Radio Netherlands Worldwide, September 26, 2009 Prosman recovered the world record on 7 July 2012 in Gouda, Netherlands. He played 30 games, winning 17, losing 5 with 8 draws, a score of exactly 70%.

Sijbrands regained the world record once more on 19–21 December 2014 in Hilversum, Netherlands. He played 32 games with 14 wins and 18 draws.

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