Spanish origin of Checkers, volume II ~ History of Draughts / Checkers

Spanish origin of Checkers, volume II

Publication pending

About the Author

Dr. Govert Westerveld, (Monnickendam - Holland, 1947) was a former Dutch Youth Champion of Checkers (1963). He left Holland in 1974 and had during 40 years his own business in the citrus peels in Spain. Today retired, He is one of the Official Chroniclers (Historians) of Blanca (Murcia, Spain). In 2002 he was appointed Fellow of the Real Academia of Alfonso X the Wise at Murcia. He is Hispanist by the International Association (AIH) and by the Asociación de Hispanistas del Benelux (AHBx). He is one of the Official Historians of the Federation Mondiale de Jeu de Dames (FMJD) and one of the Members of the Comité of Historians of the Spanish Chess Federation (FEDA).

History of Draughts / Checkers