Sidlin Abram Moiseevich (1909-1978)
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| Surname | Sidlin |
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| Name | Abram |
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| Patronym | Moiseevich |
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| Birth year | 1909 |
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| Birth place | Moscow |
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| Death year | 1978 |
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| Death place | Ibid |
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| Sex | M |
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Sidlin Abram (Abraham) Moiseevich (1909, Moscow — 1978, ibid.) — draughts (checkers) player.
Abram Sidlin was a Master of Sport (1927), Honored Coach of the USSR (1964), and All-Union category referee (1967).
Winner of the first individual championship of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions (1925), he was also a participant in the first USSR championships in Russian draughts.
He was the author of the “Draughts Code of the USSR” (Moscow, 1937), as well as numerous books on the theory of draughts, including:
“First Lessons in Draughts (Первые уроки шашечной игры” (Moscow, 1937)
“Problem Book of Draughts. Draughts in 12 Lessons (Задачник шашечной игры. Шашки в 12 уроков)” (Moscow–Leningrad, 1949)
“Theory and Practice of Draughts (Теория и практика шашечной игры)” (Riga, 1950)
“How to Evaluate a Position in Draughts(Как оценивать позицию в шашках)” (Moscow, 1966)