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surnameSlutskov
nameMark
patronymAronovich
birth_year1915
birth_month3
birth_day18
birth_placeRiga
death_year1997
death_month12
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Sidlin Abram Moiseevich (1909-1978)

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SurnameSidlin
NameAbram
PatronymMoiseevich
Birth year1909
birth_placeMoscow
Death year1978
Death placeIbid

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)