Amangul Berdieva (née Durdyeva;[1] born 1987[2]) is an English draughts and international draughts player from Turkmenistan. She is twice women's world champion of English draughts (also known as checkers) in both 3-Move and GAYP (Go As You Please) versions.
Amangul Berdieva won the first women's GAYP World Qualifier tournament in 2005 in Prague, ahead of New Zealander Jan Mortimer. [3] The former was awarded the Women's World GAYP Champion title in 2006 after the latter withdrew from the world title match. [2]
In 2007 she defeated Patricia Breen in Buncrana, Ireland[4] to become the new women's world champion in the 3-Move checkers.[2][5] Berdieva successfully defended her title in 2011 in Balkanabat, Turkmenistan against her compatriot Hurmagul Toyeva. [6]
At the 2012 World Mind Sports Games Berdieva took 2nd place in English draughts, losing the gold to Ukrainian Nadiya Chyzhevska. [7] Amangul Berdieva did not take part in the World GAYP Championships in 2013, thus forfeiting her world title, which went to Chyzhevska. [8] In 2016, Berdieva regained her world title by coming first in the women's round-robin tournament in Rome. [9][10]
Berdieva's brother and coach, Maksat Durdyev, was world junior champion in English draughts (3-Move version) from 2010 to 2016.[11] All five of her siblings and her father play the game at a professional level. [12]
References edit
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- ^ a b c "Women's World Championship (3 Move) Match 2007. Patricia Breen Vs Amangul Durdyeva" (PDF). World Checkers & Draughts Federation. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
- ^ "Jim Morrison wins World Qualifier!". The American Checker Federation. October 17, 2005. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
- ^ "New draughts champ in crowned in Buncrana Inishowen". www.inishowennews.com. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ "State News Agency of Turkmenistan". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
- ^ "Congratulations to Amangul". The American Checker Federation. August 8, 2011. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
- ^ "Achievement of the Turkmen checkers players at the World Mind Sports Games" (in Russian). Turkmen State News Service (TDH). 2012-08-26. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
List of medalists at the 2nd World Mind Sports Games at the official International Mind Sports Association Website - ^ Results of the 2013 World GAYP Championship in the ChessArbiter data base
- ^ World Championships Women in Checkers (3-move). chessarbiter.com.
- ^ "Dama, è calato il sipario sui Mondiali romani con due "azzurrini" sul podio". lazio.coni.it (in Italian). 2016-06-13. Archived from the original on 2018-08-03. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
- ^ "Historical Champions". World Checkers & Draughts Federation.
- ^ American Checkers Federation