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Checkers Champion Ton ‘Teunis’ Sijbrands Page 21968 ~ 1981During the next seven years, Ton Sijbrands easily displayed his checkers skill development and checkerboard prowess by winning the Dutch national championship in Utrecht/Apeldoorn 1969, 1970, 1971, and 1973. He also won the European championship match again in 1968, 1969 and 1971. Then in 1972 he defeated World Champion, Andris Andreiko, in the Hengelo tournament and captured the European World Checkers Championship title, which he then defended in the 1973 Den Haag/the Hague World Championship competition with a successful win against Andreiko in a score of 22-18. However, after 1973 Ton refrained from playing in the World tournament arena until 1988; however, he did continue playing against master opponents in various tournaments throughout the European checkers circuit during that time period.
1975Throughout his checkers tournament experiences, Ton honed his strategic style of play at the checkerboard, and when he returned to the World Championship arena in 1988 contested for the Dutch championship and successfully won the title once more.The following year, Ton challenged World Champion, Alexei Tsjizjov, in the final round of the European World Championship checkers tournament held in Amersfoort, Netherlands. During the last game of the title match, the defending champion tied with Sijbrands with a closing result of one win, one loss and eighteen draws each out of a match with 20-20 games. The end tie score thus allowed Tsjizjov to retain his World checkers title for another year and Ton placed 2nd in the world competition. In 1992, Ton was one of many Grandmasters who played in the checkers world Cup competition in Toulon. Alexei Tsjizjov was the defending World Champion, and in the final game of the tournament match, Sijbrands and Alexei were the opponents: Ton seeking the World title and Alexei defending to hold on to the checkers title.  Ton Sijbrands vs Alexei Tsjizjov Toulon, France 1992 The end result of the World Championship match was Tsjizjov defeating Sijbrands and retaining his checkers world title; however, Sijbrands loss placed him in 2nd place ranking with Harm Wiersma, Rob Clerc, and Alexander Baljakin. This also raised the question as to who would be the challenger the following year. Of this outcome, Harm Wiersma commented: (translated version) “Ton and I always look for the perfect moves. This takes a lot of mental energy. Tsjizjov (then 28) is conditioned and physically strong playing with a fun approach.” On the subject of his opponent and checkers Grandmaster, Alexei Tsjizjov, Ton remarked that the Russian player had a distinctive, clear style and that he played the game quickly, making easy capture decisions, with the possibility of winning on simple standings or checkerboard plays. This is in contrast to Sijbrands own more pensive, analytical approach. Perhaps the differences in the crossboard techniques and styles could have had a significant ‘play’ in the overall tournament outcome. The Dutch Grandmaster player took a significant stance in the European checkers arena during a fourth round game at the Apeldoorn tournament in 1993. From all accounts of the game, there was construction taking place to rebuild part of the Town Hall, and though some attempts had been made by the competition organizers to reduce the noise level, Sijbrands found the hammering, etc. excessive and it affected his concentration at an important phase of his checkers game. His opponent was Peter Hoopman at this juncture. Ton finally asked the referee to stop the game clock while a solution was sought to stop the construction noise. This was done and then the referee came back and told the Grandmaster that whatever the remedy was ‘would soften the noise’. Apparently they had attempted to block out the disturbing sounds by taping off the doors; however, it did not appear that this solved the issue with Sijbrands for he offered the game win to his opponent. Unfortunately, Peter Hoopman declined the offer and did not want to take it on a default so he would say nothing to the organizers. Sijbrands stepped away from the game while he made a decision and then surprised the tournament officials by not coming back, but later informing them that he had withdrawn from the match competition. Although his decision did compromise the game outcomes somewhat, he had tried to conclude the game in a fair manner, and eventually a decision was made as to how to proceed with the remainder of the match minus the Dutch player.  Ton Sijbrands concentrating on checker board.  1995 Ton Sijbrands playing outdoor checkers with Igor  Ton Sijbrands spent a lot of time preparing for tournaments and the World Championship matches.
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