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During the past five years, checker game player
Darja Tkatsjenko developed strong endgame techniques
that she has certainly used to her advantage.
Darja Tkatsjenko contested against checkers
opponents in Den Haag (The Hague) International
Open in 2004 gaining some good competitive
checkers experience, but her great checkerboard
triumph came later that same year in Mlava
at the Slovenia Bovec Tournament, where Darja
Tkatsjenko defeated numerous players with a
final score of 13 points to win the checkers
game tournament. As a result, Darja Tkatsjenko
became the Women’s European Draughts (Checkers) Champion at the age of twenty.
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 Darja at The Hague tournament 2004 |
 Darja at The Hague Checkers Game Tournament 2004 |
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 2004 Women’s European Draughts Championship Bovec Tournament |
 2004 Women’s European Checkers Game Championship Bovec Tournament |
 2004 Women’s European Draughts Championship Darja Tkatsjenko |
Darja Tkatsjenko
vs
Tamara Tansikkuzhyna
In 2005, Darja Tkatsjenko continued her winning
streak as she contested the draughts/checkers
game in the Ladies World Cup in Prague and
played against a field of top level female
players from the European checkers arena. Once
again this young competitor displayed her strong
analytical skills and checkerboard expertise
by winning the championship golden cup.
Darja with the Championship Golden Cup, Prague 2005
However, the real coup in checkers for this
young game master was her first place win of
the Women’s World Championship tournament
in International Draughts in Latronico, Italy.
Darja defeated Tamara Tansykkuzhina, who was
the defending Women’s World Champion
and became the new 2005 World Champion.
Then in 2006, she faced experienced opponents
across the tournament checkerboard in various
national and international checkers tournaments
such as competing against GM Guntis Valneris
at the Nijmegen Open. Each opponent pitted
analytical skills and intuition against the
other, but years of experience behind Valneris
defeated the young Ukraine’s cross
board game.
This young World Champion also participated
in the 9th International Salou Open in Salou,
Spain, in 2006 and once again Darja competed
against a roster of experienced Masters and
Grandmasters at the tournament checkerboard.
Though she played strong, intuitive games,
the Ukrainian champion finished in 6th place.
However, Darja was perhaps saving her skill
and endgame techniques for the major women’s
event of the year.
In the Women’s World Championships
in Valpollino, Italy, Darja defended her
World Title in International Draughts against
a field of master checkers players that included
Tamara Tansykkuzhina, Olga Kamychleeva, Zoja
Golubeva and Nina Hoekman, as well as a host
of other experienced players. Darja was once
again successful in her game play, but did
not secure the title until the 11th and final
round. She won first place and the Women’s
World Championship title for 2006 with an
end score of 17 points, though second and
third place were close behind.
Darja Tkatsjenko vs Tamara
Darja Tkatsjenko Women’s World Champion 2006
The Women’s World Cup Championship
in International Draughts/Checkers was held
in Yakutsk, Russia, in 2007. Yet again, a
field of female checkers players contested
at the checkerboard during the course of
the tournament seeking to win this coveted
world title.
Darja Tkatskjenko faced her opponents with
the same confidence that had led her through
numerous competitions during the past few
years. She was here to defend her Women’s
World Title and played with her usual expertise
and finesse. Unfortunately, Darja could not
pull off a win this time. Tamara Tansykkuzhina
played a stronger game than Darja in their
final round. From the beginning of this match,
it would seem that Darja made the wrong
choice of game to play, which did not lead
the World Champion to a win.
After the last game between the two champions,
Tamara won back the World title in a final
draw against Darja. Tamara concluded the
match with a score of 21 points, while Darja
tied with Danilova at 20 points, but Darja
Tkatsjenko finished with silver in 2nd place
and Marfa Danilova placed 3rd with fewer
wins than Tkatsjenko.
In future years, the International Draughts/Checkers
circuit will likely see the skill across
the checkerboard of these champions yet again.
In 2008, the FMJD rated each of the top five
world GMIF players very closely in total
points.
| 2370 | 2369 | 2366 | 2365 | 2360 |
 Checkers Champion Tatjana (Tanja) Chub |
 Checkers Champion Tamara Tansykkuzhina |
 Checkers Champion Olga Kamychleeva |
 Checkers Champion Darja Tkatsjenko |
 Checkers Champion Zoja Golubeva |
| Checkers Champion Amangul Durdyev | Checkers Game Kim Willis | Champion Darja Tkatsjenko |
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