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Checkers Champion Harm Wiersma 5Harm Wiersma, The Checkers WriterThe following works were written by the Grandmaster checkers player Harm Wiersma.Damjeugd, knowledge; Zutphen
Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow...
The above photos depict the early years in the checkers career of the Harm Wiersma, Dutch Grandmaster at the checkerboard. He is first seen as a member of the Netherlands team against the Soviet Union checkers team in 1968, then three years later he is facing an opponent in one of the many tournaments he entered. After that, Harm is a spectator to a match between Krijn Toet and Frans Hermelink at the World Championships in 1972. Following this, Harm Wiersma is deep in concentration during another of his many checkers games in 1975. The final pictures show champion Harm Wiersma in two of his competitions from his World Championship match in 1976 defeating Nevio Zorn from Italy and Raoul Delhom from France. This first world championship title was the beginning of a great many successful checkers games in his career. Harm Wiersma has played against numerous Dutch, European and International tournaments and World Championships during the course of his checkers career, which has spanned more than forty four years to date. During that time, the Dutch Grandmaster has faced both Master and Grandmaster opponents across the checkerboard during his checkers career and International players include: Iser Koeperman, Anatoli Gantwarg, Alexander Dibman, Alexei Tsjizjov, Guntis Valneris, Andris Andreiko, ‘Slawa’ Sjtsjogolev, Baba Sy, Fidele Nimbi, Mamina N’Diaye, Raoul Bubbi, and Carl ‘Buster’ Smith. Dutch national opponents included: Ton Sijbrands, Frans Drost, Hans Jansen, Rob Clerc, Piet Roozenburg, Jannes van der Wal, Auke Scholma, Bauke Bies, Anton Schotanus, Pieter Bergsma, Menno Bandstra, Sjoerd Visser, Johan Capelle, Hendrik van der Zee, Kees Thijssen and various others. Over the course of his checkers career, Harm Wiersma was involved in the mind sport of checkers in various capacities from Grandmaster player to coach to demonstrator to simultaneous player. He participated in 17 National Championships in the Netherlands of which he won eight titles, won six checkers World Championship titles and one European Championship title. Wiersma participated in numerous checkers tournaments and competitions in the International arena where he displayed an innovative game and personality. His techniques at the checkerboard easily showed that he loved complex propositions and creative ‘crooks’ and could come from behind the leader to win the championship once the initiative was there. Harm Wiersma is indeed a Dutch politician with a checkered past and now into the 21st century, where will his love of checkers take him next? Two Dutch MastersRivals, Champions, Friends Harm Wiersma
Ton Sijbrands
The players are Harm Wiersma and Ton Sijbrands. They have moved out of the youth category and are facing serious opposition at the checkerboard. How strong are their game skills and analytical techniques? The checkers careers that follow speak loudly for their natural abilities in strategy and tactical moves as well as innovative and imaginative play of these two local, National and International checkers champions. In the first few years of their careers, Harm and Ton participate in many of the same tournaments such as the Suikertoernooi, Bijlmer, National and World Championships. They face each other as opponents and rivals for championship titles, but then as time passes, they move in slightly different directions. Ton Sijbrands steps away from the World competition for about fifteen years because the World checkers circuit proves to be too stressful, though Harm Wiersma continues to play in the checkers arena for a few more years until he is somewhat disillusioned with the outcome of the 1984 World Championship, though he did win the World title. Ton focuses on his writing about the checkers realm and participates in the game at club level and national competitions. Harm Wiersma is involved in coaching for the Dutch Checkers Federation, his business and competitions outside the World arena. He is later involved in politics, but throughout their careers, they still meet at tournaments and game functions and with time, develop a friendship within the circle of the checkers game. As time matures the checkers champions, will their paths be forged closer? Will their innate love of checkers continue to bring these two Dutch former World Champions together time and again and how will they impact the realm of checkers within Dutch society? The future will tell a very interesting story. Keep posted. And so it began...   Newspaper Article
 Harm Wiersma 1997 The new outdoors champ? Tired of regular checkers?   The Two Dutchmen at the European Championship in 1999 ~ with and without smiley faces. Ton/Harm Checkers TriviaAs long as Ton contested the Netherlands National checkers championship, Harm always seemed to place behind the slightly older, slightly more experienced Grandmaster, but as soon as the checkers field was clear for Harm alone, he took the checkers throne in the National tournament. Here is how it went: (TS ~ Ton Sijbrands, HW ~ Harm Wiersma)
 Checkers Champion Harm Wiersma Forever and always, the game is CHECKERS... |
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