Alexei Rudolfovich Chizhov (Russian: Алексей Рудольфович Чижов; born October 15, 1964, in Izhevsk, Udmurtia, Russian SFSR[1]) is a Russian draughts player who has won the International Draughts World Championship ten times. His first world championship title was in 1988, and his most recent was in 2005. His eighth world championship title, in 1996, broke Isidore Weiss's record of seven world championship titles—a record which had stood for 87 years. USSR national champion (1990), Russian national champion (2016). In 2003, Chizhov headed the World Draughts Federation.[2]
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- ^ "Oфициальный сайт города Ижевска". Archived from the original on 2013-02-17. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
- ^ Большая биографическая энциклопедия
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