Piet Roozenburg
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Piet Roozenburg was a draughts player from Rotterdam
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He is an important figure in the game having been the world's draughts
champion from 1948 to 1954, winning four times in all. He created the "Roozenburg system" of play and wrote on the game. He was named Dutch sportsman of the year in 1948.
In his professional life he worked as an economist
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Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
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He is an important figure in the game having been the world's draughts
Draughts
Draughts is a group of abstract strategy board games between two players which involve diagonal moves of uniform pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over the enemy's pieces. Draughts developed from alquerque...
champion from 1948 to 1954, winning four times in all. He created the "Roozenburg system" of play and wrote on the game. He was named Dutch sportsman of the year in 1948.
In his professional life he worked as an economist
Economist
An economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
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