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Draughts Player Day in Brazil
12. May 2008Brazil celebrated it’s official Draughts Player Day on Friday, 9th of May. That is the birthday of a well known Brazilian draughts activist, the late Geraldino Izidoro, who authored the two first books on the 100 square draughts in Brazil in the year 1940.
In addition to that, Geraldino published the first draughts-related columns in Brazilian newspapers.
From 1935 until he passed away two years ago, Geraldino Izidoro contributred a lot to the cause of draughts in Brazil.