Best of Ion Doska (2) [The Legends]

Ion Dosca (born January 2, 1955 in Bucovăţ, Moldavian SSR) is a Moldavian Brazilian draughts player, international grandmaster since 1996 and world champion in 1999. Dosca also plays other variants of draughts, such as Russian checkers and pool checkers and won numerous national championships in both variants. Sports career Ion Dosca played in Soviet junior competitions from the age of 12. At 15, he won the Moldavian youth championships in Russian checkers. In the early 1970s Dosca made first real successes on the All-Union level, winning the silver medal at the All-Union junior Trade Unions Sports Society championships in 1971 and taking the title at the same competition in the next year. In 1974 Dosca won his first Moldavian senior title and received a Master of Sport rank. In 1980 and 1990 Dosca won the USSR Cup in Russian checkers, and in 1991 he shared the first place in the last Soviet championships in Russian checkers. Ion Dosca made significant successes on the international level. In addition to wi