Iser Kuperman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Iser Kuperman

Ukrainian draughts player

Date of Birth: 21-Apr-1922

Place of Birth: Poliske, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 06-Mar-2006

Profession: draughts player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Iser Kuperman

  • Iser Kuperman, sometimes spelled Koeperman, (Russian: ???? ????????? ????????; April 21, 1922 - March 6, 2006) was an originally Ukrainian Jewish player of international draughts from USSR.
  • Iser Kuperman has been the seven-time world champion, the four-time Panamerican champion, many time champion USSR in international draughts and russian draughts.
  • He was an International grandmaster. Iser Kuperman was born in Habne, today Poliske, Kiev Oblast, on April 21, 1922.
  • In 1945 made his debut in championship of USSR in russian draughts and became first.
  • After that Kuperman took first place three time.
  • Then he began to play in international draughts and five time was champion USSR.
  • Iser Kuperman was world champion in 1958, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, and 1974.
  • Emigrated to Israel and then to the United States in 1978.
  • After his emigration, any mention of him was purged from the Soviet records. After that he became a Panamerican champion (1983, 1985, 1987 and 1995), a champion USA in pool checkers and won in their "Top Master" division from 1984 to 1990.
  • This led him to be referred to as "The Greatest Pool Checkers player of all time" by the Homan Square Pool Checkers & Chess Club of Chicago.

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