Patricia Breen (draughts player)

Patricia Breen (draughts player)

Patricia Breen (born April 23, 1976 Bennekerry, Carlow, Ireland) is an Irish draughts player and among the leading women in the game. This is primarily in variations other than International draughts. [ [http://www.fmjd.nl/rating/queryf.php?listof=200&landvan=world&listabc=a&select2=rating&usertable=r54&Submit=Get+it%21 Top-ranked women in International Draughts from the World Draughts Federation] ] She became Irish Women's Champion at 12 and at seventeen she defeated the women's world champion. In 2001 she became the first woman player to represent Britain and Ireland in a Senior International Match against the United States. She has contested the Women's World Title four times and is currently the Women's Champion. It has been claimed she is the highest ranked female player ever [ [http://irishdraughts.org/history.html Irish Draughts site] ] and the "World Checkers/Draughts Federation" rates her as currently the highest rated female player. [ [http://wcdf.wz.cz/ratings.htm World Checkers/Draughts Federation] ]

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External links

* [http://usacheckers.com/biographypatriciabreen.php USA Checkers]

See also

*Amangul Durdyyeva
*Jan Mortimer
*Judit Polgár


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