Vladimir Kaplan

Vladimir Kaplan (born January 11, 1925; died September, 2000) was a noted player of pool checkers from Russia. His wife worked as an accountant on Wall Street to support this. He apparently had some difficulties in international competitions because he was Jewish. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE3D81531F934A35751C1A967958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all New York Times] ] He immigrated to the United States and by 1983 played for that nation in competitions. [ [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB295E041084EC8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Philadelphia Inquirer] ] He also wrote several books on the game. [ [http://www.jimloy.com/checkers/kaplan.htm Pool Checkers Books by Vladimir Kaplan ] ]

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* [http://americanpoolcheckers.us/Kaplan/Kaplan1.html Tribute Page at American Pool Checkers]