Vyacheslav Ivanovich Shchyogolev ( Russian: Вячеслав Иванович Щёголев; born 30 December 1940 in Moscow) is a Russian grandmaster in international draughts. He won two Draughts World Championships in 1960 and 1964, as well as four Soviet Union championships (1959, 1963, 1964 and 1976). [1]
He wrote a book From beginner to champion ( Russian: От новичка до чемпиона), where he praised draughts for shaping the player as a fighter, scientist and artist. [2]