Marcel Deslauriers

{{Short description|Canadian draughts player (1905–1988)}}

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Marcel Deslauriers (Montreal on July 22, 1905 – December 1988) was a Canadian/Québécois international draughts player. In 1956 he became the only North American, male or female, to win Draughts World Championship. A tournament in Canada was named in his honor{{cite web|url=http://www.fqjr.qc.ca/dames/100/ChCan2004_en.pdf |title=Canadian checkers federation |accessdate=2013-09-30 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040622102552/http://www.fqjr.qc.ca/dames/100/ChCan2004_en.pdf |archivedate=June 22, 2004 }} and a book was written on him and his strategies.{{Cite web|url=http://dames.quebecjeux.org/nouveau-livre-au-sujet-de-marcel-deslauriers/|title = Nouveau livre au sujet de Marcel Deslauriers! | Association québécoise des joueurs de dames}}