Multiple world and national checkers champion Ion Dosca won silver at the 73rd Estonian Men’s Championship in Russian Checkers, IPN reports.

Ion Dosca gained 11 points. He was outstripped by Estonia’s Arno Uutma, who scored 12 points. Estonia’s Andrus Tull gained 9 points and ranked third.

The championship was held in Elva city during July 22-25.

Ion Dosca holds most of the titles among Moldovan checkers players. He won the URSS Cup in 1980 and 1990, the URSS championship (Russian version) in 1991, is a laureate of World Championships (international version), world champion in 1999 (universal), and US champion in 2000 (pool-checkers).