Vitālija Dumeša

Vitalia Doumesh (; born April 29, 1965, in Latvian SSR, USSR) is a Dutch draughts player (International draughts, English draughts and Turkish draughts). She won championships in the USSR (1983, 1989, 1990, 1991) and the Netherlands (1997, 2015, 2017). Women's International grandmaster (GMIF).

Biography Doumesh lived and worked as a software engineer in Latvian capital Riga during the 80s . Since 1995 she has lived in the Netherlands (Alkmaar), She is a teacher at Transcendental Meditation, translator from Dutch, Russian and English.

Sports achievements

International draughts World Championship 1997 (6 place)) 1999 (15 place) 2003 (7 place) 2005 (7 place) 2007 (11 place) 2011 (11 place) 2017 (7 place) 2023 (10 place)

European Championship 2002 (4 place) 2004 (12 place) 2006 (9 place) 2008 (13 place) 2000 (8 place) 2012 (23 place) 2014 (15 place) 2016 (14 place) 2018 (10 place) 2022 (12 place) 2024 (15 place)

English draughts World Championship 2013 (4 place) 2014 (2 place) 2016 (5 place) 2025 (5 place)

Turkish draughts World Championship 2014 (35 place and 3 place in the team classification)