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World Cup in draughts-64 is held in Türkiye

The International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the Calendar of the IDF competitions in 2025 holds in Türkiye from April 20 (arrival day) to April 29 (departure day) 2025 World Cup – International competitions “Türkiye-2025”.
The competitions are held in three disciplines: Blitz, Blitz (Brazilian version of draughts-64), Rapid.
Blitz programs are finished. The third discipline of the World Cup – Rapid has started.

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European Youth Draughts-64 Championship is held in Türkiye

The International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the Calendar of the IDF competitions in 2025 holds in Türkiye European Youth Draughts-64 Championship.
European Championship take place at the hotel Ma Biche Kemer by Werde Hotels 5*, Kemer (Türkiye).
Competitions are held in three disciplines – Blitz, Rapid and Classic game.

The Blitz and Rapid disciplines completed. Classic started today. See the results.

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European Draughts-64 Championship among men and women in Türkiye completed

The International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the Calendar of the IDF competitions in 2025 held in Türkiye from 11 to 20 April 2025 the European Draughts-64 Championship among men and women.

The European Championship was held separately for men and women in the disciplines: Blitz, Rapid and Classic game. The Blitz and Classic game disciplines were held according to the international/Russian version of draughts-64. The Rapid discipline was held according to the Brazilian version of draughts-64.

Shchukin Roman and Aprosimova Sandaara won the title of 2025 European Champions in the Сlassic game!
Tikhonov Artem and Nikalayeva Viktoryia became the 2025 European Champions in Rapid!
Mikhalchenka Ihar and Fedorova Tunaara became the 2025 European Champions in the Blitz! See the results.
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IDF President Vladimir Langin meet with the Minister of Sports of the Republic of Uzbekistan

On January 15, 2025, during the international competition “Stars of Uzbekistan-2025”, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Sports of the Republic of Uzbekistan between IDF President Vladimir Langin and the Minister of Sports of the Republic of Uzbekistan Ikramov Adkham Ilkhamovich. The meeting was also attended by IDF Vice-President, President of the Uzbekistan Draughts Federation Aminjonov Yunus.

The issues of developing draughts in Uzbekistan, holding international competitions and long-term cooperation were discussed. (more…)

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IDF Appeal to the European Draughts Confederation (EDC) and to the National Federations of European Countries

The International Draughts Federation (IDF) appealed to the European Draughts Confederation (EDC) and to the national federations of European countries. The letter is HERE

Text of the appeal:

Dear colleagues!

Recently, some sources have reported that a certain “European Draughts-64 Championship (Russian/Brazilian)” will be held in Estonia in 2025. In this regard, the International Draughts Federation (IDF) informs you of the following.

The European Draughts-64 Championships among men and women will be held in Turkey (Kemer) from April 11 to 20, 2025. The competitions will traditionally be held at a high level in the Russian and Brazilian versions of the game. The prize fund will be more than 25,000 euros. At the moment, representatives of 16 countries have confirmed their participation. (more…)

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International competitions “Stars of Uzbekistan-2025” completed

The International Draughts Federation (IDF) together with the Uzbekistan Draughts Federation in accordance with the Calendar of the IDF competitions in 2025 held from 14 to 23 January 2025 in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) first events of 2025: Training event and International competitions “Stars of Uzbekistan-2025”.
Competitions were held in the categories: men, women; juniors (boys and girls) up to 27 years old (born in 1999-2005); boys and girls up to 17 years old (born in 2009 and younger) in two disciplines: Classic and Blitz games.

Gavril Kolesov and Iuliia Nikanorova won Blitz!
Gavril Kolesov and Zhanna Sarshaeva won discipline Classic game! (more…)

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Uzbekistan to host World Cup in draughts-64

The International Draughts Federation (IDF) together with the Uzbekistan Draughts Federation in accordance with the Calendar of the IDF competitions in 2025 will be held The World Cup in draughts-64 – International competition “Uzbekistan-2025” in the capital of Uzbekistan, Tashkent from May 10 to May 18, 2025.
Competitions were held in three disciplines: Classic, Rapid and Blitz.

Invitation has been published. (more…)

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Jakob Friesen won the Open German Championship

Traditional draughts tournaments were held in Saarbrücken (Germany) from 15 to 17 November 2024:

18th International Draughts-100 Tournament Saarbrücken – Open (15-16 November 2024)
14th Open German Draughts-64 Championship (Brazilian version) (16-17 November 2024)

Jakob Friesen won the Open German Draughts-64 Championship (more…)

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