Traditional Open Draughts Tournament “White Nights-2019” was held from July 13 (arrival day) to July 21 (departure day) 2019 in St. Petersburg (Russia). Three separate competitions were held within the framework of the tournament: an open-tournament among men and women and separate competitions among boys and girls in the age groups 2003-2005, 2006-2008, 2009-2010, 2011 and younger. All competitions were held in two programs: Classic and Blitz. International grandmaster Yevgeny Kondrachenko (Belarus) won open tournaments for men and women in both programs. See results. (more…)

We remind you that in August-September 2019, the main starts in draughts-64 of 2019 will be held in Bulgaria.

In the Sports Complex “Aqualife”, Kranevo will be held:

World Youth Championship – from August 22 to September 1. Representatives from more than 15 countries will take part in the competition. Read more HERE

For the first time, the World Youth Team Championship will be held on August 25. Read more HERE (more…)

International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the calendar of the competitions in 2019 holds in Kranevo (Bulgaria) from August 26 (arrival day) till September 01, 2019 (departure day) 4^th Stage of World Cup 2019 in draughts-64-International competition “Bulgaria-2019”. Competitions will be held in two types of programs: Blitz and Rapid.

Invitation published. (more…)

International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the calendar of the competitions 2019 held in Rimini (Italy) from 15 June (arrival day) to 22 June 2019 2^nd Stage of World Cup 2019 in draughts-64-International competition “Rimini-2019”. Competitions were held in the three types of programs: Blitz, Rapid and Classic.

International grandmaster Aleksej Domcev (Lithuania) won Blitz and Rapid. International master Dmitrii Melnikov won Classic program. In women Maryna Kasian (Ukraine) won Blitz, Anna Filipenko (Russia) won Rapid and Svetlana Streltsova (Russia) won Classic program.  (more…)

Asian Championships in draughts-64, Turkish draughts and draughts-100 are held in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) from June 19 to July 2, 2019. The Asian Draughts-64 Championship was held from 19 to 25 June under the auspices of the International Draughts Federation IDF and was qualifying for the World Draughts-64 Championship 2019 among men and women, which will be held in Sveti Vlas (Bulgaria) from September 1 to 10. Competitions in draughts-64 were held in the age categories: veterans 60 years and older; men and women; juniors and youths (boys and girls) up to 20, 17, 14, 11, 9 years. Competitions were held in the three programs: Blitz, Rapid and Classic. See results. (more…)