Under the auspices of the International Draughts Federation (IDF) Traditional Draughts Tournament “White Nights-2018” will be held from July 21 (arrival day) to July 29 (departure day) 2018 in St. Petersburg (Russia). Within the framework of the competition there will be an open tournament for men and women and competitions among among boys and girls in the age groups 2002-2004, 2005-2007, 2008-2009, 2010 and younger, having the status of All-Russian competitions. Invitation published. (more…)

International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the Calendar of the competitions in 2018 from April 29 (arrival day) to May 08, 2018 (departure day) at the Sports Complex “Aqua Life”, Kranevo (Bulgaria) conducted personal-team European Youth Draughts-64 Championship 2018. Competitions were held with the support of the Foundation for Promotion of Draughts Sports “Russian Draughts”.

See  results in the individual and team classification, games of participants and video from closing ceremony.
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Blitz tournament dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of the famous Uzbek master Sharifjon Yakubov, was held on May 9 in the capital of Uzbekistan, Tashkent. Strongest grandmasters and masters of Uzbekistan took part in competition. Ex-world champion, international grandmaster Markiel Fazylov specially came to the tournament from Israel, where he now lives. Winner of the tournament became an international grandmaster Samandar Kalanov. See the competition table. (more…)

International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the Calendar of the competitions in 2018 from July 30  to August 7, 2018 holds in Kuremaa, Jõgeva region (Estonia) 4^th Stage of World Cup 2018 in draughts-64- International competition “Jogeva-2018”. Competitions are held in the three types of programs: Blitz, Rapid and Classic.

Invitation published. (more…)

International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the Calendar of the competitions in 2018 holds August-September 2018 in Kranevo (Bulgaria) series of draughts events. Among them are world championships among boys, girls and veterans, world team championship, as well as the IDF Reporting and Elective General Assembly and the European Championship among men and women. Invitations are published in the relevant sections. Watch for updates. (more…)