On September 22, the event, which FMJD and its organizer, Mr. Marcos, pathetically called the World Cup, started in Brazil. As everybody can easily see from the “competition” standings, in the tournament are involved official representatives from two countries (Brazil and Poland) and several tourists without applications of their national federations and contrary to federation’s decisions. At the same time …

International Draughts Federation IDF in accordance with the Calendar of the competitions in 2016 holds from December 10 (day of arrival) to December 18 (departure day), 2015 in St. Petersburg (Russia) Final of World Cup 2016 in draughts-64 – International competitions memory Vasily Sokov. Invitation published.

Draughts Federation of Russia in Loo (Sochi) from September 19 (day of arrival) to October 01, traditionally held: Russian Championship in draughts-64 (Russian draughts) among men and women. Russian Cup in draughts-100 among men and women. All-Russia competitions in Russian draughts among boys and girls. See results of Rapid and Blitz.

The winner of the blitz program, Grandmaster Yuri Kirillov from Israel sent analyzed games of the World Championship among veterans in Kranevo, Bulgaria. International Grandmaster Gennady Shapiro from Germany sent an overview of the games. See new publications HERE

Preliminary calendar of IDF events in 2017 published HERE. What should pay attention: World Championships for men and women will be held in October 2017 in St. Petersburg (Russia). In the older group of Juniors the upper limit for the age increased. Players 26 years and younger will be able to take part in competitions. We ask all countries to send calendars of national …

On the site of Draughts Federation of Russia issued a statement on the participation of players from Russia Alexander Kandaurov, Alexander Shvartsman, Alexander Georgiev and Darya Tkachenko in the so-called “World Championship in draughts-64.” See the text HERE and HERE.

General Assembly of International Draughts Federation (IDF) was held 29 August 2016 at Sports complex “Aqua Life” in Kranevo (Bulgaria) during the World Championships in draughts-64 among teams, veterans and youth General Assembly of International Draughts Federation (IDF). 

6th Stage of World Cup – International competition “Israel-2016” will be held in Haifa (Israel) from November 25 (day of arrival) to December 1, 2016.

Estonian Blitz and Rapid Championships among men and women  was held 3th and 4th September in the city of Viljandi. In Men Championships international grandmaster Uutma Arno won Blitz and Rapid. In Women Championships Triis Aneli won Blitz and Viirma Piret won Rapid.

Sorry, this entry is only available in Russian. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. Публикуем интервью с одним из сильнейших игроков мира Евгением Кондраченко, выступавшим на командном чемпионате мира в Кранево (Болгария) в составе мужской команды Белоруссии-победителя чемпионата в молниеносной программе.