International Draughts Federation (IDF) – FMJD Section-64 in accordance with the Calendar of the competitions in 2015 holds from 2nd October (arrival day) to 11th October (departure day), 2015 World Championships in draughts-64 among men and women. Championship ended. Sergey Belosheyev (Russia) won in men and Elena Scovitina (Moldova) won in women.
Invitation Regulations Greetings for participants Press
Site of the championship
Photo Opening and blitz Rapid Classic Bus tour Closing
Results
Classic Men Women Games and comments
Online broadcasting
10-10-2015
Classic program of World Draughts-64 Championship ended. Sergey Belosheyev (Russia) won in men. Elena Scovitina (Moldova) won in women. Winners of World Championship: Men: 1st – Belosheyev Sergey (Russia) 2nd – Valyuk Andrey (Belarus) 3rd – Gulyaev Nikolay (Russia) Women: 1st – Skovitina Elena (Moldova) 2nd – Sarshaeva Zhanna (Russia) 3rd – Makarenkova Yulia (Ukraine)
08-10-2015
07-10-2015 Bus tour of the city for participants took place today at 15.30. PHOTO
05-10-2015
Classic program of the Championship started. Current results Men Women
04-10-2015
World Rapid Championship started at 10.00. Results Men Women
Winners of the World Rapid Championship:
Men: 1st – Arunas Norvayshas (Lithuania), 2nd – Sergey Belosheyev (Russia), 3rd – Andrey Fedotov (Russia)
Women: 1st – Sofia Morozova (Russia), 2nd – Darya Fedorovich (Belarus), 3rd – Zhanna Sarshaeva(Russia)
03-10-2015
World Blitz Championship started at 15.00. Competitions are held in the view halls “Berlin” and “Vienna” on the 18th floor of the hotel “Azimut Hotel Saint-Petersburg”.
Winners of World Blitz Championship:
Men: 1st – Mikhalchenko Igor (Belarus) 2nd – Struchkov Nikolay (Russia) 3rd – Belosheyev Sergey (Russia)
Women: 1st – Skovitina Elena (Moldova) 2nd – Sarshaeva Zhanna (Russia) 3rd – Leopoldova Nika(Russia)
03-10–2015
30-09-2015
Preliminary list of participants Men Women
25-09-2015 
World Draughts-64 Championship among men and women starts after a week. Strongest players of the world from forty-seven countries representing 4 continents: Europe, Asia, Africa and America will take part in the competition.
For the victory in the championship will fight Russian players – the current world champion Nikolay Struchkov and 7-time world champion Gavril Kolesov (both from Yakutia), winner of the World Mind Sports Games 2008 Oleg Dashkov from Samara, multiple world champion, the first world ranking – Sergey Belosheyev (Evpatoriya) and other strongest players.
Among them are champions and winners of the world championships in different years Andrey Valyuk (Belarus), Ion Dosca (Moldova), Gennady Shapiro (Germany), Arno Uutma (Estonia), Eugene Kondrachenko (Belarus), as well as young, but already declared themselves players – European champion 2014 Igor Mikhalchenko (Belarus) and 3rdplace of the previous World Championship Vladimir Yegorov (Russia, Tula).
Surprise of the championship can become talented African players – 18-year-old nugget Enock Makoka Banda (Malawi) and experienced Mvaaza Sakala (Zambia), as well as the first number of Jamaica, 26-year-old Andre Thomas. We look forward to the confident game of the multiple champion of Brazil, the winner of World Youth Championships Marcelo Francisco.
In women, the favorite of the tournament is the current World Champion Zhanna Sarshaeva from Russia, Astrakhan. The competition for she will make the world champions in different years Elena Skovitina from Moldova and Julia Makarenkova from Ukraine, European champion 2014 in blitz Sofya Morozova from Russia, Kaluga, rapidly progressing young players – Daria Fedorovich and Vera Hvaschinskaya from Belarus, Nika Leopoldova from St.Petersburg.
Geography of participants in female championships expanding rapidly. In the upcoming championships for the first time try their hand a representative of the South African Andrea Bosch. We hope that the participation of African players in major Draughts-64 competitions will cause a large surge of interest in the draughts sport in Africa and new stars will soon shine on the Draughts horizon!
St. Petersburg has a long Draughts tradition and great experience of the Draughts competitions of the highest level, including the European and World Championships. World Championship 2013 and European Championship 2014, which was held in St. Petersburg, served as a great impetus to the development and promotion of the Draughts on the traditional 64-cell board in the world.
Fans from more than 170 countries around the world watched the events in Draughts-64. We are confident that the time will come when the representatives of all these countries will meet at the largest draughts forum for the Draughts games!
13-08-2015 
Website of World Draughts-64 Championship 2015 among men and women started its working. You can look the news HERE
18-07-2015
International Draughts Federation (IDF) – FMJD Section-64 in accordance with the Calendar of the competitions in 2015 holds from 2nd October (arrival day) to 11th October (departure day), 2015 World Championships in draughts-64 among men and women. Competitions are held at the hotel «Azimut Hotel Saint-Petersburg» at: Russia, Saint-Petersburg, Lermontovsky 43/1, Site www.otel-azimut.ru
Program of competitions
Next competitions are held:
World Blitz Draughts-64 Championship (Russian version).
World Rapid Draughts-64 Championship (Brazilian version).
World Draughts-64 Championship (Russian version).
Participants
Participants from national federations – members of International Draughts Federation (IDF) are allowed to participate in competitions.
International Draughts Federation (IDF) has the right to invite some players from countries which are not members of the International Draughts Federation (IDF).
To participate in the Championships allowed:
Men
Classic program:
♦ Winners of World Championship 2013 – N. Struchkov, G. Kolesov, V. Egorov;
♦ Winners of World Cup 2014 – V. Skrabov and D. Tsinman;
♦ Participants who took 1-6 places in European Championship 2014 – I. Mikhalchenko, S. Belosheyev, O. Dashkov. V. Plaudin;
♦ Participants who took 1-3 places in Asian Championship 2014;
♦ Three participants from each country at the request of national federations;
♦ Two representatives of St. Petersburg as the host organization;
♦ Two participants – places of sponsors;
♦ Two participants by decision of the International Draughts Federation (IDF).
Blitz and rapid program:
♦ Participants from each country at the request of national federations
Women
Classic program:
♦ Winners of World Championship 2013 – Zh. Sarshaeva, S. Kirillina, Y. Makarenkova;
♦ Participants who took 1-6 places in European Championship 2014 – D. Fedorovich, S. Popova, N. Leopoldova, C. Zaruba;
♦ Participants who took 1-3 places in Asian Championship 2014;
♦ Three participants from each country at the request of national federations;
♦ Two participants from St. Petersburg as the host organization;
♦ Two participants – places of sponsors;
♦ Two participants by decision of the International Draughts Federation (IDF).
Blitz and rapid program:
♦ Participants from each country at the request of national federations
Tournament regulations
System of competitions is Swiss in 9 rounds.
Competitions are held by a system of micro-matches consist of two games:
♦ with a toss of the initial moves and positions on the debuts table approved by Section-64 and binding on both games of the micro-match for men;
♦ with a toss of the first move of white for women.
Time control:
♦ Classic game: 45 minutes till the end of the game plus 15 seconds per move for each player. The break between games is five minutes. Game record is obligatory for all participants.
♦ Rapid: 07 minutes till the end of the game plus 5 seconds per move for each player.
♦ Blitz: 3 minutes till the end of the game plus 2 seconds per move for each player.
Rewarding
Winners of World Championships in Blitz, Rapid and Classic game among men and women are given the title of «World Draughts-64 Champion 2015». They are awarded with cups, medals, official diplomas.
The participants who took second and third places among men and women in each Championship are awarded respectively with cups, medals, official diplomas.
All participants awarded diplomas in classic game.
The prize fund of the championship will be at least 3 600 000 rubles (near 64 000 US dollars). Distribution of the prizes – on separate regulations:
Finance
Tournament fees
On the day of arrival at the competition each participant pays organizational entry fee:
♦ Classic game
120 euros for men, 80 euros for women. Players who took 2nd and 3rd place in the World Cup 2014 allowed without fee according to the Regulations of the World Cup.
♦ Rapid and Blitz
for men – for three representatives from each country, participants from St. Petersburg and participants admitted to sponsor places – 40 euros for their participation in each program; for other representatives from each country – 60 euros for their participating in each program;
for women – 40 euros for their participation in each program;
Participants who did not pay the entry fee on the day of registration will not be allowed to competition.
Admission costs
The organizers cover accommodation and meals from 2nd October (lunch) to 11th October (breakfast) for following participants:
♦ World champions 2013 among men and women N. Struchkov and Zh. Sarshaeva;
♦ Winner of the World Cup 2014 V. Egorov;
♦ One participant for men and for women from each national federation – member of International Draughts Federation (IDF).
The costs of their travel and visa, as well as the cost of the other participants are paid by sending organizations (visas, travel, meals, accommodation).
Participants who provide accommodation and meals by the organizers are required to participate in all three Championships: classic, blitz and rapid.
Accommodation and meals
All participants stay in the hotel «Azimut Hotel Saint-Petersburg» at: Lermontovsky 43/1, Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Site of the hotel www.otel-azimut.ru Participants need to live in the direction of the organizers.
Check in at the hotel on is 2nd October from 14.00. Perhaps check in at 12.00 upon availability.
The cost of accommodation with breakfast “buffet” is:
Standard single room – 2800 rubles per room per night;
Standard double room – 3200 rubles per room per night (1600 rubles per person per night);
The cost of accommodation with full “buffet” is:
(special price for the participants of the tournament is 1100 rubles for lunch+dinner)
Standard single room – 3900 rubles per room per night;
Standard double room – 5400 rubles per room per night (2700 rubles per person);
Applications
Applications for participation in the Championship must be submitted to the office of International Draughts Federation (IDF) only from national Federations not later than 24th August on e-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
Participants not included in the application of national federations will not be allowed to competitions.
Applications for visas and booking accommodation (up to 24th August) – Antonina Langina, tel. +7 921 7777231, e-mail: [email protected]
In application for visa you need to specify arrival and departure dates, surname, name, date of birth, No of passport, date of expire, date of issue, status (player, coach, accompanying)
Schedule
| Date | Day of the week |
Time | Event |
| October 02 | Friday | 12.00 – 22.00 | Arrival and registration of participants |
| October 03 | Saturday | 12.00 | Opening ceremony |
| 15.00 | Blitz | ||
| October 04 | Sunday | 10.00 | Rapid |
| 15.00 | Rapid | ||
| October 05 | Monday | 10.00 | Round 1, classic program |
| October 06 | Tuesday | 10.00 | Round 2 |
| 15.00 | Round 3 | ||
| October 07 | Wednesday | 10.00 | Round 4 |
| 15.30 | Bus excursion | ||
| October 08 | Thursday | 10.00 | Round 5 |
| 15.00 | Round 6 | ||
| October 09 | Friday | 10.00 | Round 7 |
| 15.00 | Round 8 | ||
| October 10 | Saturday | 10.00 | Round 9 |
| 18.00 | Closing ceremony | ||
| 19.00 | Gala dinner | ||
| October 11 | Sunday | 09.00 – 11.00 | Departure of participants |
The schedule may be changed. In this case, the date and time of registration, opening and closing are final.
In 2015, International Draughts Federation (IDF) holds the World Championships in the Brazilian and Russian draughts, in the future it is planned to hold the World Championships for other versions of draughts on a 64-cellular board.
