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2nd African Championship was held in Malawi

2nd African Draughts-64 Championship was held from 8 to 14 July 2018 in the city of Blantyre, Malawi. Organizers of the competitions was International Draughts Federation (IDF), African Draughts Confederation and the Association of Draughts of Malawi (ADMA). Competitions were held with the support of the Government of Malawi and the Malawi National Council of Sports. Competitions were held in three …

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X Cup of information technology will be held in Kazan (Russia)

Draughts Federation of the Republic of Tatarstan under auspices of the International Draughts Federation (IDF) holds in Kazan (Russia, Republic of Tatarstan) from August 11 (arrival day) to August 18, 2018 (departure day) open tournament «X Cup of information technology». Competitions will be held at Chess school named after Rashid Nezhmetdinov. Information about tournament published.

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IDF regular General Assembly will be held in Bulgaria

International Draughts Federation (IDF) according to the Board’s decision from June 26, 2018 holds August 30, 2018 during the World Draughts-64 Championships among teams, veterans and youth at Sports complex “Aqua Life”  in Kranevo (Bulgaria) regular reporting and election General Assembly of International Draughts Federation (IDF). Arrival of the delegates is 29 and 30 August 2018.

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3rd Stage of World Cup – International competition “Rimini-2018”

International Draughts Federation IDF in accordance with the calendar of the competitions in 2018 conducted in Rimini (Italy) from 16 to 23 June  2018 3rd Stage of World Cup 2018 in draughts-64 – International competition “Rimini-2018”. Competitions were held with the support of the Foundation for Assistance for development of Draughts Sports “Russian Draughts.” International grandmaster Arunas Norvaishas (Lithuania) won …

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International competition in draughts-64 for the first time was held in Armenia

International Draughts Federation (IDF) and the Draughts Federation of Armenia in accordance with the Calendar of the competitions in 2018 conducted from May 27 (arrival day) till June 3, 2018 (departure day) in the capital of Armenia Yerevan International competition in draughts-64 “Armenia – 2018”. Competitions were held in two program: Blitz and Classic. International master and national grandmaster Dmitrii Melnikov won …

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Men Championship of Moldova

In Moldova’s capital, Chisinau from May 21 to 29, 2018 the Moldovan Men’s Championship was held. The championship was held in three programs: Classic, Blitz and Rapid. The champion of the country in all three programs became ex-world champion, international grandmaster Ion Dosca. See results.

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European Youth Championship 2018

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 …

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Competitions in Uzbekistan

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 …

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