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The 70th Estonian Men’s Draughts-64 Championship and the 62nd Estonian Women’s Draughts-64 Championship took place from 25 to 28 January on the island of Saaremaa, located in the Baltic Sea. International Grandmaster Uutma Arno became Estonian Champion among men. Master of Sports Tull Andrus took 2nd place and Väärtnõu Urmas was on the third place. For women, 16-year-old Jalg Merilii first time became Estonian …

Regulations of the World Cup 2018 in draughts-64 published HERE The World Cup 2018 will be held in six stages. Within the framework of the World Cup competitions on various versions of draughts-64: international/Russian, Brazilian, Portuguese and pool checkers will be held. The final stage of the World Cup 2018 will be held in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, in November …

Calendar of the International Draughts Federation (IDF) competitions in 2018 has been updated. Updated calendar published HERE The dates of the 4th stage of the World Cup in Jõgeva (Estonia) are shifted by one day. Competitions will be held from July 30 (arrival day) to August 7 (departure day). The 2nd African Championship will be held from 9 to 14 July …

4th Online Tournament in draughts-64 (Brazilian draughts) was held in Brazil from 05/12/2017 to 05/01/2018. 116 players from various regions of Brazil and 2 players from other countries (Juma Rashid from Tanzania and Brahin from Algeria) took part in competition. As far as we know, this was the biggest Online Tournament ever realized in Brazil.

New ratings on January 1, 2018 published HERE Russians international grand masters are in the lead. Bronze medalist of the world championship 2017 Vladimir Egorov  is the leader n the world rankings among men and world champion 2017 Zhanna Sarshaeva is the leader n the world rankings among women.

The International Draughts-64 Tournament “Israel-2017” is held from 19 to 24 December in the city of Eilat (Israel). Such strongest players as ex-world champions Markiel Fazylov (Israel) and Mikhail Goriunov (Russia, Leningrad region), world champions among veterans Yuri Kirillov and Zinaida Alexandrova (Israel), national grandmasters Dmitry Melnikov (Russia, St. Petersburg) and Mikhail Alshanetsky (Israel), the winner of the World Cup 2017 …

The Uzbekistan Cup in draughts-64 among youth teams (Russian version) was held in the city of Bukhara from 10 to 17 November. The team consists of 10 people (1 boy and 1 girl in each age group). The competitions were held in three programs: Blitz, Rapid and Classic. Prize-winners in all three programs of the Uzbekistan Cup are:

The final standings of the World Cup 2017 in Blitz program, as well as in the Classic and Rapid programs are published in the section – Events – World Cup 2017. You can see the results and download the final standings HERE

Sorry, this entry is only available in Russian. Опубликовано обращение президента IDF Владимира Лангина к национальным федерациям, спортсменам, всем любителям шашек по письму Федерации шашек России о выходе ФШР из состава IDF и возобновлении работы по развитию шашек 64 (русская версия) в структуре FMJD.