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President of the International Draughts Federation Vladimir Langin congratulated the President Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov with the triumph of the Republic draughts players at the World Cup 2016. More information  HERE

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. Competitions are held with the support of the Foundation for Assistance for development of Draughts Sports “Russian Draughts.” Ivan Tokusarov …

Standings in World Cup 2016 after 6 stages updated. In the classic and rapid game of World Cup leading international grandmaster Dmitry Tsinman – 229 points. International Grandmaster, Winner of the World Cup 2015 Vladimir Skrabov is on the second position – 204 points. International Master Andrey Gnelitsky after a successful performance in the 6th stage of the World Cup is on the third …

6th Stage of World Cup – International competition “Israel-2016” was held in Haifa (Israel) from November 25 (day of arrival) to December 1, 2016. Competitions was held with the support of the Foundation for Assistance for development of Draughts Sports “Russian Draughts.”

Calendar of events of the International Draughts Federation for 2017 updated.  See calendar HERE

Silver medalist of the European championship in the classic game, International grandmaster Evgeny Kondrachenko sent report about European Draughts-64 Championship 2016 with an overview of interesting games. See the report  HERE  

International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the Calendar of the competitions in 2016  together with the Draughts Federation of Georgia holds from 11th November (arrival day) till 20th November (departure day) 2016 in Tbilisi (Georgia) European Draughts-64 Championships among men and women.  Competitions are qualifying for the World Championship 2017. Competitions are held with the support of the Foundation for …

From 2 to 6 November 2016 Bendery hosted the VII Memorial of honored coach MSSR Nikolay Gringruz. 111 players from different regions of Pridnestrov’e, Gagauzia, Moldova and Ukraine took part in the tournament, which was an absolute record for all years.