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European Youth Championship in Draughts-64 was held from 20 (arrival day) to 29 (departure day) April 2016 in St. Petersburg, Russia, at hotel “Okhtinskaya”, Bolsheokhtinsky prospekt d. 4. See results.

French Federation of draughts 64-144 holds 25 and 26 June 2016 in the city of Baume-les-Dames, the first French Open in draughts-64 (Brazilian version). Competition will be held under the auspices of IDF. Information For participation, please contact with the organizers: Pascal and Sabrina MOULET [email protected]       

Team championship of Russia among men and women  in three program: rapid, blitz and classic was held from 8 to 15 April in Kolomna near Moscow. Teams from 20 regions of Russia took part in the competition. 

Beginning and secrets of mastery learned from the world draughts-64 champion Sergey Belosheev patients of first Russia’s children’s hospice in St. Petersburg. Master class and a simultaneous game on eight boards was held in the fireplace room on 11 April. The charity event was organized by the Foundation “Russian Draughts”

International grandmaster Evgene Kondrachenko sent  new publication “Missed opportunities”. The publication reviewed interesting opportunities in games with the leading grandmasters of the world.

International Draughts Federation IDF addresses the information to all draughts organizations and fans of draughts-64. 

Participation of Foundation “Russian Draughts” in the European Youth Championship, which starts in St. Petersburg 20th April, includes a complete information support, gift sets for all players and prizes for the winners. The fourth in the ranking of the federal citation Internet newspaper “Fontanka.ru” will be the general information partner of the event.

Russian Youth Championships among boys and girls in age groups U8, U10 and U13 was held in Yaroslavl region from 25th March to 3rd April in three programs: Blitz, Rapid and Classic. More then 200 players participated. See final results on the site of Draughts Federation of Russia HERE 

Ukrainian Youth Championship among boys and girls U19, U13, U8 was held in Vinnitsa. 141 player from 15 regions of Ukraine participated. The results of the competition and photos you can see on the site of Vinnitsa Draughts Federation  HERE 28th March the winner of 2 Mind Games (IMSA) in Lille and winner of World Youth Championships Denis Shkatula held a …

Draughts community prefer vertically oriented oval depicting the game board on a background of outlines of the globe. Readers, who participated in the selection of the logo, were unanimous, and Grand Masters had different opinions.  World champion Sergey Belosheev and the spouses of Langin likes selected option.