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Standing after 6 stages of World Cup 2015 published in Section Events – World Cup. International grandmaster Vladimir Skrabov lead with 171 points. Dmitrii Melnikov is on 2nd place. He has 138 points. Dmitry Tsinman with 127 points is on 3rd place only. See more information HERE The following year Portugal opens the World Cup 2016. 1st Stage of World Cup …

International Draughts Federation IDF together with Portuguese Draughts Federation in accordance with the Calendar of the competitions in 2015 holds from October 31 (arrival day) till November 8, 2015 (departure day) in Albufeira, Portugal 6th Stage of World Cup 2015 in draughts-64 – International competition “Portugal-2015”. Copmetition ended. Vladimir Skrabov won classic program in Russian draughts and blitz in Brazilian draughts. …

Draughts-64 included in the VI TAFISA World Sport for All Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, from 6 to 12 October, 2016. This is a big step forward for the integration of draughts-64 in the world sports family.

October 16, 2015 was a momentous event for the further development and promotion of draughts-64 in the World. The International Draughts Federation (IDF) has become a member of TAFISA, the World’s leading organization in the field of sport for all. Delegates to the 24th World TAFISA Congress in Budapest unanimously voted for this decision. The organization officially recognized by the …

International Draughts Federation IDF – FMJD Section-64 in accordance with the Calendar of the competitions in 2015 holds from August 8 (arrival day) till August 15, 2015 (departure day) in Baume-les-Dames (France) 5th Stage of World Cup 2015 in draughts-64 – International competition “France-2015”. 5th Stage of World Cup ended. Grandmaster Dmitrii Melnikov from Russia won.

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. 

Russian Championship among men and women in Russian draughts was held in Loo (Sochi) from 18 (day of arrival) to 30 September. The strongest grandmasters of the world: current world champion Nikolay Struchkov, world champions in different years Gavril Kolesov, Sergey Belosheyev, Yuri Korolev in men and  current world champion among women Zhanna Sarshaeva take part in competitions. Gavril Kolesov and Zhanna Sarshaeva won …

Final of the 5th championship of France 64 was held in Dijon, from 19 to 20 September. TOP 8 played on the Olympic system  1/4, 1/2 and 1/1. Micro-match, 2 games X 45 min + 10 “. Cédric DUSART won in final FAUCHER Stéphane and become champion of France 2015. Table

Preliminary Calendar of the competitions on 2016 year published in Section Events. See calendar HERE

General Assembly FMJD will held  in Izmir, Turkey, on October 11, 2015. FMJD Board represent a new FMJD Statutes for approval of General Assembly. New FMJD Statutes (The new version of the unaccepted Statute 2012) artificially establishes the dominant position of draughts 100 and discrimination of all other kinds of draughts.