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Draughts tournaments 5th Open German Draughts 64 Championship (Brazilian Version) and 9th International Saarbrücken Open Tournament in Draughts 100 was held in Saarbrücken (Germany) from the 7th to the 9th November 2014. GMI Gennady Shapiro (GER) won 5th Open German Draughts 64 Championship. Viktor Larin (USA) took 2nd place and Igor Elvov (GER) took 3rd place. 

Preliminary calendar of the International Draughts Federation – FMJD Section-64 competitions on 2015 year updated. See the calendar in the section Calendar 2015

International Draughts Federation IDF – FMJD Section-64 in accordance with the Calendar of the competitions in 2014 holds 5th Stage of World Cup 2014 in draughts-64 – International competition “Portugal-2014”. 5th Stage of World Cup 2014 in draughts-64 ended. Oleg Dashkov won tournament in Russian draughts.

Traditional 5th International Tournament memory Nikolay Gringruz was held in the city of Bendery (Moldova, Tiraspol region) from 01 to 05 November 2014. Tournament dedicated to the Honored coach of the Republic of Moldova Gringruz Nikolay Leontyevich, who trained many top players in draughts-64. Belosheyev Sergey (Ukraine) won. Kondrachenko Eugene (Belarus) took 2nd place and Dudko Denis (Moldova) took 3rd place.

October 19, 2014 in St. Petersburg was held report and elective General Assembly of the International Draughts Federation (IDF) – Section-64 FMJD. Member-countries of IDF – Section-64 showed high interest in the work of organization: 23 national federations were presented at the General Assembly.

The Zambia Draughts Federation was held a National  Draughts-64 Open  Tournament at Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC) which started on Friday 24th October and ended on 25th October 2014. Mwaaza Sakala won the tournament with 14 points, Albert Shamuwele took second place with 12 points and Lukanga Mambwe came third with 11 points.

In accordance with the rules of attribution of international titles of the International Draughts Federation (IDF) – Section-64 FMJD by the results of the European Draughts-64 Championship 2014 among men and women, the following players will receive an automatic international titles:

International Draughts Federation IDF – Section 64 FMJD in accordance with the Calendar of the competitions in 2014 from October 17 (day of arrival) to October 26 (departure day), 2014 in the historic center of St. Petersburg (Russia) was held European Draughts-64 Championships among men and women. Classic program ended. Igor Mikhalchenko (Belarus) and Zhanna Sarshaeva (Russia) won. See results.

Championships of Russia in Russian draughts  among men and women are held from 25th September to 9th October 2014 in the resort «Akvaloo», Sochi. The championship is held jointly with the Cup of Russia in draughts 100 and the Youth Russian tournament. See results.

International Draughts Federation IDF – FMJD Section-64 in accordance with the calendar of the competitions in 2014 was held  in Eupatoria from September 07th till September 16th, 2014 World Seniors Championship in draughts-64 among men and women. See results.