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Championships of Kazakhstan in draughts-64 among men, women, youth under 23 years were held in Kaskelen / 15 miles from Almaty / from 26 April to 7 May 2012.  Number of participants: 22 men, 14 women, 18 boys, 14 girls.

Personal-team European Youth Championship in draughts-64 was held in  Borisov region, Belarus, from April 27, (arrival day) till May 05, 2012. 160 players from 9 countries (Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Ukraine) participated in the Championship.

New information about World Mind Sports Games

 1st Youth Mind Sport Olympiad was held in Poland from 14 to 21 April 2012. Three disciplines – chess, draughts and bridge, were included in the program of Olympiad. See information about this event on web site http://www.oom-podkarpackie.pl/act.html,    Photo  

The special draughts web-site for World Mind Sports Games 2012 is open. See  www.wmsgfmjd.org

Belarussian men and women Championships were held in Minsk from 10 to 18 March 2012.

This event will be played in Lille, France in the “Grand Palais” from the 9th until the 23rd of August 2012.

International competition memory E. Stepanov, 1st World Cup in 2012 won Alexander Shvartsman (Russia), 2nd place – Sergey  Belosheev (Ukraine),3rd place – Oleg Dashkov (Russia)    

March 6, 2012 in Chelyabinsk took place the ceremony of awarding the “World Draughts Oscar – the Golden Hermes”

Belgian men Championship in draughts-64 was held in Oteppe, Belgium from 18 to 26 February 2012. Jimmy Depaepe became a champion.