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International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the calendar of the competitions in 2022 held from August 22 to September 1, 2022 in the Sports Complex «Aqualife», Kranevo (Bulgaria) World Championship in draughts-64 among veterans in the age groups: Men 60 years and older (1962 year born and older); Men 50-59 years old (1972-1962 year born); Women 50 years and …

International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the Calendar of the competitions in 2022 held in Kranevo (Bulgaria) from August 25 to September 1, 2022 World Team’s Championship in draughts-64. Championship was held separately among men’s and women’s teams in two disciplines: Classic game and Blitz. See the results.

International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the calendar of the competitions in 2022 held in Kranevo (Bulgaria) from August 22 till August 29, 2022 World Cup in draughts-64 – International competitions “Bulgaria-2022”. Three separate competitions were held: 1) Blitz. Russian draughts 2) Blitz. Brazilian draughts 3) Rapid. Russian draughts See the results.

From June 14 to June 26, Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, held the Asian Championship in draughts 64, 100 and Turkish draughts. Draughts-64 competitions were held from 14 to 21 June. Competitions were held in three programs: Classic, Rapid and Blitz in all age categories: men, women, veterans, juniors (boys and girls) up to 23 and 20 years old; boys …

The MSO Grand Prix 2022 is a brand-new online Mind Sports competition, which took place from April 15 to May 29, 2022 on various online venues across seven game categories. This was a separate event within the MSO Mind Sports Olympiad. The Olympiad itself, if circumstances permit, will return to its traditional face-to-face format in 2022. See the results of …

Abdul Hafiz became the winner of the Uganda national draughts-64 championships (poolcheckers and Russian version of draughts-64)! The first of two UDF annual national poolcheckers draughts championships took place on 8th May 2022 at Hotel D’Venue in Masindi town. A total of 30 players (28 men and 2 ladies) took part in the championship.

Zambia Draughts Federation held on 15th to 17th April 2022 in Olympic Youth Development Centre of Lusaka, capital of Zambia, the Tentani D. Mwanzah Individual Draughts-64 National championship in honor of ZDF Founding President Mr. Tentani D. Mwanzah. 15-old William, Chinzewe became the new Zambia champion and received the title of IDF master! Elijah, Chanda took 2nd place, international grandmaster …

For the first time in history, a delegation of Portuguese draughts players came to Israel and took part in several competitions. It should be noted that this event became possible largely thanks to the International Draughts Federation (IDF) and its leadership, who did a lot for the development of draughts in Portugal. The events were held with the cooperation of …

Belarusian Draughts-64 Championship among men and women (major league) was held from 21 to 30 January 2022 in the Republican Olympic Center for Chess and Draughts (Minsk, Marx str., 10). International grandmasters Vera Khvaschinskaya and Ihar Mikhalchenka became champions of the Republic of Belarus.

From 19 to 21 November 2021 in Saarbrücken (Germany) the following traditional draughts competitions were held: a) 11th German Open Championship (November 20 – 21, 2021), Brazilian draughts. b) 15th International Saarbrücken – Open 100 Draughts Tournament (November 19 – 20, 2021). The winner of both tournaments was the international grandmaster from Lithuania Aleksej Domcev. IDF master Alexander Bleicher became …