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World Championship among veterans completed

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 …

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World Team’s Championship in Bulgaria completed

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.

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World Cup in draughts-64-International competitions “Bulgaria-2022”

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.

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Asian Draughts Championship was held in Tashkent

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 …

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William Chinzewe became the new Zambia champion!

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 …

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Match Israel-Portugal

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 …

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Traditional tournaments in Saarbrücken, Germany, completed

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 …

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