The International Draughts Federation (IDF) held 9 and 16 August 2020 at the online Gambler platform Online Draughts-64 Tournaments within the framework of the Mind Sports Olympiad 2020 (MSO).
For the first time, Draughts-64 were presented at the famous Mind Sports Olympiad 2020 (MSO), which has been held in London since 1997. This year, in connection with the coronavirus the Olympiad was held online.
As part of the Olympiad, 4 online Draughts-64 Tournaments were held: open tournaments and tournaments among boys and girls up to 17 years in Russian and Brazilian draughts with offset by age groups.
The participation of draughts-64 in such a significant and famous Mind Sports Olympiad is very prestigious and will become another step in the promotion of draughts-64 in the world. Results of tournaments within the 2020 Mind Sports Olympiad (MSO) have been published.
Mind Sports Olympiad 2020 (MSO) site
Schedule of all Mind Sports Olympiad 2020 (MSO) events
Gambler online platform Vint.ee online platform
Medal standings in all competitions of the Olympiad
Regulations Registration procedure on the Gambler platform
Streams on the site www.damki.net Brazilian draughts Russian draughts
Tournament links
MSO/IDF Open Brazilian Draughts Tournament
MSO/IDF Youth Brazilian Draughts Tournament U17
MSO/IDF Open Russian Draughts Tournament
MSO/IDF Youth Russian Draughts Tournament U17
Final Standings
Brazilian draughts Open tournament Youth tournament
Russian draughts Open tournament Youth tournament
Review of tournaments from International Grandmaster Dmitry Tsinman
30-08-2020 The Mind Sports Olympiad 2020 (MSO) has been successfully completed. This year, in connection with the coronavirus the Olympiad was held online. The competition was a grandiose success! The new format of the competition allowed a large number of athletes from around the world to take part in this event. More than 90 tournaments in 60 intellectual games were held within the framework of the Olympiad including 4 tournaments in draughts-64.
The International Draughts Federation (IDF) thanks the organizers of the Mind Sports Olympiad 2020 (MSO) for the excellently organized event, the successful promotion of mind games in the world and bringing together people from different countries and continents. In a difficult time of a pandemic, this largest international event gave people the opportunity to do what they love, express themselves, replenish their knowledge and improve their skills, meet and establish contacts with lovers of intellectual games from different countries of the world. This will certainly have a positive effect on the popularization, development and promotion intellectual games in the world.
Medal standings in all competitions of the Olympiad
19-08-2020 Draughts-64 tournaments within the Mind Sports Olympiad 2020 (MSO) completed. The competitions were a great success.
More than 550 athletes from 34 countries of Europe, Africa, Asia and Pan America took part in this prestigious event.
The world’s strongest athletes took part in the competition. Among them are world champions Arunas Norvaishas (Lithuania) and Dmitry Tsinman (Russia), world champions 2019 in the Russian national team Dmitry Melnikov and Andrey Gnelitsky, prize-winners of world championships Petr Chernyshev and Alexander Getmansky, multiple world champion among women Elena Scovitina (Moldova), multiple world champion among veterans Yuri Kirillov (Israel), world champion 2018 in the national team of Belarus Sergei Sadovsky, champion of Asia Samandar Kalanov (Uzbekistan), champions of Africa 2018 in different programs Lukanga Mwambwe (Zambia), Enock Makoka Banda (Malawi) and Senoga Sam (Uganda); champion of Pan America 2018 (blitz) Thomas Rohan; one of the strongest players of Brazil international master Augusto Carvalho, champions of different countries and other famous athletes.
The participation of draughts-64 in such a significant and famous Mind Sports Olympiad has become another step in the popularization and promotion of draughts-64 in the world.
See the results of the tournaments and an overview of the games sent by International Grandmaster Dmitry Tsinman.
17-08-2020 On August 16, Russian draughts tournaments within the framework of the Mind Sports Olympics 2020 (MSO) were held. Representatives from 32 countries from Europe, Africa, Asia and Pan America took part in the competitions.
In the open tournament, 186 athletes entered the start. The strongest players in the nominations among men, women, veterans and juniors under 20 were determined. The winners of the open tournament were Russian grandmasters Nikita Slavyanov from Moscow among men and Nika Leopoldova from St. Petersburg among women.
The winners and prize-winners of the open tournament in various nominations are:
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Women
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| Veterans-men 60+
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Veterans-women 60+
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| Juniors-boys up to 20 years (2001-2003)
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Juniors-boys up to 20 years (2001-2003)
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The best athletes from Africa, Asia and Pan America were determined.
Best players from Africa
Olunya Richard Nyero (Uganda)
Hele Massada (Mozambique)
Daniel Chipimpa (Zambia)
Best players from Asia
Xudoynazarov Ramazon (Uzbekistan)
Kalanov Samandar (Uzbekistan)
Abdujambilov Maqsadbek (Uzbekistan)
Best players from Pan America
Reid Wayne (Jamaica)
Wayne Whyte (Jamaica)
Todd, Nicholas (Jamaica)
174 athletes took part in the youth tournament, for which the winners and prize-winners among boys and girls in age groups under 11, 14, 17 were determined. Dmitry Baranov (Russia) became the absolute winner of the tournament.
The winners and prize-winners of the youth tournament in various nominations are:
| Boys up to 17 years (2004-2006)
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Girls up to 17 years (2004-2006)
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| Boys up to 14 years (2007-2009)
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Girls up to 14 years (2007-2009)
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| Boys up to 11 years (2010 and younger)
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Girls up to 11 years (2010 and younger)
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16-08-2020 At 17.30 Moscow time begins the stream of the Russian draughts tournament within the 2020 Mind Sports Olympics (MSO).
Broadcast guests:
Two-time world champion, European champion in the blitz program, Three-time World Cup winner, Multiple champion of Russia, author of the draughts channel, international grandmaster from Yaroslavl – Vladimir Skrabov
multiple prize-winner of Russian championships, 7-time champion of Russia in the team of Moscow, 13-time champion of Moscow, grandmaster from Moscow – Andrey Kalachnikov.
16-08-2020 The final lists of participants on August 16, 15.00PM Moscow time published.
MSO/IDF Open Russian Draughts Tournament
MSO/IDF Youth Russian Draughts Tournament U17
Tournament links for Russian draughts
registration on August 16 15.30UK/17.30MSK; start of tournaments 16.00UK/18.00MSK
MSO/IDF Open Russian Draughts Tournament
MSO/IDF Youth Russian Draughts Tournament U17
16-08-2020 Registration for Russian draughts tournaments is completed. Preliminary lists of participants on August 15 at 15.00PM Moscow time published. The final lists will be published on August 16 at 15.00, taking into account the registered participants on August 15 at 24.00 and corrections.
MSO/IDF Open Russian Draughts Tournament
MSO/IDF YouthRussian Draughts Tournament U17
We ask the participants and representatives of the players to check the availability in the lists, the correctness of inclusion in the tournament, data, nicknames, and before 15.00 Moscow time, inform about the absence in the lists, errors and inaccuracies by e-mail: [email protected], [email protected].
We remind you that to be included in tournaments, registered participants must August 16 follow the link of their tournament (see above), click on the register button and wait for the tournament to start. The tournament will start automatically.
Registration will begin on August 16 at 15.30 London time / 17.30 Moscow time
Tournaments start at 16.00 London time / 18.00 Moscow time.
13-08-2020 Registration for Russian Draughts Tournaments within the 2020 Mind Sports Olympics (MSO) continues.
The following competitions will be held on August 16:
1. Open Russian Draughts Tournament
2. Youth Russian Draughts Tournament (boys, girls up to 17 years old)
Participants who have not yet registered are kindly requested to register urgently by filling out the Google forms on the IDF website. Pre-registration ends on August 15.
On the day of the competition, August 16, registered participants must follow the link for their tournament published on the IDF website, click on the register button and wait for the tournament start. The tournament will start automatically.
Registration directly for the tournament will begin on August 16 at 15.30 London time / 17.30 Moscow time;
tournaments start at 16.00 London time / 18.00 Moscow time.
On August 16, the tournaments will be streamed on the www.damki.net YouTube channel.
The stream starts at 17.30 Moscow time.
The guests of the broadcast are international grandmaster Vladimir Skrabov and master of sports, famous coach Artyom Alyoshin.
10-08-2020 Brazilian Draughts Tournaments within the Mind Sports Olympiad 2020 (MSO) are completed. Representatives of 30 countries from Europe, Africa, Asia and Pan America took part in this prestigious competition. This is a great success for Brazilian draughts and for draughts-64 in general.
120 athletes competed in the open tournament for the victory in the nominations among men, women, veterans and juniors under 20. The winners of the open tournament were Ageikin Artem (Russia) among men and Zaruba Cristina (Moldova) among women.
The winners and prize-winners of the open tournament in various nominations are:
| Men
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Women
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| Veterans-men 60+
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Veterans-women 60+
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| Juniors-boys up to 20 years (2001-2003)
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Juniors-girls up to 20 years (2001-2003)
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The best athletes from Africa, Asia and Pan America were also determined.
Best players from Africa
Isabirye Dan (Uganda)
Mambwe Lukanga (Zambia)
Sakala Mwaaza (Zambia)
Best players from Asia
Xudoynazarov Ramazon (Uzbekistan)
Arslanov Farhad (Turkmenistan)
Naraliyev Aibek (Kazakhstan)
Best players from Pan America
Silva Junior, José Correia (Brazil)
Lucas de Oliveira Massola (Brazil)
Augusto Carvalho (Brazil)
71 athletes determined the winners in the youth tournament among boys and girls in age groups up to 11, 14, 17 years.
The winners and prize-winners of the youth tournament in various nominations are:
| Boys up to 17 years (2004-2006)
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Girls up to 17 years (2004-2006)
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| Boys up to 14 years (2007-2009)
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Girls up to 14 years (2007-2009)
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| Boys up to 11 years (2010 and younger)
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Girls up to 11 years (2010 and younger)
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09-08-2020 Published preliminary lists of participants in Brazilian draughts tournaments on 15.00PM Moscow time:
MSO/IDF Open Brazilian Draughts Tournament
MSO/IDF Youth Brazilian Draughts Tournament U17
We remind you that to be included in tournaments, registered participants must August 9 follow the link of their tournament (see above), click on the register button and wait for the tournament to start. The tournament will start automatically.
Registration will begin on August 9 at 15.30 London time / 17.30 Moscow time
Tournaments start at 16.00 London time / 18.00 Moscow time.
Tournament links for Brazilian draughts
MSO/IDF Open Brazilian Draughts Tournament
MSO/IDF Youth Brazilian Draughts Tournament U17
08-08-2020 Published preliminary lists of participants in Brazilian draughts tournaments:
We ask the participants and representatives of the players to check the availability in the lists, the correctness of inclusion in the tournament, data, nicknames, and before 15.00 Moscow time, inform about the absence in the lists, errors and inaccuracies by e-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. Participants who provided 2 nicknames must decide under which nickname they will play. It must be remembered that participants who are not included in the lists will not be able to register for tournaments and take part in them.
08-08-2020 Registration for Brazilian Draughts Tournaments, which will be held on August 9, is ending. Participants who have not yet registered are kindly requested to register urgently.
To be included in tournaments, registered participants must August 9 follow the link of their tournament (see above), click on the register button and wait for the tournament to start. The tournament will start automatically.
Registration will begin on August 9 at 15.30 London time / 17.30 Moscow time
Tournaments start at 16.00 London time / 18.00 Moscow time
Streams will be held during the tournaments:
in Russian on the www.damki.net YouTube channel.
Guests of the broadcast are Grandmaster Yuri Kirillov and National Master Artyom Aleshin
in Brazilian on the lucasmassola YouTube channel and the Augusto Carvalho YouTube channel
07-08-2020 On August 6, another training tournament in Brazilian draughts was held on the Gambler online platform to prepare for the Draughts-64 tournaments within the 2020 Mind Sports Olympiad (MSO).
The winners of tournament were:
FM Roman Shchukin, St. Petersburg (Russia)
IGM Dmitrii Tsinman, Kazan (Russia)
IM Denis Shogin, Kazan (Russia)
05-08-2020 On August 6, another training tournament in Brazilian draughts will be held on the Gambler online platform to prepare for the Draughts-64 tournaments within the 2020 Mind Sports Olympiad (MSO). Registration at 18.30, start at 19.00 Moscow time.
05-08-2020 On August 2 and 4, training tournaments in Brazilian and Russian draughts were held on the Gambler online platform to prepare for Draughts-64 tournaments within the Mind Sports Olympiad 2020 (MSO).
In the Brazilian draughts tournament held on August 2, the winners were:
IGM Alexander Getmansky, Tula (Russia)
FM Roman Shchukin, St. Petersburg (Russia)
IM Denis Shogin, Kazan (Russia)
On August 4, in the Russian draughts tournament, the winners were:
FM Georgy Taranin, Severodvinsk (Russia)
FM Timofey Proskurin, St. Petersburg (Russia)
FM Nshan Alaverdyan, Yerevan (Armenia)
31-07-2020 Registration for tournaments continues. Registration consists of 2 stages.
- Participants must register in advance on the Gambler platform (see Registration procedure).
- Participants must fill in special Google forms to register for the tournaments.
The data must be complete and correct.
For those who have no experience of playing on the Gambler platform, or are not confident in their abilities, the organizers will hold training tournaments in Brazilian and Russian draughts. The competition will be held according to the Swiss system in 9 rounds, micro-matches, 3’+2″, draw of the initial moves. Players of any qualification registered on the Gambler platform with the filled in data are invited.
The Training Brazilian draughts Tournament will be held on August 2 (Sunday), registration at 17.30, start at 18.00 Moscow time. Link to the tournament https://www.playelephant.com/play/769199
The Training Russian draughts Tournament will take place on August 4 (Tuesday), registration at 18.30, start at 19.00 Moscow time. Tournament Link https://www.playelephant.com/play/769200
In addition, thanks to the efforts of Vitaly Kamynin, daily Brazilian draughts tournaments will now be held on the Gambler platform. The tournaments will alternate – those that start at 18.00 MSK will be held in classic draughts without a draw. Tournaments at 21.00 MSK will be held with a draw of moves and positions according to the official IDF table.
The calendar of Brazilian draughts tournaments on the Gambler platform is HERE
10-07-2020 The registration procedure on the Gambler platform and special Google forms for registration in tournaments have been published. All players not registered on the Gambler platform must register there in advance. All required data must be filled in.
After registration on the Gambler platform, players must register on the Google form of their tournament.
Google forms for pre-registration for Brazilian draughts
no later than 8th August (22.00UK/24.00MSK)
MSO/IDF Open Brazilian Draughts Tournament
MSO/IDF Youth Brazilian Draughts Tournament U17
Google forms for pre-registration for Russian draughts
no later than 15th August (22.00UK/24.00MSK)
MSO/IDF Open Russian Draughts Tournament
MSO/IDF Youth Russian Draughts Tournament U17
01-07-2020 The online Mind Sports Olympiad 2020 (MSO) started on August 1, as part of which the International Draughts Federation (IDF) holds online draughts-64 competitions on the Gambler platform on August 9 and 16, 2020. Draughts-64 will be presented for the first time at the famous Mind Sports Olympiad 2020 (MSO), which has been held in London since 1997.
As part of the Olympiad, 4 online Draughts-64 Tournaments will be held: open tournaments and tournaments among boys and girls up to 17 years in Russian and Brazilian draughts, as well as an online tournament on Checkers Giveaway (Russian draughts), which will be held on the Vint.ee online platform.
The participation of draughts-64 in such a significant and famous Mind Sports Olympiad is very prestigious and will become another step in the promotion of draughts-64 in the world.
Regulations
Draughts-64 Tournaments within the framework of the Mind Sports Olympiad 2020 (MSO)
Program
| Day | No | Tournament | Gambler Registration* | Tournament start* |
| Day 1
9th August Sunday |
1 | Open Brazilian Draughts Tournament | 15.30 | 16.00 |
| 2 | Youth Brazilian Draughts Tournament (boys and girls up to 17 years born January 1, 2004 and later) | 15.30 | 16.00 | |
| Day 2
16th August Sunday
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3 | Open Russian Draughts Tournament | 15.30 | 16.00 |
| 4 | Youth Russian Draughts Tournament (boys and girls up to 17 years born January 1, 2004 and later) | 15.30 | 16.00 |
* Time for registration and tournaments start is UK time (17.30/18.00 MSK)
Tournament Regulations
– All tournaments are held according to the Swiss system in 9 rounds.
– Participants play by the system of micro-matches from two games.
– Time control for each game is 3 minutes per game + 2 seconds per move for each participant.
– The duration of each tournament is 3 hours.
– Open Draughts-64 Tournaments are held with a draw of the initial moves and positions of the Gambler site for -Russian/Brazilian draughts.
– Youth Draughts-64 Tournaments are held in classic draughts without a draw of the initial moves and positions.
Participants
– In open tournaments, the declared players any age and gender who have titles not lower than a candidate for master of sports are allowed for countries where the norms of national titles are established. For countries where the norms of national titles are not established, all declared players are allowed.
– In youth tournaments, all declared players (boys and girls born January 1, 2004 and later) are allowed.
Registration
All participants who are not registered on the Gambler platform must register in advance there.
Registration Instructions on Gambler platform published above.
All participants must indicate on their card the following data: last name, first name, date of birth, title /rank, city and country of residence, coach (if available).
All data must be filled in Latin letters.
The data on the card must be complete and correct.
The International Draughts Federation will check the details of the participants.
Participants with incomplete data or data that will not be confirmed will not be admitted to tournaments.
Registration for tournaments is held in 2 stages.
Pre-registration:
Participants fill out special Google forms (published above):
– no later than 8th August for participation in Brazilian draughts tournaments
– no later than 15th August for participation in Russian draughts tournaments.
Participants indicate in Google form for each tournament their reliable data:
last name, first name, date of birth, title/rank (if available), city and country of residence, coach (if available), Gambler nickname (nickname must contain all the participant’s data) and e-mail for feedback.
All data must be filled in Latin letters.
Registration for the tournament
After filling out the Google form and inclusion in the lists of relevant tournaments, participants will be able to register on the day of the game and join their tournament in accordance with the schedule and a link to the tournament.
Links to tournaments will be announced later.
Summarizing the competition
– Places of participants are determined by the highest total points scored.
– In case of equality of points, places are determined according to additional criteria that are used for tournaments on the Gambler platform.
– According to the results of competitions, winners and prize-winners are determined in the following categories:
Open tournament
– 3 best men
– 3 best women
– 3 best players in Asia, Africa and Pan America
– 3 best 60+ veterans-men (on the day the tournament starts)
– 3 best 60+ veterans-women (on the day the tournament starts)
– 3 best juniors-boys up to 20 years (born January 1, 2001 and later)
– 3 best juniors-girls up to 20 years (born January 1, 2001 and later)
Youth tournament
– 3 best boys up to 17 years (born in 2004-2006)
– 3 best girls up to 17 years (born in 2004-2006)
– 3 best boys up to 14 years (born in 2007-2009)
– 3 best girls up to 14 years (born in 2007-2009)
– 3 best boys up to 11 years (born January 1, 2010 and later)
– 3 best girls up to 11 years (born January 1, 2010 and later)
Awarding
Winners and prize-winners in all categories are awarded diplomas.
All participants receive commemorative diplomas.
Additional prizes will be announced before the start of the competition.
Game fairness control
By registering to participate in the tournament, the participant confirms that he/she will play honestly and will not use any devices, computer programs or other people’s tips for prompting.
A special commission will be created. Commission will include at least one representative from three groups:
– grandmasters or strong masters,
– experienced Gambler platform gamers
– specialists in the field of programming logical games.
Reasonable protests against suspicion of cheating are submitted by e-mail [email protected] within one hour after the end of the tournament.
According to the results of consideration of protests, cheaters can be disqualified without the possibility of appeals.
Their places are excluded from the final distribution of places in the tournament.
For all questions on participation in tournaments you need contact with the IDF office by e-mail: [email protected]
Current information on the organization and holding of the tournaments will be posted on the website of the International Draughts Federation www.idf64.org
