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World Youth Championship in Türkiye completed

The International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the Calendar of the IDF competitions in 2024 helds in Türkiye from 1 to 11 November 2024 World Youth Draughts-64 Championship in age groups up to 9, 11, 14, 17, 20 and 27 years. In the age groups U27 and U20, the classification of the World Championship among students was established. The …

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World Championship among veterans in Türkiye completed

The International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the Calendar of the IDF competitions in 2024 held in Türkiye from November 1 to November 11, 2024 World Championship in draughts-64 among veterans. Competitions were held in the age categories: Men 60 years and older (1964 year born and older); Men 50-59 years old (1974-1964 year born); Women 50 years and …

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Calendar of IDF events for 2025 published

ATTENTION! The preliminary calendar of events of the International Draughts Federation (IDF) for 2025 has been published. All annual scheduled events will take place in 2025. The European Championships for men and women will be held in Kemer (Turkey) at a high level and with a good prize fund. In the autumn, the traditional World Championships among youth, students and …

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IDF response to FMJD letter

On September 23, the IDF office received a letter from the FMJD leadership about the termination of the long-term cooperation agreement. This decision of the FMJD was not a surprise for the IDF. The FMJD leadership has been interfering with our work for many years, trying to destroy the competitor in the face of the IDF and create small weak …

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The World Draughts-64 Championships among men and women was held in Russia

The World Draughts-64 Championship among men and women completed. The Championship was held from September 5 to 15, 2024 in Russia, in the Moscow region. The World Championship was held in three disciplines –  Blitz, Rapid and Classic game. Athletes from 27 countries from 4 continents – Asia, Africa, Europe and America took part in the competition. The prize fund …

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The 10th Malawi Draughts-64 Championship was held in Lilongwe

The 10th Malawi Draughts-64 Championship was held in the capital of Malawi, Lilongwe, at the SIMAMA Hotel, from 23 to 25 August 2024. 52 athletes took part in the men’s championship, and 8 athletes in the women’s championship. The 2024 Malawi Champions were International Masters Enock Banda for men and Suzen Kachepa for women! See the results and report on …

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The World Cup of Draughts-64 in Mongolia completed

The International Draughts Federation (IDF) together with The Draughts Association of Ulaanbaatar in accordance with the Calendar of the IDF competitions in 2024 held in Mongolia World Cup in draughts-64 – International competitions ” Mongolia-2024″. The competitions were held in the capital of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, from July 8 to 15 in three disciplines: Blitz, Rapid and Classic game. Nikolai Gulyaev …

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