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A number of significant draughts events took place in Portugal in September-October 2020. From September 12 to 20, 2020 Inatel – Luso hosted the 40th Portuguese National Individual Championship in Classic Draughts, the Portuguese Youth Championship and the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Portuguese Draughts Federation. The winners of the 40th National Individual Championship were:

From 11 to 13 September, the Baltic Cup in draughts-64 was held in Jõgeva (Estonia). 27 best players from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania took part in the competition. Among them are six of the world’s strongest grandmasters and five international masters. International grandmasters from Lithuania became the winners and prize-winners of this prestigious competition among men:

From 20 to 22 November 2020 in Saarbrücken (Germany) the following traditional draughts competitions will be held: a) 11th German Open Championship (November 21 – 22, 2020), Brazilian draughts. b) 15th International Saarbrücken – Open 100 Draughts Tournament (November 20 – 21, 2020). The regulations on the competitions published.

The African Draughts Federation (ADF) is actively involved to host online tournaments for the athletes from African countries. The African Draughts Federation (ADF) Exclusive Committee at its meeting on 23 August 2020 discussed a number of issues and decided to hold the following online tournaments: 1. The date for African Open Online Championship has been shifted to 11 October 2020. …

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 …

Dear friends! The International Draughts Federation (IDF) informs you that given the current problems and uncertainties facing the whole world in connection with COVID-19, the difficult epidemiological situation in many countries, government restrictions and lack of communication between countries, the International Draughts Federation (IDF) made a decision: A) To cancel the following competitions in draughts-64 in Bulgaria in August 2020:

The African Draughts Federation (ADF) together with the International Draughts Federation (IDF) will host the first online African Draughts-64 Championship on 27 June 2020. The first online African Draughts-64 Championship is completed. This historic Championship was held on the PlayOk online platform and brought together 60 players. Clifford Tsamba (Zimbabwe) became the champion of Africa! Congratulations!

From June 17 to 21, the first competition after the break in connection with the coronavirus was held in Latvia – the Latvian Youth Draughts-64 Championship among boys and girls in the age groups U8, U10, U13, U16 and U19/U26. Competitions were qualifying for the youth World and European championships. 90 best young players, representing all the strongest players of …

The International Draughts Federation has an official anthem, which should be performed at the opening and closing ceremony of official competitions along with the national anthem of the host country. You can listen and download the anthem  HERE

Online Tournament of Friendship in Brazilian draughts was held on June 7, on the online platform PlayOk (website https://www.playok.com/). Tournament was organized by our Brazilian colleagues. The tournament was held according to the Swiss system in 7 rounds, micro-matches from 2 games, draw of moves and positions, time control 3’+ 2”. 72 players from 10 countries took part in the …