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Final of Women Championship of Moldova (Russian draughts) was held from March 18th to March 23th, 2015 in Chisinau. International Grandmaster, former world champion Elena Skovitina became champion. Master FMJD Alla Țîrdea took 2nd place.  Master FMJD  Cristina Zaruba took 3rd place. See results HERE and PHOTO

National Championships of Mongolia in draughts-64 (Russian version) among men, women and juniors U20 was held in Ulaanbaatar 13-16 March, 2015. 86 participants took part in competitions. See results.

National Youth Championships of Mongolia in draughts-64  (Russian version, age categories: U8, U11, U14, U17)  was held in Ulaanbaatar 3-7 March, 2015. 281 participant took part in competitions.

Youth Championship of Uzbekistan (Russian draughts) was held from February 26th to March 4th, 2015 in Tashkent. See results.

Russian Youth Championships in Russian draughts among boys and girls for age groups U16, U19 and U23 are held in the ancient Russian city of  Kostroma from March 1st to March 9th in three programs: Blitz, Rapid and Classic. Competitions ended. See results and photo from closing ceremony.

Dates of the World Cup in Kazan changed. Stage of World Cup – International competition «Cup of Information Technology» will be held in Kazan (Russia) from June 27 (arrival and blitz) to July 3, 2015 (departure day). See updated calendar in section Calendar 2015.

February 18, 2015 passed away Vitaliy Zhuk – long time Vice President and Tournament Director of the Section-64 FMJD. Vitaliy Zhuk stood at the origins of the Section-64, made a great contribution to the development of draughts-64 in the world. See video memory Vitaliy Zhuk.

Championships of Uzbekistan 2015 in draughts-64 (Russian draughts) among men, women, boys and girls 23 year and younger was held from 5 to 11 February in Tashkent. Championships was held in two program: classic and blitz. See results.

Rating list  on January 1, 2015 for men and for women published in section Ratings. According to the new FMJD Annexes 9 and 10 female ratings are reduced by 100 points.  

The Board of the International Draughts Federation at the meeting of 15.12.2014 approved a number of new documents for 2015: