recent events

The 70th Estonian Men’s Draughts-64 Championship and the 62nd Estonian Women’s Draughts-64 Championship took place from 25 to 28 January on the island of Saaremaa, located in the Baltic Sea. International Grandmaster Uutma Arno became Estonian Champion among men. Master of Sports Tull Andrus took 2nd place and Väärtnõu Urmas was on the third place. For women, 16-year-old Jalg Merilii first time became Estonian …

4th Online Tournament in draughts-64 (Brazilian draughts) was held in Brazil from 05/12/2017 to 05/01/2018. 116 players from various regions of Brazil and 2 players from other countries (Juma Rashid from Tanzania and Brahin from Algeria) took part in competition. As far as we know, this was the biggest Online Tournament ever realized in Brazil.

The International Draughts-64 Tournament “Israel-2017” is held from 19 to 24 December in the city of Eilat (Israel). Such strongest players as ex-world champions Markiel Fazylov (Israel) and Mikhail Goriunov (Russia, Leningrad region), world champions among veterans Yuri Kirillov and Zinaida Alexandrova (Israel), national grandmasters Dmitry Melnikov (Russia, St. Petersburg) and Mikhail Alshanetsky (Israel), the winner of the World Cup 2017 …

The Uzbekistan Cup in draughts-64 among youth teams (Russian version) was held in the city of Bukhara from 10 to 17 November. The team consists of 10 people (1 boy and 1 girl in each age group). The competitions were held in three programs: Blitz, Rapid and Classic. Prize-winners in all three programs of the Uzbekistan Cup are:

International Draughts Federation IDF in accordance with the Calendar of the competitions in 2017 conducted from 2nd December (day of arrival) to 10th December (departure day), 2017 in St. Petersburg (Russia) Final of World Cup 2017 in draughts-64 – International competitions memory Vasily Sokov. Competitions were held with the support of the Foundation for Assistance for development of Draughts Sports “Russian …

Following Draughts tournaments was held in Saarbrücken (Germany) from the 17th to the 19th November 2017: a) International Draughts-100 12th Saarbrücken–Open Tournament (17th- 18th November) b) Draughts-64 (Brazilian Version) 8th Open German Championship, dedicated to the memory of the famous coach Vladimir Waisser (18th- 19th November). International grandmaster Gennady Shapiro (Germany) won championship.

International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the Calendar of competitions in 2017 holds from 5 to 12 November 2017 in Tbilisi (Georgia)  5th stage of the World Cup 2017 in draughts-64 – International competition “Georgia-2017”. Competitions are held in the hotel “Kalasi”, which successfully hosted European Draughts-64 Championship 2016 among men and women. International grandmaster Dmitry Tsinman won Blitz. International grandmaster …

World Draughts-64 Championship 2017 among men and women is held with the support of the Foundation for Promoting the Development of Draughts Sports “Russian Draughts” from 19th October (arrival day) till 29th October (departure day) 2017 in St. Petersburg (Russia) at the hotel “Moscow ****”. Competitions are held separately for men and women in three program: Blitz, Rapid and Classic. Blitz and …

Draughts Federation of Russia traditionally conducted in Loo (Sochi) from September 19 (day of arrival) to October 01, 201 Russian Championship in draughts-64 (Russian draughts) among men and women. Championship was held in three program: classic, rapid and blitz. Detailed information about the competition, photo and current standings see on the site of Draughts Federation of Russia  HERE and HERE    Representatives of …

Estonian Blitz and Rapid Championships among men and women  was held 9th and 10th September 2017 in the city of Haapsalu. In Men Championships international grandmaster Arno Uutma won Blitz and Rapid. Piret Viirma won Blitz and Rapid in Women Championships . See results.