recent events

2nd Zambian National Draughts-64 Championship was held from Thursday 19  to Sunday 22 May at Heroes Lodge in Lusaka. The  national team to represent Zambia in the historical 1st African Draughts-64 Championship, which will be held from 22 to 27 July, has finally been selected. 

Personal-team Cup of Ukraine in draughts-64 was held in Dnepr (Dnepropetrovsk) from 14 till 19 of May 2016. Competitions was held in in the premises of chess and draughts club name I.S. Urikh. Players from 11 regions of Ukraine took part in competitions. Information about the competition is available on the website Draughts in Ukraine HERE

European Youth Championship in Draughts-64 was held from 20 (arrival day) to 29 (departure day) April 2016 in St. Petersburg, Russia, at hotel “Okhtinskaya”, Bolsheokhtinsky prospekt d. 4. See results.

Team championship of Russia among men and women  in three program: rapid, blitz and classic was held from 8 to 15 April in Kolomna near Moscow. Teams from 20 regions of Russia took part in the competition. 

Russian Youth Championships among boys and girls in age groups U8, U10 and U13 was held in Yaroslavl region from 25th March to 3rd April in three programs: Blitz, Rapid and Classic. More then 200 players participated. See final results on the site of Draughts Federation of Russia HERE 

Ukrainian Youth Championship among boys and girls U19, U13, U8 was held in Vinnitsa. 141 player from 15 regions of Ukraine participated. The results of the competition and photos you can see on the site of Vinnitsa Draughts Federation  HERE 28th March the winner of 2 Mind Games (IMSA) in Lille and winner of World Youth Championships Denis Shkatula held a …

International Master Denis Dudсo won the championship of Moldova among men. World champion among women Elena Scovitina took second place and Cristina Zaruba took third place. Championship was held in Chisinau from 21 to 28 March.

Russian Youth Championships among boys and girls in age groups U16, U19 and U23 was held in Leningrad region from 4th to 13th March in three programs: Blitz, Rapid and Classic. See more information on the site of Draughts Federation of Russia HERE       

The world champion, international grandmaster Elena Skovitina won Championship of Moldova 2016 among women. The championship was held from 15 to 21 February 2016 in the capital of Moldova city of Chisinau. Christina Zaruba took second place, Anna Shlyahovskaya took third place on additional criteria.

International Draughts Federation IDF in accordance with the Calendar of the competitions in 2015 was held  from December 06 (day of arrival) to December 13, 2015 in St. Petersburg (Russia) Final of World Cup 2015 – International draughts-64 competitions memory Vasily Sokov. Vladimir Scrabov won Final of World Cup and overal World Cup 2015. Reports of strong international grandmasters about tournament published.