From 13 to 16 October 2016 in Kazan was held Memorial of R. Nezhmetdinov in Russian draughts among boys and girls up to 10 and 13 years. Memorial of. R. Nezhmetdinov, known masters of chess and draughts, is held in Kazan for many years. In recent years, he has received the status of the World Cup and has the name “Cup of information technology.” But it was the competition for adults. And now the youth competitions. The competition was held at a high organizational level, the participants expressed their desire to make this event a tradition.

See report on the tournament  HERE

The meeting of the IDF Board took place in St. Petersburg on 15 October. The meeting considered the results of the TAFISA World Sports Games, admission of new members, disciplinary matters, have been approved the new international titles, addressed issues of current activities.

Report of IDF Board 15-10-2016

VI TAFISA World Sports Games completed. 12,000 athletes from 87 countries in 62 sports participated in the competition.

The competition was held under the patronage of the IOC, TAFISA and UNESCO. At the opening ceremony, which took place on October 8 at the famous Anchol Park, World Sports Games opened Indonesian President Joko Widodo, the participants welcomed the President of TAFISA, a representative of the IOC and other officials. (more…)

International Draughts Federation (IDF) according to the calendar of competitions 2016 holds in Jakarta (Indonesia) from 6 to 12 October 2016 International Draughts-64 Competition in the framework of the 6^th TAFISA World Sport for all Games 2016. The competition is held with the support of the Foundation for Assistance of development of Draughts Sports “Russian Draughts”. International Grandmaster Sergey Belosheev won Rapid programs in Russian draughts and in Brazilian draughts. Nikolay Struchkov won Blitz.  (more…)

Draughts Federation of Russia in Loo (Sochi) from September 19 (day of arrival) to October 01, traditionally held:
Russian Championship in draughts-64 (Russian draughts) among men and women.
Russian Cup in draughts-100 among men and women.
All-Russia competitions in Russian draughts among boys and girls.

Russian Championship in draughts-64 among men and women ended. See results.

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On September 22, the event, which FMJD and its organizer, Mr. Marcos, pathetically called the World Cup, started in Brazil. As everybody can easily see from the “competition” standings, in the tournament are involved official representatives from two countries (Brazil and Poland) and several tourists without applications of their national federations and contrary to federation’s decisions. At the same time the strongest Brazilian draughts players are not allowed to the competitions and “the title” played out between “Marcos’s Sixteen”, not even qualified through national preliminaries. (more…)

The winner of the blitz program, Grandmaster Yuri Kirillov from Israel sent analyzed games of the World Championship among veterans in Kranevo, Bulgaria. International Grandmaster Gennady Shapiro from Germany sent an overview of the games. See new publications HERE

Preliminary calendar of IDF events in 2017 published HERE.

What should pay attention:
World Championships for men and women will be held in October 2017 in St. Petersburg (Russia).
In the older group of Juniors the upper limit for the age increased. Players 26 years and younger will be able to take part in competitions.

We ask all countries to send calendars of national competitions for inclusion in the shared calendar 2017.

On the site of Draughts Federation of Russia issued a statement on the participation of players from Russia Alexander Kandaurov, Alexander Shvartsman, Alexander Georgiev and Darya Tkachenko in the so-called “World Championship in draughts-64.” See the text HERE and HERE. (more…)

General Assembly of International Draughts Federation (IDF) was held 29 August 2016 at Sports complex “Aqua Life” in Kranevo (Bulgaria) during the World Championships in draughts-64 among teams, veterans and youth General Assembly of International Draughts Federation (IDF).  (more…)