The 2021 World Cup in draughts-64 has started. This year 6 stages are planned in Turkey, Bulgaria, France, Portugal, Jamaica and Israel. Within the framework of the World Cup, competitions in the disciplines of Russian, Brazilian, Portuguese draughts, draughts -100 and pool checkers will be held at various stages.

Regulations on the 2021 World Cup in draughts-64 published HERE

The 1st stage of the 2021 World Cup was the International Competition “Turkey-2021”, which was held at a high level in Kemer (Turkey) from 23 to 29 April 2021. (more…)

Azerbaijan held on May 8, 2021 on the playok internet portal International Online Draughts-64 Tournament “TESHIL CUP” dedicated to the 98th Anniversary of national leader Heydar Aliev. The competition will start on May 8, 2021 at 19:00 Baku time.

239 players under the age of 17 (born in 2004 and younger) from 20 countries took part in the competition. Valentin Golubaev (Lithuania) became the winner of the tournament. Prize fund of the tournament was 900 USD.

See the results. (more…)

IDF successfully and at a high level held in Kemer (Turkey) From April 23 to May 1, 2021 European Youth Draughts-64 Championship and World Cup. The strongest players from 10 countries took part in the competitions, representatives of 7 countries won medals.

Due to the still difficult situation with COVID-19 in Europe and the world and certain requirements in the countries for the competitions, the European Draughts-64 Championship among men and women, scheduled in Jõgeva (Estonia) from 4 to 13 June, 2021 was postponed to September 10 at the same place.

The VII TAFISA World Games, scheduled from 18 to 24 June, 2021 in Lisbon (Portugal), will be held (more…)

International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the Calendar of the competitions in 2021 held personal-team European Youth Draughts-64 Championship and World Cup in Kemer, Turkey.
Competitions were held  from April 23 (arrival day) to May 1, 2021 (departure day) at the TRANSATLANTIK HOTEL & SPA 5*.

April 30 Classic program of the European Youth Championship completed. See full results of all competitions.

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The Zambia Draughts Federation held the 6^th Individual National Draughts-64 Championship from 2nd to 4th April, 2021.

The tournament was held at Twin Palm  Mall Hall at Salama Park in Lusaka. It was sponsored by Romans Pizza in conjunction with Zambia Draughts Federation (ZDF).

Mathews Makina became the champion of Zambia in 2021. (more…)

86th Belarusian Draughts-64 Championship among men and 78th Belarusian Draughts-64 Championship among women were held from 6 to 13 March 2021 in the Republican Center for Chess and Draughts (Minsk, Marx str., 10).

International grandmasters Ihar Mihalchenka and Vera Khvashchinskaya became champions of Belarus in draughts-64.
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Organizational meeting of the Pergament Foundation for Draughts-64 took place on February 26 (of 2021) on St. Martin Island.

Organizational meeting of the Foundation Board attended founding members of the Board as follows:

Ed Pergament, Esq. USA, master IDF, master USSR, founder of the law firm of Pergament & Cepeda-Chair of the Board. (more…)

The Uzbekistan Draughts-64 Championships among men, women and juniors U23 (boys and girls) were held from March 2nd to March 7th in the capital of Uzbekistan Tashkent.
Competitions were held in three programs: Classic, Rapid and Blitz.
Rapid and Blitz were held March 2nd and March 3rd. The classic program ended on March 7th. See the results. (more…)

Belarusian Draughts-64 Championship among boys and girls U9 (Born in 2013 and younger)  was held from 27 to 28 February 2021 in the Republican Center for Chess and Draughts (Minsk, Marx str., 10).
67 players took part in the competition.
The results, tables, competition regulations, photo album and photos of the winners are published on the website of the Belarusian Draughts Federation  HERE (more…)

Belarusian Youth Draughts-64 Championship (youth 1995-2001, juniors – boys and girls 2002-2004, boys and girls 2005-2007, 2008-2010, 2011 and younger) was held from 15 to 21 February 2021 in the Republican Center for Chess and Draughts (Minsk, Marx str., 10). 134 players from all regions of the country took part in the competition, including 3 international grandmasters. (more…)