On January 15, 2025, during the international competition “Stars of Uzbekistan-2025”, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Sports of the Republic of Uzbekistan between IDF President Vladimir Langin and the Minister of Sports of the Republic of Uzbekistan Ikramov Adkham Ilkhamovich. The meeting was also attended by IDF Vice-President, President of the Uzbekistan Draughts Federation Aminjonov Yunus.

The issues of developing draughts in Uzbekistan, holding international competitions and long-term cooperation were discussed. (more…)

The International Draughts Federation (IDF) appealed to the European Draughts Confederation (EDC) and to the national federations of European countries. The letter is HERE

Text of the appeal:

Dear colleagues!

Recently, some sources have reported that a certain “European Draughts-64 Championship (Russian/Brazilian)” will be held in Estonia in 2025. In this regard, the International Draughts Federation (IDF) informs you of the following.

The European Draughts-64 Championships among men and women will be held in Turkey (Kemer) from April 11 to 20, 2025. The competitions will traditionally be held at a high level in the Russian and Brazilian versions of the game. The prize fund will be more than 25,000 euros. At the moment, representatives of 16 countries have confirmed their participation. (more…)

The International Draughts Federation (IDF) together with the Uzbekistan Draughts Federation in accordance with the Calendar of the IDF competitions in 2025 held from 14 to 23 January 2025 in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) first events of 2025: Training event and International competitions “Stars of Uzbekistan-2025”.
Competitions were held in the categories: men, women; juniors (boys and girls) up to 27 years old (born in 1999-2005); boys and girls up to 17 years old (born in 2009 and younger) in two disciplines: Classic and Blitz games.

Gavril Kolesov and Iuliia Nikanorova won Blitz!
Gavril Kolesov and Zhanna Sarshaeva won discipline Classic game! (more…)

In the athletes / ratings section, new rating lists in draughts-64 for men and for women have been published for January 1, 2025.

See new ratings HERE

International Grandmasters Ihar Mikhalchenka and Elena Scovitina are still the first in the world ranking for 2025.

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New Year’s greetings of IDF President Vladimir Langin

Dear friends!

On behalf of the International Draughts Federation (IDF) and myself personally, I congratulate all draughts players, coaches, organizers, officials and all draughts lovers on  the coming New Year!

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Traditional draughts tournaments were held in Saarbrücken (Germany) from 15 to 17 November 2024:

18th International Draughts-100 Tournament Saarbrücken – Open (15-16 November 2024)
14th Open German Draughts-64 Championship (Brazilian version) (16-17 November 2024)

Jakob Friesen won the Open German Draughts-64 Championship (more…)

International Draughts Federation (IDF) according to the decision of the IDF Board held in Türkiye November 5, 2024 during the World Youth Draughts-64 Championship the reporting General Assembly (General Meeting) of the International Draughts Federation (IDF).

The minutes and other documents of the General Assembly have been published.

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The International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the Calendar of the IDF competitions in 2024 held World Youth Draughts-64 Championship in age groups up to 9, 11, 14, 17, 20 and 27 years in Türkiye from 1 to 11 November 2024. In the age groups U27 and U20, the classification of the World Championship among students was established.

The World Youth Championship was held in the disciplines of Blitz, Rapid and Classic game. See the results.
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The International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the Calendar of the IDF competitions in 2024 held World Championship in draughts-64 among veterans in Türkiye from November 1 to November 11, 2024.
Competitions were held in the age categories:
Men 60 years and older (1964 year born and older);
Men 50-59 years old (1974-1964 year born);
Women 50 years and older (1974 year born and older).
The World Championship among veterans was held in the disciplines of blitz and classic game. See the results.
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The International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the Calendar of the IDF competitions in 2024 held in Türkiye from 1 to 9 November 2024 World Cup in draughts-64 – International competitions “Türkiye-2024”.

The World Cup was held in three disciplines. See the results and Standings in the World Cup 2024-2025 after the 4 stages. (more…)