From November 10 to 12, 2023, the following events took place in Saarbrücken (Germany):

17th International Draughts 100 Tournament Saarbrücken – Open (November 10 – 11, 2023)
13th Open German Draughts-64 Championship (Brazilian version) (November 11 – 12, 2023)

Multiple champion of Asia and world youth championships, international grandmaster Altynay Jumagaldiyeva (Kazakhstan) won the Open German Championship  | Results

Jacob Friesen took second place, IDF master Alexander Bleicher (both Germany) took third place. (more…)

The results of the 2022-2023 World Cup in draughts-64 have been summed up. The World Cup was held in 7 stages. The World Cup stages took place in Uzbekistan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Zambia and Turkey. 272 athletes from 27 countries took part in all stages of the World Cup, including 31 international grandmasters.

The results of the 2022-2023 World Cup were summed up separately for men and women based on the sum of points for places taken in all programs of the World Cup stages played.

The winners of the 2022-2023 World Cup in draughts-64 were international grandmasters Getmansky, Alexander among men and Nikalayeva, Viktoryia among women! (more…)

ATTENTION!

The calendar of events of the International Draughts Federation (IDF) for 2024 has been published.

All annual planned events will take place in 2024. The most important event of the year will be the World Championships among men and women, which will be held at a high level and with a large prize fund.

Keep for updates. The 2024 IDF calendar  HERE

The International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the Calendar of the IDF competitions in 2023 held in Türkiye from October 20 to October 29, 2023 World Youth Draughts-64 Championship.
The Championship was held separately among boys and girls in age groups up to 9, 11, 14, 17, 20 and 27 years in three disciplines – Blitz, Rapid and Classic.
See the final results.
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The International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the Calendar of the IDF competitions in 2023 held in Türkiye from October 20 to October 29, 2023 World Veterans Draughts-64 Championship.
Competitions were held in the age categories:
Men 60 years and older (1963 year born and older);
Men 50-59 years old (1973-1963 year born);
Women 50 years and older (1973 year born and older)
World Veterans Championship completed. See the final results. (more…)

The International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the Calendar of the IDF competitions in 2023 held in Türkiye from October 20 to October 26, 2023 World Cup in draughts-64 – International competitions “Türkiye-2023”.
Competitions were held in three disciplines: Blitz, Rapid and Blitz (Brazilian version of draughts-64).

World Cup stage in Türkiye completed. See the final results. (more…)

On September 2 and 3, 2023, the II Brazilian Youth Draughts-64 Championship was held in the municipality of Jaú-SP.
The championship was organized by the Liga Brasileira de Jogo de Damas with the support of the municipal mayor of Jaú-SP and the IDF.
146 players took part in the championship in the categories under 8, under 10, under 12, under 14, under 16, under 18 and under 21 for boys and girls.

See the results. (more…)

The International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the Calendar of the competitions in 2023 held the 3rd African Draughts-64 Championship and the World Cup from July 8 to 15, 2023 in Lusaka (Zambia).

Organizers of Competitions: International Draughts Federation (IDF), African Draughts Confederation (ADF) and Zambia Draughts Federation (ZDF) as the direct host organization. The competition were held with the support of the Ministry of Sports, Youth and Child Development of Zambia.

More than 60 athletes from 9 countries took part in the competitions.

For men, the absolute winner in all three programs was William, C. Chinzewe (Zambia). Flavia, Kusiima (Uganda) won the women’s Blitz program, Suzen, Kachepa (Malawi) won Rapid and Classic program. In the World Cup, the absolute winners in all three programs were Roman Schukin for men and Suzen, Kachepa (Malawi) for women!

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Today, June 24, 2023, one of the strongest draughts players in the world, international grandmaster Arunas Norvaishas, suddenly passed away.

Arunas Norvaishas (lit. Arūnas Norvaišas) was a Lithuanian player specializing in draughts-64.

He was born on October 15, 1963 in Siauliai, USSR, Lithuania. He died on June 24, 2023 in Vilnius, Lithuania. (more…)

ATTENTION! IDF calendar updated (see HERE).

The following draughts-64 competitions will be held in Türkiye, at the Beach Club Doğanay 5* hotel, Alanya, from October 20 to October 29, 2023:

1) World Youth Championship among boys and girls in 6 age groups:
Juniors – boys and girls up to 27 years old (born in 1997-2003);
Juniors – boys and girls up to 20 years old (born in 2004-2006);
Cadets – boys and girls up to 17 years old  (born in 2007-2009);
Mini-cadets – boys and girls up to 14 years old (born in 2010-2012);
Hopes – boys and girls up to 11 years old (born in 2013-2014);
Mini-hopes – boys and girls up to 9 years old (born in 2015 and younger). (more…)