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 

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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 simultaneous game for competitors.

Draughts community prefer vertically oriented oval depicting the game board on a background of outlines of the globe. Readers, who participated in the selection of the logo, were unanimous, and Grand Masters had different opinions.  World champion Sergey Belosheev and the spouses of Langin likes selected option.  (more…)

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. (more…)

Foundation for Promotion of draughts sports “Russian Draughts” announced the vote for the logo that best reflect the spirit of intellectual sport. At the Court of internet users are presented eight options for brand names, one of which in the future will be the official symbol of the Foundation. All eight options you can estimate in the photo gallery on the Foundation’s website and choose your favorite logo HERE (more…)