Asian Championships in draughts-64, draughts-100, and Turkish draughts was held in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) from 15 to 28 April 2017. Asian Championship in draughts-64 are held from 15 to 21 April. Competitions was held by Asian Draughts Confederation and the Uzbekistan Draughts Federation under the auspices of the International Draughts Federation IDF. (more…)

The 1st Festival of national sports and games of CIS countries is held in Ulyanovsk, (Russia) from 11 August (arrival day)  to 16 August (departure day) 2017. The festival is open for the participation of teams of countries that are not members of the CIS. (more…)

National Youth Championship of Kazakhstan was held in Kaskelen from March 20 to 31. More than 110 players from 11 regions of Kazakhstan took part in the competitions. Competitions were held in three programs: Classic, Rapid and Blitz in the age groups: (more…)

The Trust Fund for Future Generations of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), the National Broadcasting Company Sakha and the Federation of Draughts of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) on April 1, 2017, within the framework of a large TV and radio marathon “SPRING on the NVK” organize and hold a match in Russian draughts between the 7-time World Champion Gavril Kolesov and 4-time World Champion Nikolay Struchkov. (more…)

Draughts Federation of Russia in the period from March 24, 2017 (day of arrival) to April 2, 2017 (departure day) in the Sanatorium “Tsiolkovsky” of Samara region (www.newsanatory.ru) spent Russian Youth Championship in Russian draughts among boys and girls in age groups: (more…)

Men Championship of Moldova is held from 13 to 25 March in Chisinau in three program: Classic, Blitz and Rapid. Сompetitions are held in round robin system, according to the system of micro-matches from two games with a new draw of debuts (745 positions).

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3th March 2017 in St. Petersburg was held a meeting of the IDF Board. Short report of the IDF Board meeting see  HERE  Calendar of the competition on 2017 year, the system of competitions, holding the World Championship 2017 were discussed. On the results of the competition in 2016 and the implementation of norms in various competitions, new international titles been assigned to the next players:   (more…)

Russian Youth Championships among boys and girls in age groups U16, U19 and U26 was held in Leningrad region, in the hotel “Petro Sport Hotel” from 3rd (arrival day) to 12th March in three programs: Blitz, Rapid and Classic. Near 150 players from 23 regions of Russia took part in competitions.

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Israeli championship in Russian draughts among women was held 4th March at the city of Petah Tikva. Champion Israel became USSR master of sports and IDF master, multiple participant of the World and European championships Zinaida Alexandrova. Master of sports Valery Volynkina took second place. Ex-champion of the USSR, the master of sports Sorkin Elena is in third place. (more…)

In February 2017 in the capital of Uzbekistan Tashkent was held championships of Uzbekistan in draughts-64 among men, women and youth. (more…)