Standings in World Cup 2016 after 6 stages updated.

In the classic and rapid game of World Cup leading international grandmaster Dmitry Tsinman – 229 points.

International Grandmaster, Winner of the World Cup 2015 Vladimir Skrabov is on the second position – 204 points.

International Master Andrey Gnelitsky after a successful performance in the 6th stage of the World Cup is on the third position – 185 points. (more…)

6^th Stage of World Cup – International competition “Israel-2016” was held in Haifa (Israel) from November 25 (day of arrival) to December 1, 2016.

Competitions was held with the support of the Foundation for Assistance for development of Draughts Sports “Russian Draughts.”

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Calendar of events of the International Draughts Federation for 2017 updated.  See calendar HERE

International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the Calendar of the competitions in 2016  together with the Draughts Federation of Georgia holds from 11^th November (arrival day) till 20^th November (departure day) 2016 in Tbilisi (Georgia) European Draughts-64 Championships among men and women.  Competitions are qualifying for the World Championship 2017.

Competitions are held with the support of the Foundation for Assistance for development of Draughts Sports “Russian Draughts.” (more…)

From 2 to 6 November 2016 Bendery hosted the VII Memorial of honored coach MSSR Nikolay Gringruz. 111 players from different regions of Pridnestrov’e, Gagauzia, Moldova and Ukraine took part in the tournament, which was an absolute record for all years.
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International Draughts Federation (IDF) and French Federation of Draughts 64-144 in accordance with the Calendar of the competitions in 2016 conducted from 22th (arrival day) to 29 (departure day) October 2016 in Mirepoix-sur-Tarn (France) 5^th Stage of World Cup 2016 in draughts-64 – International competition “France-2016”. Vladimir Skrabov won Blitz and Classic program. Dmitry Tsinman sent report about tournament.
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7th Open German Draughts-64 Championship (Brazilian Version) was held in Saarbrücken (Germany) within the 11th International Tournament Saarbrücken-Open from the 21th to the 22th October 2016. Alexander Bleicher won championship, Igor Elvov took the second place, Mikhail Zlobinskiy took the third place.
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From 13 to 16 October 2016 in Kazan was held Memorial of R. Nezhmetdinov in Russian draughts among boys and girls up to 10 and 13 years. Memorial of. R. Nezhmetdinov, known masters of chess and draughts, is held in Kazan for many years. In recent years, he has received the status of the World Cup and has the name “Cup of information technology.” But it was the competition for adults. And now the youth competitions. The competition was held at a high organizational level, the participants expressed their desire to make this event a tradition.

See report on the tournament  HERE

The meeting of the IDF Board took place in St. Petersburg on 15 October. The meeting considered the results of the TAFISA World Sports Games, admission of new members, disciplinary matters, have been approved the new international titles, addressed issues of current activities.

Report of IDF Board 15-10-2016

VI TAFISA World Sports Games completed. 12,000 athletes from 87 countries in 62 sports participated in the competition.

The competition was held under the patronage of the IOC, TAFISA and UNESCO. At the opening ceremony, which took place on October 8 at the famous Anchol Park, World Sports Games opened Indonesian President Joko Widodo, the participants welcomed the President of TAFISA, a representative of the IOC and other officials. (more…)