Russian Youth Championships among boys and girls in age groups U16, U19 and U23 was held in Leningrad region from 4th to 13th March in three programs: Blitz, Rapid and Classic. See more information on the site of Draughts Federation of Russia HERE (more…)
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New titles in draughts-64
Meeting of the IDF Board was held February 25, 2016 in St. Petersburg. At the meeting were discussed issues of calendar 2016 and approved the new IDF regulations. The most important of these are Rules of the game and competitions in draughts-64 (Revised 2016) and Regulations for assignment of international titles IDF (See HERE)
IDF in accordance with the Charter begins independently assign the title to the players and referees. IDF Board meeting approved the new IDF titles. (more…)
Calendar 2016 updated
Calendar of competitions 2016 updated. You can view and download Calendar HERE
Calendar of national events published
Calendar of national events published in section Calendar 2016. See calendar HERE
Championships of Uzbekistan among men, women and U 23
Championships of Uzbekistan among men, women and youth 23 years and younger were held in Tashkent from 18 to 24 February. Competitions were held in three programs – classical, rapid and blitz. 65 players participated.
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Moldova Women’s Championship
The world champion, international grandmaster Elena Skovitina won Championship of Moldova 2016 among women. The championship was held from 15 to 21 February 2016 in the capital of Moldova city of Chisinau. Christina Zaruba took second place, Anna Shlyahovskaya took third place on additional criteria. (more…)
Dmitry Tsinman won open championship of Tatarstan
Open Championship of the Republic of Tatarstan (Russia) in Russian draughts took place in Kazan (Russia) indoors TSSDYUSHSHOR name R.G.Nezhmetdinov from 21 to 23 February 2016. The competition was attended by players from different cities of Tatarstan and the guests of the Samara region, Republics of Bashkortostan and Chuvashia. The competition was attended one of the strongest players of the world, International Grandmaster Oleg Dashkov. (more…)
New ratings for 2016
New Rating list on January 1, 2016 published HERE. World champions Sergey Belosheyev among men and Elena Skovitina among women become the best of the world draughts-64 ranking!
Proposals for tournaments in draughts-64
International grandmaster Evgeny Kondrachenko (Belarus) sent for the discussion his proposals for official tournaments in draughts-64 and the new table of draw for men and for women. Please send before January 31, 2016 your feedback and your suggestions on any matter for development of draughts-64 in the world and holding of official competitions in draughts-64 of the International Draughts Federation IDF. (more…)
New titles in draughts-64
New titles in draughts-64 for players and referees was approved on the meeting of IDF Board 10th December 2015. It is automatic titles for 2014-2015 years and titles by norms for previous years. Other titles take into account the World Championship and the World Cup 2015 will be approved at a meeting of of IDF Board in February 2016.
We congratulate all players and referees on the new titles in draughts-64! (more…)