International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the Calendar of the competitions in 2018 from April 29 (arrival day) to May 08, 2018 (departure day) at the Sports Complex “Aqua Life”, Kranevo (Bulgaria) conducted personal-team European Youth Draughts-64 Championship 2018. Competitions were held with the support of the Foundation for Promotion of Draughts Sports “Russian Draughts”.

See  results in the individual and team classification, games of participants and video from closing ceremony.
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Blitz tournament dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of the famous Uzbek master Sharifjon Yakubov, was held on May 9 in the capital of Uzbekistan, Tashkent. Strongest grandmasters and masters of Uzbekistan took part in competition. Ex-world champion, international grandmaster Markiel Fazylov specially came to the tournament from Israel, where he now lives. Winner of the tournament became an international grandmaster Samandar Kalanov. See the competition table. (more…)

International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the Calendar of the competitions in 2018 holds August-September 2018 in Kranevo (Bulgaria) series of draughts events. Among them are world championships among boys, girls and veterans, world team championship, as well as the IDF Reporting and Elective General Assembly and the European Championship among men and women. Invitations are published in the relevant sections. Watch for updates. (more…)

Personal-team World Youth Championship in draughts-64 among boys and girls traditionally will be held in Sports Complex Aqualife, Kranevo, Bulgaria from 25th August to 4th September 2018. Competitions will be held with the support of the Foundation for Promotion of Draughts Sports “Russian Draughts”. Personal Championship was held in three types of program: classic, blitz and rapid; and in six age groups up to 27, 20, 17, 14, 11 and 9 years. Team standings in the overall team classification and among teams of boys and girls will be summed up. For the first time in the age group of juniors (boys and girls) up to 27 years the results in the offset of the World Championship among students will be summed up.  Regulations and invitations published. (more…)

International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the Calendar of the competitions in 2018 holds in Kranevo (Bulgaria) from 25th August to 4th September 2018 World Team’s Championship in draughts-64. Competitions are held with the support of the Foundation for Promotion of Draughts Sports “Russian Draughts”.

Competitions will be held separately among men’s and women’s teams in two types of programs: classic and blitz. Invitation published. (more…)