According to information from the FMJD website, published on 15.08.2025, the FMJD Board on 11.08.2025 made a decision to suspend (disqualify) players who participated in IDF tournaments or tournaments held on the territory of the Russian Federation from participation in all FMJD events, as well as FMJD continental championships, until July 31, 2026. This decision was made primarily by FMJD President Jacek Pawlicki and FMJD Acting Secretary General Vladislavs Vesperis in violation of international sports norms and the FMJD Charter itself.

The International Draughts Federation (IDF) expresses its strong protest against the actions of the FMJD! (more…)

The International Draughts Federation (IDF) together with the Uzbekistan Draughts Federation in accordance with the Calendar of the IDF competitions in 2025 holds The World Cup in draughts-64 – International competition “Uzbekistan-2025” in the capital of Uzbekistan, Tashkent from May 10 to May 18, 2025.
Competitions are held in three disciplines: Classic, Rapid and Blitz.

International Grandmaster Andrei Valiuk and International Master Evgeniya Shved are the winners of the Blitz discipline. International Grandmaster Sarshaev Mazhit and International Master Arkhangelskaia Anastasiia won the Rapid discipline. International Grandmaster Roman Schukin and International Master Evgeniya Shved won the Classic discipline.  See results and World Cup 2024 – 2025 standings after the 6th stage.
(more…)

ATTENTION! The IDF calendar of events in 2025 has been updated. The events in Türkiye in autumn 2025 and their dates have been clarified. The updated calendar can be found in the Events/Calendar/Calendar 2025 section HERE

According to the IDF calendar of events in 2025, the following events will be held in Türkiye in autumn 2025: (more…)

The International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the Calendar of the IDF competitions in 2025 held in Türkiye European Youth Draughts-64 Championship.
European Youth Championship took place at the hotel Ma Biche Kemer by Werde Hotels 5*, Kemer (Türkiye).
Competitions were held in three disciplines – Blitz, Rapid and Classic game.

The European Youth Draughts-64 Championship completed. See the results.

(more…)

The International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the Calendar of the IDF competitions in 2025 held in Türkiye from April 20 (arrival day) to April 29 2025 World Cup – International competitions “Türkiye-2025”.
The competitions were held in three disciplines: Blitz, Blitz (Brazilian version of draughts-64), Rapid.
Tsinman Dmitrii and Arkhangelskaia Anastasiia won the Blitz discipline!
Dashkov Oleg and Bolshakova Alena won the Blitz discipline (Brazilian draughts)!
Bolshakov Aleksei and Bolshakova Alena won the Rapid Game discipline! See the results. (more…)

The International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the Calendar of the IDF competitions in 2025 held in Türkiye from 11 to 20 April 2025 the European Draughts-64 Championship among men and women.

The European Championship was held separately for men and women in the disciplines: Blitz, Rapid and Classic game. The Blitz and Classic game disciplines were held according to the international/Russian version of draughts-64. The Rapid discipline was held according to the Brazilian version of draughts-64.

Shchukin Roman and Aprosimova Sandaara won the title of 2025 European Champions in the Сlassic game!
Tikhonov Artem and Nikalayeva Viktoryia became the 2025 European Champions in Rapid!
Mikhalchenka Ihar and Fedorova Tunaara became the 2025 European Champions in the Blitz! See the results.
(more…)

On January 15, 2025, during the international competition “Stars of Uzbekistan-2025”, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Sports of the Republic of Uzbekistan between IDF President Vladimir Langin and the Minister of Sports of the Republic of Uzbekistan Ikramov Adkham Ilkhamovich. The meeting was also attended by IDF Vice-President, President of the Uzbekistan Draughts Federation Aminjonov Yunus.

The issues of developing draughts in Uzbekistan, holding international competitions and long-term cooperation were discussed. (more…)

The International Draughts Federation (IDF) appealed to the European Draughts Confederation (EDC) and to the national federations of European countries. The letter is HERE

Text of the appeal:

Dear colleagues!

Recently, some sources have reported that a certain “European Draughts-64 Championship (Russian/Brazilian)” will be held in Estonia in 2025. In this regard, the International Draughts Federation (IDF) informs you of the following.

The European Draughts-64 Championships among men and women will be held in Turkey (Kemer) from April 11 to 20, 2025. The competitions will traditionally be held at a high level in the Russian and Brazilian versions of the game. The prize fund will be more than 25,000 euros. At the moment, representatives of 16 countries have confirmed their participation. (more…)

The International Draughts Federation (IDF) together with the Uzbekistan Draughts Federation in accordance with the Calendar of the IDF competitions in 2025 held from 14 to 23 January 2025 in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) first events of 2025: Training event and International competitions “Stars of Uzbekistan-2025”.
Competitions were held in the categories: men, women; juniors (boys and girls) up to 27 years old (born in 1999-2005); boys and girls up to 17 years old (born in 2009 and younger) in two disciplines: Classic and Blitz games.

Gavril Kolesov and Iuliia Nikanorova won Blitz!
Gavril Kolesov and Zhanna Sarshaeva won discipline Classic game! (more…)

In the athletes / ratings section, new rating lists in draughts-64 for men and for women have been published for January 1, 2025.

See new ratings HERE

International Grandmasters Ihar Mikhalchenka and Elena Scovitina are still the first in the world ranking for 2025.

(more…)