Final of Championship of Ukraine in draughts-64 among men and women (classic game) was held in Dnepropetrovsk from 11th to 18th December 2014. Championships was held separately for men and women by round robin. 12 men and 10 women participated. GMI Sergey Boyko won in men and GMIF Elena Korotkaya won in women.

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World Cup 2014 in draughts-64 ended. Total 164 players from 22 countries: Angola, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Czech Republic, Estonia, Equatorial Guinea, Israel, Kazakhstan, Congo, Latvia, Lithuania,  Malta, Moldova, Morocco, Poland, Portugal, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, USA and Russia  took part  in all stages of World Cup.

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International Draughts Federation IDF – FMJD Section-64 in accordance with the Calendar of the competitions in 2014 holds from December 07 (day of arrival) to December 14, 2014 in St.Petersburg, Russia, Final of World Cup 2014 – International draughts-64 competitions memory Vasily Sokov. Tournament ended. Gavril Kolesov won. See results. (more…)

Draughts enthusiast Krzysztof Grzelak (Kornik, Poland) spent from 2nd to 12th December 2014 3rd unofficial world championship among computer programs. Tournament was held in Russian draughts with the drawing of moves and positions (flying draughts). 10 programs participated. The program Kallisto won. We congratulate software developer Igor Korshunov with success!  See results and games HERE (more…)

Club championship of Lithuania on the classic Russian draughts was held from 21 to 23 November 2014 in Bačkonys (Lithuania). Championship collects all the strongest players and is considered the largest draughts event in Lithuania.

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Draughts tournaments 5th Open German Draughts 64 Championship (Brazilian Version) and 9th International Saarbrücken Open Tournament in Draughts 100 was held in Saarbrücken (Germany) from the 7th to the 9th November 2014. GMI Gennady Shapiro (GER) won 5th Open German Draughts 64 Championship. Viktor Larin (USA) took 2nd place and Igor Elvov (GER) took 3rd place.  (more…)

Preliminary calendar of the International Draughts Federation – FMJD Section-64 competitions on 2015 year updated. See the calendar in the section Calendar 2015

International Draughts Federation IDF – FMJD Section-64 in accordance with the Calendar of the competitions in 2014 holds 5^th Stage of World Cup 2014 in draughts-64 – International competition “Portugal-2014”. 5^th Stage of World Cup 2014 in draughts-64 ended. Oleg Dashkov won tournament in Russian draughts. (more…)

Traditional 5th International Tournament memory Nikolay Gringruz was held in the city of Bendery (Moldova, Tiraspol region) from 01 to 05 November 2014. Tournament dedicated to the Honored coach of the Republic of Moldova Gringruz Nikolay Leontyevich, who trained many top players in draughts-64. Belosheyev Sergey (Ukraine) won. Kondrachenko Eugene (Belarus) took 2nd place and Dudko Denis (Moldova) took 3rd place. (more…)

October 19, 2014 in St. Petersburg was held report and elective General Assembly of the International Draughts Federation (IDF) – Section-64 FMJD. Member-countries of IDF – Section-64 showed high interest in the work of organization: 23 national federations were presented at the General Assembly. (more…)