Olympic torch relay continues its procession all over Russia. Master of Sports of Russia, a multiple draughts champion of Russia among visually impaired people Gataullina Eldyz became a participant the Olympic torch relay in Kazan, December 30, 2013.
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Christmas puzzle from Harm Wiersma
6 times world champion Harm Wiersma published Christmas puzzle (together with chess and bridge) in the largest Newspaper of the Netherlands. In the draughts column a lot of “64” positions. All fans of draughts invited to participate in solving this Christmas puzzle. The newspaper give 5 prizes for good solutions of 100 Euro each. Please send your solution as soon as possible (more…)
Oleg Dashkov is a participant of Olympic torch relay in Samara, Russia
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Czech Draughts
President of the Czech Draughts Federation Václav Křišta sent information about events on draughts-64 in the Czech Republic in 2013. (more…)
World Cup 2013 is over
World Cup 2013 in draughts-64 is over. Vladimir Skrabov won. Second and third prize winners were defined in the last Stage of World Cup in St. Petersburg. Dmitry Tsinman took second place and Gavril Kolesov took third place. Valeria Denisova was the best among women. Dmitry Melnikov was the best among boys born in 1997 and younger. See final standing HERE
Final of World Cup – International competitions memory Vasily Sokov
Final of World Cup 2013 – International draughts-64 competitions memory Vasily Sokov ended. Sergey Belosheyev from Evpatoria, Ukraine, won. Tournament was held from 08 December (arrival day) to 15 December 2013 in St. Petersburg, Russia. 76 players participated in 2 tournaments – World Cup and Youth tournament. See the results, games, team standing and photo from closing ceremony.
2nd unofficial world championship of computer programs
Draughts enthusiast Krzysztof Grzelak (Kornik, Poland) spent from 02 to 12 December 2013 2nd unofficial world championship among computer programs. Tournament ended today. The program “Tornado” is a winner. We congratulate software developer Michail Glizerin with success! Tournament was held in Russian draughts with the drawing of moves and positions (flying draughts). 9 programs was involved. See results HERE
Portuguese Draughts
Information about all events in Portuguese Draughts, documents and news you can look at the official website of the Portuguese Draughts Federation HERE
Calendar of competitions on 2014 updated
Calendar of competitions on 2014 updated. European Men and Women Championship will be held in St. Petersburg, Russia, from 17 to 26 October 2014. 5th Stage of World Cup 2014 in draughts-64 will be held in Portugal from 1 to 9 November. See calendar and other updates in section Calendar 2014.
The e-project «Draughts is a people’s game!»
Internet project «Draughts is a people’s game!» coming to the end. Also suitable for project completion contests “Cheerful draughts” and “Class draughts”. Deadline for work on draughts topic (drawings, stories, logos, photographs, crafts, poems, and other works) for the competition is on November 30. More than 100 participants have already participated in the contest. They sent more (more…)
