March 6, 2012 in Chelyabinsk took place the ceremony of awarding the «World Draughts Oscar — the Golden Hermes”
Awards presented to:
1. «For his contribution to the development of Draughts movement, high personal sporting achievements, promoting Draughts in Russia and the World»
Fedorov Maxim (Russia, Nizhny Novgorod)
GMI, a bronze medalist of X World Championship in correspondence play on Russian Draughts, author of Encyclopedia of the endgame in three volumes (2010)
2. «The best player of the year in Draughts-100»
Georgiev Alexander (Russia, St. Petersburg)
World champion 2011, winner of the SportAccord Mind Sports Games 2011. (Beijing), champion of Russia 2011
3. «The best player of the year in Draughts-64»
Dashkov Oleg (Russia, Samara)
World Champion 2011, champion of Russia 2011, winner of the Cup of Russia 2011, the reigning champion of Europe.
4. «Best player-woman of the year»
Tansykkuzhina Tamara (Russia, Ufa)
World champion 2011 in Draughts-100, European Champion 2011 on blitz game, champion of Russia 2011
