World Championship among men’s and women’s teams finished. World Championship among men’s teams won team TSDUSHSHOR name Nezhmetdinov, Kazan, Russia (Dmitry Tsinman, Alexander Schwarzman, Murodullo Amrillaev and Andrey Gnelitsky)  which won an additional match with the score 5:1 of the team Russia, Samara/Chelyabinsk (Oleg Dashkov, Sergey Belosheev and Alexey Shonin).

President of the FMJD Section-64 Vladimir Langin will organize one of the stage of World Cup 2013 in Italy.

We agreed with the Office of FMJD to extend the deadline for applications for visas (WMSG) before June 10. Please send your application as soon as possible.

Championships of Kazakhstan in draughts-64 among men, women, youth under 23 years were held in Kaskelen / 15 miles from Almaty / from 26 April to 7 May 2012.  Number of participants: 22 men, 14 women, 18 boys, 14 girls.

Personal-team European Youth Championship in draughts-64 was held in  Borisov region, Belarus, from April 27, (arrival day) till May 05, 2012. 160 players from 9 countries (Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Ukraine) participated in the Championship.

New information about World Mind Sports Games

 1st Youth Mind Sport Olympiad was held in Poland from 14 to 21 April 2012. Three disciplines — chess, draughts and bridge, were included in the program of Olympiad. See information about this event on web site http://www.oom-podkarpackie.pl/act.html,    Photo  

The special draughts web-site for World Mind Sports Games 2012 is open. See  www.wmsgfmjd.org

Belarussian men and women Championships were held in Minsk from 10 to 18 March 2012.

This event will be played in Lille, France in the “Grand Palais” from the 9th until the 23rd of August 2012.