The International Draughts Federation (IDF) together with The Draughts Association of Ulaanbaatar in accordance with the Calendar of the IDF competitions in 2024 holds in Mongolia World Cup in draughts-64 – International competitions ” Mongolia-2024″.
The competition will be held in the capital of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, from July 8 to 15 in three disciplines: Blitz, Rapid and Classic game. Invitation published. (more…)

The International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the Calendar of the IDF competitions in 2024 holds in Türkiye from April 19 to April 28, 2024 European Youth Draughts-64 Championship.
Competitions will be held in age groups up to 27, 20, 17, 14, 11 and 9 years old in the disciplines of Blitz, Rapid and Classic game.
Venue: Hotel Ma Biche Kemer by Werde Hotels 5*, Kemer (Türkiye).

European Youth Draughts-64 Championship in Turkey completed. See the results and photos.
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The International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the Calendar of the IDF competitions in 2024 holds in Türkiye Training events and International competitions “Türkiye-2024” – World Cup in draughts-64.
Competitions will be held in three disciplines: Blitz, Rapid and Blitz (Brazilian version of draughts-64).
Venue: Hotel Ma Biche Kemer by Werde Hotels 5*, Kemer (Türkiye).

1st World Cup 2024 in Türkiye completed. See the results and photos.
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ATTENTION! The main tournaments of 2024 – the World Draughts-64 Championships among men and women will be held from September 5 to September 15, 2024 in the Moscow region, Russia. World championships will be held in the disciplines of Blitz, Rapid and Classic game.

The competitions will be held at a high level at the Hotel “PSB Patriot” Cosmos Hotels.
The prize fund will be 5,000,000 rubles (equivalent to 55,000 US dollars).

Representatives from 4 continents – Asia, Africa, Europe and America will take part in the competition. Representatives from more than 25 countries have already confirmed participation!

Competition regulations and invitation will be published soon.

The following draughts-64 competitions will be held in Türkiye, at the Beach Club Doğanay 5* hotel, Alanya, from November 1 to November 10, 2024:

1) World Youth Championship among boys and girls in 6 age groups:
Juniors – boys and girls up to 27 years old (born in 1998-2004);
Juniors – boys and girls up to 20 years old (born in 2005-2007);
Cadets – boys and girls up to 17 years old  (born in 2008-2010);
Mini-cadets – boys and girls up to 14 years old (born in 2011-2013);
Hopes – boys and girls up to 11 years old (born in 2014-2015);
Mini-hopes – boys and girls up to 9 years old (born in 2016 and younger). (more…)

The Asian Draughts-64 Championship 2024 was held in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) from April 14 to April 21, 2024. The competition was traditionally held jointly with the Asian Championships in Draughts-100 and Turkish draughts.

The Asian Draughts-64 Championship was held in three disciplines: Blitz, Rapid and Classic game, in the age categories of boys and girls up to 7, 9, 11, 14, 17, 20 and 23 years old; men and women; veterans – men and women 60 + years.

Muraliyev Laziz (Uzbekistan) became the absolute champion of Asia among men, winning in all disciplines! For women, Davletova Anel (Kazakhstan) became the champion in the classic game. Tazhibekova Togzhan (Kazakhstan) won Blitz, and Liu Pei (China) won Rapid!

See the results. (more…)

The International Draughts Federation (IDF) together with the Uzbekistan Draughts Federation in accordance with the Calendar of the IDF competitions in 2024 holds from May 11  to May 18, 2024 in the capital of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, World Cup in draughts-64 – International competition “Uzbekistan-2024”.
Competitions will be held in Orient Grand Hotel 3* at the address: st. Imama at-Termezi, 44, Tashkent (Uzbekistan).
Invitation have been published. (more…)

Updated tables for drawing moves and positions have been published on the IDF website in the documents/ tables of draw section:
– Table for drawing of moves and positions for the Russian version of draughts-64 (780 positions)
– Table for drawing of moves and positions for the Brazilian version of draughts-64 (772 positions)
The tables are valid from January 1, 2024 and are recommended for official IDF competitions.

See updated tables of draw HERE

In the athletes / ratings section, new rating lists in draughts-64 for men and for women have been published for January 1, 2024. See new ratings HERE

International Grandmasters Ihar Mikhalchenka and Elena Scovitina are still the first in the world ranking for 2024. (more…)

New Year’s greetings of IDF President Vladimir Langin

Dear friends!

On behalf of the International Draughts Federation (IDF) and me personally I congratulate draughts players, coaches, organizers, officials and all fans of draughts with the coming New Year! (more…)