So, it’s decided! We are flying to Bratislava in August! The annual international tournament “Bratislava Open 2025” will be held from August 25 to August 27, 2025. Within the framework of the Bratislava Open 2025, three individual tournaments with a good Prize pool will be held. At the “Bratislava Open 2025” we invite you to play international draughts on a large and small board.
The International Draughts Federation (IDF) in accordance with the Calendar of the IDF competitions in 2025 holds the European Draughts-64 Championship among men and women in Turkey from April 11 to 20, 2025. The Championship will be held at a high level in the Ma Biche Kemer by Werde Hotels 5* hotel, Kemer (Turkey).
The European Championship is held separately for men and women in the disciplines: Blitz, Rapid and Classic game. The Blitz and Classic game disciplines are held according to the international/Russian version of draughts-64. The Rapid discipline is held according to the Brazilian version of draughts-64.
Author: Jake Kacher
In all of the positions white start and win.
From the dictionary: “A dead-end branch of evolution is a branch that has exhausted the resource of evolutionary plasticity, or which is simply unlucky enough to fall under a particularly wide selection roller when the possibilities of adaptation do not keep pace with the environment”.
The FMJD European Veterans Championship has started in Turkey. If it weren’t for the veterans – fans of draughts from the Netherlands -, the championship would not have taken place at all. They barely gathered as many as 9 people. In short, well done.
It’s done! We can finally read the minutes of the devil’s dozen meeting. “Ocean’s 13”, like characters from the film of the same name came together to play roulette. 13 most promising managers of the proud federation came together in a united rush to decide something. A phrase from the film should sound here: “What are the odds of settling the score? 13 to one”… Circus curtain and applause.
It is not always possible to come out of the opening with the best position and at the end to fight for the victory, you also have to defend. Sometimes it seems that the position is already ‘impossible to save’, after a while you will have to give up, but there is the only plan that still leads to a cherished draw.
The lack of a purposeful and constructive organization of the training and tournament process directly affects the quality and outcome in sports. The desire to annoy a neighbor, as well as the lack of desire to play with strong players, always leads to a fatal outcome and failures in sports. This is a truism. But…
Author: Harry De Waard
According to the materials of foreign press. This section of draughts used to be very popular in draughts material editions. It is good that nowadays there are such draughts players who mark interesting combinational games and ideas. ‘Catch’ in the ocean of draughts game ‘draughts pearls’. One time in a month we are going to publish the findings of different authors on our webpage. Perhaps an idea from here will help you to win in your own draughts game.
This weekend, many European Union countries hosted youth championships on big and small boards. Poland hosted the national championships among boys and girls in international draughts in Rapid and Blitz programs.
The national Junior International Draughts Championship is taking place in Estonia. The leading positions are occupied by some of the strongest Estonian juniors with extensive experience in international competitions.
One- or two-move combinations are studied during the period of becoming a good player. And we were really upset when we scored the Latvian championship games. In almost every round, we saw that the players missed simple ideas. The quality of the game is falling inexorably.