Albatross

Sometimes the numbers can reveal much more about the effectiveness of sports organizations’ events and activities than all the empty, flashy rhetoric spouted by talking heads and hollow leaders. We’ve already mentioned the psychological challenges organizers face when hosting most championships and tournaments, where the pursuit of profit causes the event to lose its prestige—and, as a rule, the sport itself suffers as a result. Quantity doesn’t always translate into quality or contribute to the development of sports as an attractive and commercially successful product.

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 are inviting you to play international draughts on a large and small board.

We were very pleased to see Alexander Shvartsman at our family tournament “Bratislava open 2024”. It is very interesting to watch Alexander Mikhailovich’s game, which includes several components. Here, both the psychological component and the game aspects merge into one.

In our time of development of bloggers and social networks, to our surprise, the number of good and kind children’s writers is decreasing. The children’s pages about checkers on various websites have completely disappeared. And we decided…

It was warm and festive in Bratislava. Some of our players managed to visit the Bratislava Castle and stroll through the streets of lively Bratislava! In the evening in Bratislava, it is unusually noisy and youth speech sounds in different European languages. We enjoyed another meeting with friends! And we have more of them after this tournament.

Yakov Schaus, Markiel Fazylov, Yuri Kirillov and of course Alexander Shvartsman. And also the charming Petra Dushkova, the inimitable Katalin Mezheschan from Hungary and amazing Dutch draughts players! And all this at our international tournament in Bratislava from December 20 to December 22. You will still have time to jump into the last carriage of our Christmas train! Write and we will respond!

A big surprise awaits us at the Bratislava tournament! Alexander Shvartsman will take part in the tournament!

We have received applications from draughts players from many countries who wish to participate in our ‘Bratislava open 2024’ tournament in Bratislava from December 20 to December 22, 2024. And it’s time to publish the schedule of the tournament and gradually reveal the names of the participants.

Important! We have postponed our tournament to December and are going to make our dream come true! We invite everyone who loves draughts and professional organization . Taking into account the requests of many participants of our tournaments to organize a good Open tournament, we decided to change the format of our competitions in Bratislava.. So: “Bratislava Open-2024” will be held from December 19 to December 22, 2024!

The World Youth Championship in Russian draughts, as well as the World Cup and the World Championship among veterans will be held in Turkey from November 1 to November 11, 2024. We invite all individual players who want to participate in the World Cup to contact us and leave their applications at: diagonale@albatross.land .

If from one group there are at least three people, then the owner of the first place, we guarantee accommodation from the organizers for free! The conditions are great and we sincerely wish that individual players take part in all the strongest tournaments under the auspices of the IDF! We are waiting for applications and promise legal support to the players.

We remind you! The International Draughts Federation (IDF) complies with all international requirements and is officially registered in Bulgaria! DIAGONALE Group is the official representative of the IDF in Latvia!

Starting today, it has become possible to get a subscription to use the new technology in draughts – IdDraughts! Now you can record your games, workouts and broadcast on a small board! Instead of bulky equipment, wires, a whole system of connections, you only need a phone! That’s it! IdDraughts technology will be available to all residents of Europe, Africa and Asia, as well as Latin American countries!

Congratulations to Yulia Polyanskaya on her appointment as a coach at the Chameleon professional draughts club! The club is her family and we believe that she will easily join the work. Julia, we wish success to your students and look forward to high results, as always, from the Chameleon draughts club. Your dedication and efficiency can only be envied!