The country’s international draughts championships have recently ended in Estonia. The denouement of the fight for medals came two rounds before the end of the championships. The penultimate round became the key round for men, and the last round was culmination amongst women.
More recently, a new draughts club has appeared in Estonia. The national championship has become more interesting and intense. In addition, recent children grow up and begin to win victories over authorities.
Although the number of participants was small, it is much more than at the semi-finals of Latvia. It is pleasant to note that young players have started to appear in the winners. We are sincerely happy for Polina and Martin.
After looking at the composition of the next international tournament in Yogeva, we again came to the conclusion that there is no solidarity between the three proud federations. And the organizers of the tournaments should only calculate the losses from such activities-inactivity.
Heinar Jahu has already turned 91 years old and he’s still in good playing shape. And in the Estonian blitz championship he took the honorable 8th place.
After looking at the composition of the upcoming Estonian international draughts championships we have sen new names and new clubs. Which we were sincerely glad about! And if this number grows a little more, then in this case competition within the country will increase and new names of coaches will appear.
The Estonian championships in Russian draughts ended predictably enough. Arno Uutma became the champion of Estonia for the 27th time, and Kari Vainonen became the champion of Estonia among women.
The national team championship in international draughts was held in Estonia. We are glad that the coaching efforts of Arno Uutma, who trains all the strongest draughts players in Estonia, are not in vain.
Congratulations to the coach, public figure, draughts arbiter and active participant of draughts tournaments Heinar Yahu on his 90th birthday! A unique person with character, the chief secretary of the match for the world draughts crown Andreiko – Kuperman celebrates his Anniversary!
Let’s start our article with an old question from Odessa: ‘Sema, what will you have from this? And do you need this?’ Do the leaders of the proud federations know the answer to this question – we are not sure about that.
Once again we celebrate the unique longevity of Jahu, Heinar. On the eve of his 90th birthday, he continues coaching and takes part in all possible tournaments. At the same time, he takes prizes both playing Russian checkers and playing on a large board. Health from our team Jahu, Heinar!
I want to applaud standing up! 20 Estonian draughts players, not counting their parents and coaches, went to the European Championship in Russian draughts in Turkey. while Lithuanian and Latvian draughts players continued to express “russophobic accusations” and inadequate demands to the entire world draughts community in their own correspondence with the support of the board of their federations.