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Major League of Belarussian Men and Women Championships ended. Championships was held in Minsk from April 3th to April 11th. Competitions was held by the system of micro-matches from two games, time control: 45 minutes for each participant before the end of the game plus 15 seconds per move. Igor Mikhalchenka won in men and Vera Khvaschinskaya won in women. See results MEN, WOMEN  and games HERE  Read more …

Belarussian Youth Championship among boys and girls in age groups 10, 13, 16, 19 years was held in Borisov from March 24th to March 30th in two programs: Blitz and Classic. 126 players took part in competitions. You can see results of Blitz HERE, Classic program HERE and Photo HERE

Russian Youth Championship among boys and girls in age groups 8, 10, 13 years ended. Competitions was held in Yaroslavl region from March 24th to April 1st in three programs: Blitz, Rapid and Classic. 220 players took part in competitions. You can see information about competition and results HERE and HERE  See VIDEOS  Read more …

Women Championship of Moldova was held from 18 to 23 March in Chisinau. International Grandmaster, former world champion Elena Skovitina became champion. Cristina Zaruba took 2nd place and young Șleahovskaya Ana took 3rd place.  See results  HERE  and PHOTO

Ukrainian Youth Championship among boys and girls was held in age groups 10, 13, 16, 19, 23 years  in three programs: Blitz, Rapid and Classic. Total 101 players took part in competitions. Championship in age groups 13, 19  years was held  from March 2nd to March 09th in Melitopol. See results HERE  Championship in age groups 10, 16, 23  years was held  from March 16th to March 23th in Ivano-Frankovsk. See results of Classic program HERE and Rapid HERE

Lithuanian Men Championship in draughts-64 (with the draw moves and positions) was held in Vilnius from March 6th to March 11, 2014. Andrius Kybartas won additional match for the first place Arunas Norvaishas and became the champion. Sigitas Smaidrys took 3rd place. See results HERE.

Youth Championship of Moldova (64) in age groups B16, B13, B10 in boys and G16, G13, G10 in girls was held from February 28th to March 5th in Chisinau. Competitions was held  in three programs: Blitz, Rapid and Classic. 66 players took part in competitions. See results HERE

Russian Youth Championship (64) in age groups B23, B19, B16 in boys and G23, G19, G16 in girls ended. Competitions was held  from March 3rd to March 10th in Leningrad region. Competitions was held  in three programs: Blitz, Rapid and Classic. 135 players took part in competitions. Plaudin Vladimir  (B24), Rysaev Damir (B19), Melnikov Dmitry (B16), Sarshaeva Zhanna (G24), Azarova Nyurguyana (G19), Denisova Valeria (G16) became champions in classic program. See results and photo from closing ceremony. Read more …

Estonian Draughts-64 Championships 2014 among men and women (Russian draughts) took place from 23 to 26 of January 2014. Championships were held by system of micro-matches, time control: 45 minutes per game + 30 seconds per move. Uutma Arno and Vainonen Kaari became champions. Read more …

National open individual draughts-64 championship of Uganda (poolcheckers) started 26th January 2014 late at about 2.30 pm on a round robin basis under the arbitration of Dan Isabirye. Youthful participant of the World Men Championship 2013 in St. Petersburg Sam Senoga from Seeta Club won. Read more …