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As in all draughts variants, Russian draughts is played by two people, on opposite sides of a playing board, alternating moves. One player has dark pieces, and the other has light pieces. Pieces move diagonally and pieces of the opponent are captured by jumping over them. The rules of this variant of draughts are: Board.
Poddavki (Russian: поддавки́, IPA: [pədːɐˈfkʲi], "giveaway"), also known as Giveaway checkers, Suicide checkers, Anti-checkers or Losing draughts is a draughts (checkers) game based on the rules of Russian draughts, with the variation that a player wins if they have no legal moves on their turn, either by giving up all their pieces or having them all blocked.
The Draughts-64 World Championship is the world championship for Brazilian and Russian draughts. The championship has been organized by the World Draughts Federation (FMJD) since 1985, the last few championship organized by the International Draughts Federation (IDF). The first championship was in Brazilian draughts.
The last championship was held in 1991 in connection with the disintegration of the USSR, total 51 championships were held. This competition was the largest competition in Russian draughts, only at 1993 took place first Draughts-64 World Championship in Russian draughts.
The game is played according to the basic rules of Russian draughts, with the main difference being that draughts being jumped over are not removed from the playing field but are instead placed under the jumping piece (draught or tower). The resulting towers move across the board as one piece, obeying the status of the upper draught.
Column draughts (Russian towers), also known as Bashni, is a kind of draughts, known in Russia since the beginning of the nineteenth century, in which the game is played according to the usual rules of Russian draughts, but with the difference that the captured man is not removed from the playing field: rather, it is placed under the capturing ...
The attack by Russian forces on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear site in Ukraine has been widely condemned. The UK’s permanent representative to the UN Dame Barbara Woodward suggested the action might ...
List winners of Russian championship in International draughts. The annual draughts competition was held in the Russia from 1992. The first championship was held in Pyatigorsk. In 2001 the championship was not held. Championship played round-robin, since 2013 at Swiss system. Since 1998 the championship program included competitions with a ...