MSO Grand Prix 2022

The MSO Grand Prix 2022 is a brand-new online Mind Sports competition, which will take place from April 15 to May 29, 2022 on various online venues across seven game categories.

This will be a separate event within the MSO Mind Sports Olympiad. The Olympiad itself, if circumstances permit, will return to its traditional face-to-face format in 2022.

All Mind Sports South Africa's (MSSA) Registered Players are invited to take part in such Mind Sports Olympiad Grand Prix 2022 (online).

 

The MSO Grand Prix 2022 conducted online from April 15 to May 29, 2022.

The following tournaments are to be played:

Draughts-64 tournaments (English time)

Russian Draughts, May 14 at 15.00      

Brazilian Draughts, May 19 at 19.00

Pool Checkers, May 24 at 19.00

Any/all Registered Players wanting to participate, must please contact MSSA on mindsportscorrespondence@gmail.com

Also read:

• 2022 Calendar of Events
• Affiliation: Private Clubs
• Affiliation - Schools
• Events: 4th Provincial Online Student Championships - 9 April 2022
• Events: 2022 Online Provincial Championships - 16 April 2022
• IDF: MSO Grand Prix 2022
• IESF: Bali Confirmed as Host of the 2022 World Esports Championships Finals
• IESF: IESF TO HOST CSGO EVENT FOR FEMALES.
• IESF: MSSA officially enters Protea Team
• IESF: Six Game Titles for IESF's 2022 World Esports Championships
• Ladder: Clash Royale
• Notices: R65,000.00 in prizes for esports league
• Notices - Advertise your club
• Notices: Learners may play for both private and school clubs.
• Notices - Transfer season
• Results: 2022 Online Western Cape Championships
• Results: Combined Online Provincial Championships for Schools
• Titles: With immediate effect.
• Titles - esports: High School Championships
• Titles - esports: Premier Championships
• Titles - esports: Student Championships

Leonard Loftus is elected to the position of Treasurer of the African Draughts Federation in Blantyre.

Leonard Loftus (Treasurer - African Draughts Federation), Suzgo Nkhoma (President: African Draughts Federation) and Vladimir Langin (President: International Draughts Federation)

At the African Draughts Federation's (ADF's) 2nd African Draughts Championships held in Blantyre, Malawi, from 8 to 14 July 2018, the assembled countries voted Leonard Loftus in as ADF's Treasurer.

Seven African National Federations nominated Leonard for the position of Treasurer and there was not a single counter nomination. 

The voting then took place, and the General Meeting was unanimousin voting in Leonard Loftus from Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA).  

Responsibilities of the Treasurer for the ADF are:

• Manage the finances of the ADF
• Oversee program and project budget forecasts
• Assist with financial planning of events
• Manage international investment funding programs  
• Prepare and issue financial statements to the executive

MSSA is confident that Leonard shall do South Africa proud in his new role.

African Championship will be held in Malawi

2nd African Draughts-64 Championship will be held from 9 to 14 July 2018 in Malawi. Organizers of the competitions are International Draughts Federation (IDF), African Draughts Confederation and the Association of Draughts of Malawi (ADMA). 

Competitions will be held with the support of the Government of the country and the Malawi National Council of Sports. 

Competitions will be held in three programs: Classic, Rapid and Blitz, with three versions of draughts: international/Russian, Brazilian and pool checkers, and will be qualifying for World Draughts-64 Championship 2019.  

Detailed information will be published later.

World Draughts-64 Championship 2015 in St. Petersburg

Official logo of the 2015 IDF World Championships

World Draughts-64 Championships 2015 among men and women (Russian and Brazilian version) will be held in St. Petersburg (Russia) from 02 of October (day of arrival) to 11 of October, 2015 (departure day). Organizes of Championship are International Draughts Federation IDF with the support of the Committee for Physical Culture and Sports of St. Petersburg and the Ministry of Sports of Russia.

Strongest players of the world from forty-seven countries representing 4 continents: Europe, Asia, Africa and America will take part in the competition.

For the victory in the championship will fight Russian players - the current world champion Nikolay Struchkov and 7-time world champion Gavril Kolesov (both from Yakutia), winner of the World Mind Sports Games 2008 Oleg Dashkov from Samara, multiple world champion, the first world ranking - Sergey Belosheyev (Evpatoriya) and other strongest players. Among them are champions and winners of the world championships in different years Andrey Valyuk (Belarus), Ion Dosca (Moldova), Gennady Shapiro (Germany), Arno Uutma (Estonia), Eugene Kondrachenko (Belarus), as well as young, but already declared themselves players - European champion 2014 Igor Mikhalchenko (Belarus) and 3^rd place of the previous World Championship Vladimir Yegorov (Russia, Tula).

Surprise of the championship can become talented African players - 18-year-old nugget Enock Makoka Banda (Malawi) and experienced Mvaaza Sakala (Zambia), as well as the first number of Jamaica, 26-year-old Andre Thomas. We look forward to the confident game of the multiple champion of Brazil, the winner of World Youth Championships Marcelo Francisco.

In women, the favorite of the tournament is the current World Champion Zhanna Sarshaeva from Russia, Astrakhan. The competition for she will make the world champions in different years Elena Skovitina from Moldova and Julia Makarenkova from Ukraine, European champion 2014 in blitz Sofya Morozova from Russia, Kaluga, rapidly progressing young players - Daria Fedorovich and Vera Hvaschinskaya from Belarus, Nika Leopoldova from St.Petersburg.

Geography of participants in female championships expanding rapidly. In the upcoming championships for the first time try their hand a representative of the South African Andrea Bosch. We hope that the participation of African players in major Draughts-64 competitions will cause a large surge of interest in the draughts sport in Africa and new stars will soon shine on the Draughts horizon!

St. Petersburg has a long Draughts tradition and great experience of the Draughts competitions of the highest level, including the European and World Championships. World Championship 2013 and European Championship 2014, which was held in St. Petersburg, served as a great impetus to the development and promotion of the Draughts on the traditional 64-cell board in the world.

Fans from more than 170 countries around the world watched the events in Draughts-64. We are confident that the time will come when the representatives of all these countries will meet at the largest draughts forum for the Draughts games!