Belarusians won five of six gold awards at the World Draughts Championship

Belarusian athletes won six medals at the World Draughts-64 Team Championship in Manavgat, Turkey. Belta reports.

In the asset of our checkers - five gold and one silver award. The absolute world champions in the team were Igor Mikhalchenko, Andrei Valyuk, Marat Lev and Artem Tikhonov, who became the strongest in all three programs. The women’s team of Belarus consisting of Victoria Nikolaeva, Evgenia Shved and Polina Petruseva was the best in the blitz and Rapid, and also took second place in the classic game. Athletes from 12 countries took part in the tournament.

In parallel, in Chinese Xintai, the youth championship of the planet in checkers on a hundred-cell board was held. Our Vladimir Tchaikovsky won two silvers - in fast and lightning-fast programs. Belarusian draughtsmen won the gold of the team world championship in the blitz