World Draughts Federation
- World Draughts Federation
The FMJD (World Draughts Federation) is the international body uniting national draughts federations. It was founded in 1947 by four Federations: France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland.
Actually, the FMJD has more than 50 national federation members. Recently the FMJD has become a member of the GAISF and strives for Olympic recognition. The FMJD memberships is part of a more general movement toward integration of Mind Sports in the regular sports arena, a development that, in the vision of the FMJD, is to be lauded.
The FMJD is member of the:
*General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF)
*International Mind Sports Association (IMSA)
External links
* [http://fmjd.org FMJD]
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Draughts — This article is about the group of the board games. For other uses of draft , see Draft (disambiguation). For other uses of checkers , see Checkers (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Drought. Draughts Starting position on a 10×10 draughts… … Wikipedia
Draughts World Championship — The Draughts World Championship is the world championship in draughts, organised by the World Draughts Federation (FMJD). The following are the winners in men s and women s competitions. Men s Year Winner Nationality 1885* Alfred Dussaut… … Wikipedia
English draughts — Checkers redirects here. For other uses, see Checkers (disambiguation). Damka redirects here. For other uses, see Damka (disambiguation). English draughts board English draughts (International English) or checkers (American English and Canadian… … Wikipedia
Patricia Breen (draughts player) — Patricia Breen (born April 23, 1976 Bennekerry, Carlow, Ireland) is an Irish draughts player and among the leading women in the game. This is primarily in variations other than International draughts. [… … Wikipedia
List of draughts players — is concerned with the leading or champion figures in the history of various forms of draughts, commonly called checkers. The list should be limited to champions and significant figures in the game, so if current names do not meet that standard… … Wikipedia
International draughts — (also called Polish draughts or international checkers) is a board game, one of the variants of draughts. It is played on a 10×10 board with alternatingly dark and light squares, of which only the 50 dark ones are used. There are two players on… … Wikipedia
Chinook (draughts player) — For other uses, see Chinook (disambiguation). Chinook is a computer program that plays English draughts (also known as checkers), developed around 1989 at the University of Alberta, led by Jonathan Schaeffer. Other developers are Rob Lake, Paul… … Wikipedia
List of world championships in mind sports — This page gives a list of world championships in mind sports which usually represent the most prestigious competition for a specific board game, card game or mind sport. World championships can only be held for most games or mind sports with the… … Wikipedia
List of international sport federations — This is a list of international sports federations, each of which serves as a non governmental governing body for a given sport and administers its sport at a world level, most often crafting rules, promoting the sport to prospective spectators… … Wikipedia
International Mind Sports Association — Die International Mind Sports Association (IMSA) ist eine 2005 gegründeter Dachverband für Denksportspiele. Die IMSA wurde durch die Weltverbände World Bridge Federation (Bridge), die FIDE Schach, die World Draughts Federation (Dame), die… … Deutsch Wikipedia
