The 2018 European championships of international draughts were held from 16 to 22 December in Moscow, Russia, over 9 rounds Swiss-system tournament. There were 55 participants from 14 countries, including 17 grandmasters, 9 international masters and 15 masters of the FMJD. Competitions was at classic format and at superblitz. 6 sportsmen qualified for WC 2019.
The winner was 18-years-old Michael Semyaniuk from Belarus, silver was for Alexander Georgiev from the Russia, third was Martijn van IJzendoorn from the Netherlands.
Classic tournament
Rules and regulations
Participants played Swiss-system tournament with 9 rounds. To define the places with equal points used of Solkoff truncated coefficient. Time control was 1 hour 20 minutes plus a minute per move.
Final standings
GMI — international grandmaster
MI — international master
MF — master FMJD
CMF — candidat master FMJD
Superblitz tournament
Rules and regulations
Participants played Swiss-system tournament with 7 rounds. To define the places with equal points used of Solkoff truncated coefficient. Time control was 5 minutes plus 2 seconds per move. There were 46 participants from 7 countries, including 8 grandmasters, 5 international masters and 12 masters of the FMJD.