CHECKERS NEWS

WCDF GAYP World Title Match between reigning World Champion Matteo Bernini of Italy and WCDF Challenger Melikaya Nonyukela of South Africa
took place at the International Checkers Hall of Fame (ICHF) from June 23 (Sunday) through June 28 (Friday).

The match consisted of 24 games, with 4 games played per day.
World Champion Matteo Bernini of Italy successfully defended his title by winning 2 games and drawing 21. All games were of the highest standard and quality with no short draws.

The second International Match USA vs. Italy
took place this year in Vidor, TX, USA, from July 1-5. The match was played on 10 boards - 1 women's board, 1 youth board, and 8 open boards. Each team had alternate players. The match was played over 5 days and 10 rounds using the Scheveningen system.
The USA team won the match 208:192.
American captain Alex Moiseyev scored the maximum number of points - 29 (9 wins, 11 draws) and didn’t lose any games.
Matteo Bernini of Italy had the second-highest individual score - 28 points (9 wins, 10 draws, 1 loss).
Alex Holmes of the USA ended with 27 points but had the maximum number of wins - 10!
The youngest player was Vasilisa Filaretova of California, 13 years old. The oldest player was Gaetano Mazzilli of Italy, 94 years old!
The previous (first) International Match USA vs. Italy was played in Rome in 2018, and the Italian team won it narrowly, 129:127, by only one game margin.

More details on the site of Italian federation:  https://www.federdama.org/cms/index.php/news-1/news/elenco-degli-articoli-1/3045-ii-match-internazionale-di-dama-americana-usa-italia