The 2012 European championships of international draughts were held from 16 to 22 September in Emmen, Netherlands over 9 rounds Swiss-system tournament. There were 68 participants from 25 countries, including, 24 grandmasters, 9 international masters and 12 masters of the FMJD.
The winner was Alexei Chizhov from Russia, silver was for Guntis Valneris from Latvia, third was Pim Meurs from the Netherlands.