2017 World Draughts Championship

The 2017 World Draughts Championship at the international draughts held in Tallinn, Estonia. 79 players, who qualified through the championships of Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America competed in the tournament, which started on October 1, 2017 and will end on October 16, 2017. Among them was women's grandmaster Matrena Nogovitsyna from Russia. Three round played in hotel Europe, other in Paul Keres Chess House. The winning prize for the tournament is 30,000 euros. The tournament will be supervised by main referee Andriy Shcherbatyuk (Ukraine). At the same time the 2017 Women's World Draughts Championship was held.

Rules and Regulations

In the first stage 79 participants played in three groups Swiss-system tournament with 9 rounds. To define the places with equal points used of Solkoff truncated coefficient. The first four from each group participated in the final, total twelve players.

The final is in the form of a round-robin tournament, with 11 rounds in total. The games played in the official FMJD time rate with 1 hour and 20 minutes for the game plus 1 minute per move.[1]

The final classification is based on the total points obtained. If two or more players will have same total points to define the places:

1. the largest number of victories

2. the best results between this players

3. the best results obtained in order of the classification.

Schedule
DateTimeMenWomenPlaying venue
1 October11:00OpeningOpeningHotel Euroopa
1 October15:00Round 1Round 1Hotel Euroopa
2 October9:00Round 2Round 2Hotel Euroopa
2 October16:00Round 3Hotel Euroopa
3 October16:00Round 4Round 3Hotel Euroopa
4 October9:00Round 5Paul Keres Chess House
4 October16:00Round 6Round 4Paul Keres Chess House
5 October16:00Round 7Round 5Paul Keres Chess House
6 October9:00Round 8Round 6Paul Keres Chess House
6 October16:00Round 9Round 7Paul Keres Chess House
7 OctoberDay of restDay of restFMJD General Assembly 2017
8 October9:00Final 1 roundPaul Keres Chess House
8 October16:00Final 2 roundRound 8Paul Keres Chess House
9 October16:00Final 3 roundRound 9Paul Keres Chess House
10 October16:00Final 4 roundRound 10Paul Keres Chess House
11 October9:00Final 5 roundPaul Keres Chess House
11 October16:00Final 6 roundRound 11Paul Keres Chess House
12 October16:00Final 7 roundRound 12Paul Keres Chess House
13 October9:00Final 8 roundPaul Keres Chess House
13 October16:00Final 9 roundRound 13Paul Keres Chess House
14 October9:00Final 10 roundRound 14Paul Keres Chess House
15 October9:00Final 11 roundRound 15Paul Keres Chess House
15 October17:00ClosingClosingPaul Keres Chess House

Results

Semifinal

GMI — international grandmaster

MI — international master

MF — master FMJD

GMIF — women's international grandmaster

Group A
PlaceNameCountryTitleRatingPointsCoeff.
1Alexander Baljakin NetherlandsGMI239412
2Alexander Schwarzman RussiaGMI243211
3Yuri Anikeev UkraineGMI237911
4Vadim Virny GermanyGMI235411
5Aleksej Domchev LithuaniaGMI233411
6N'Diaga Samb SenegalGMI232211
7Ainur Shaibakov RussiaGMI234911
8Souleymane Keita CanadaMI228211
9Nikolai Gulyaev RussiaMI229910
10Ron Heusdens NetherlandsGMI233110
11Frank Teer NetherlandsMI229810
12Manlai Ravjir MongoliaGMI217410
13Alexander Verkhovykh RussiaMI222710
14Arnaud Cordier FranceGMI235810
15Guno Burleson SurinameMI225410
16Derby Martes Dominican Republic225910
17Martijn van Gortel NetherlandsMF211710
18Jitse Slump NetherlandsMI22739
19Raimonds Vipulis LatviaGMI23109
20Arjan van den Berg Israel21789
21Raivo Rist EstoniaMF21498
22Vaclav Krista Czech RepublicMI20928
23Piotr Paluch PolandMF21198
24Bryan Wollaert BelgiumMF21278
25Uno Plakk EstoniaMF20246
26Priit Lokotar Estonia19026
27Behcet Celebi Cyprus19002
28Epherem Demessie Ethiopia19010

Group B
PlaceNameCountryTitleRatingPointsCoeff.
1Alexander Georgiev RussiaGMI242812
2Guntis Valneris LatviaGMI237412
3Artem Ivanov UkraineGMI236711
4Martijn van IJzendoorn NetherlandsGMI239511
5Dul Erdenebileg MongoliaGMI226611
6Leopold Kouogueu Kouomou CameroonGMI230411
7Jan Groenendijk NetherlandsGMI235010
8Hein Meijer NetherlandsGMI231710
9Murodullo Amrillaev RussiaGMI235110
10Ivan Trofimov RussiaGMI233210
11Adonis Joachim Ano Ivory CoastMI230610
12Alessio Scaggiante ItalyMF211910
13Jean Marc Ndjofang CameroonGMI23339
14Chengcheng Tian ChinaMF21329
15Matrena Nogovitsyna RussiaMI22289
16Youssou NDiaye SenegalMF21839
17Oscar Lognon FranceMI22799
18Kees Romijn NetherlandsMF21369
19Mehmet Yöney TurkeyMF21198
20Vasyl Pikiniar UkraineMF21658
21Janiston Ramirez Dominican Republic22518
22Sergei Nosevitch BelarusGMI22627
23Roep Bhawanibhiek NetherlandsMF20957
24Andreas Tulva Estonia20216
25Argo Unnuk EstoniaMF22046
26Gerrit Alink Indonesia19092

Group C
PlaceNameCountryTitleRatingPointsCoeff.
1Wouter Wolff NetherlandsMI227812
2Alexei Chizhov RussiaGMI240911
3Joel Atse Ivory CoastGMI233711
4Evgeni Vatutin BelarusGMI232911
5Roel Boomstra NetherlandsGMI240011
5Alexander Getmanski RussiaGMI236711
7Kees Thijssen NetherlandsGMI232611
8Macodou NDiaye SenegalGMI233611
9Maksim Milshin RussiaMF227811
10Wouter Sipma NetherlandsGMI235210
11Daniele Macali ItalyMF214310
12Edvardas Bužinskis LithuaniaGMI23149
13Christian Niami CameroonMF22949
14Miguel Almanzar Dominican RepublicMF23729
15Evgeni Gurkov RussiaMF21789
16Zhiyong Xiong ChinaMF21619
17Carlos Lorevil CuraçaoMF21209
18Piotr Chmiel PolandMI21159
19Igor Kirzner UkraineGMI22598
20Villem Lüüs EstoniaMF21168
21Gerelbold Ganbold MongoliaMF21248
22Frantz Forbin FranceMI22308
23Alexander Rudnitsky United StatesMF21948
24Raido Värik Estonia22476
25Dan Isabirye Uganda20003
26Evert Wiskerke Romania19842

Final
Place Name Country Title Rating123456789101112 Points WinDrawLost
1Alexander Schwarzman RussiaGMI24321111112211214380
2Alexei Chizhov RussiaGMI24091111121112113290
3Guntis Valneris LatviaGMI23741111112121113290
4Alexander Baljakin NetherlandsGMI239411112111111121100
5Yuri Anikeev UkraineGMI237911111111211121100
6Joel Atse Ivory CoastGMI23371110111211111191
7Alexander Georgiev RussiaGMI24281011112111111191
8Wouter Wolf NetherlandsMI22780101110211210263
9Martijn van IJzendoorn NetherlandsGMI2395011110101219173
10Evgeni Vatutin BelarusGMI2329110101111119092
11Vadim Virny GermanyGMI2354101111110119092
12Artem Ivanov UkraineGMI2367011111101119092

Results by round

1 round

  • Guntis Valneris – Alexander Schwarzman 1–1
  • Alexei Chizhov – Artem Ivanov 1–1
  • Alexander Georgiev – Vadim Virny 1–1
  • Yuri Anikeev – Alexander Baljakin 1–1
  • Evgeni Vatutin – Joel Atse 1–1
  • Martijn van IJzendoorn – Wouter Wolff 0–2

2 round

  • Alexander Schwarzman – Wouter Wolff 2–0
  • Joel Atse – Martijn van IJzendoorn 2–0
  • Alexander Baljakin – Evgeni Vatutin 1–1
  • Vadim Virny – Yuri Anikeev 1–1
  • Artem Ivanov – Alexander Georgiev 1–1
  • Guntis Valneris – Alexei Chizhov 1–1

3 round

  • Alexei Chizhov – Alexander Schwarzman 1–1
  • Alexander Georgiev – Guntis Valneris 1–1
  • Yuri Anikeev – Artem Ivanov 1–1
  • Evgeni Vatutin – Vadim Virny 1–1
  • Martijn van IJzendoorn – Alexander Baljakin 1–1
  • Wouter Wolff – Joel Atse 1–1

4 round

  • Alexander Schwarzman – Joel Atse 1–1
  • Alexander Baljakin – Wouter Wolff 1–1
  • Vadim Virny – Martijn van IJzendoorn 0–2
  • Artem Ivanov – Evgeni Vatutin 1–1
  • Alexei Chizhov – Alexander Georgiev 2–0
  • Guntis Valneris – Yuri Anikeev 1–1

5 round

  • Alexander Georgiev – Alexander Schwarzman 1–1
  • Yuri Anikeev – Alexei Chizhov 1–1
  • Evgeni Vatutin – Guntis Valneris 0–2
  • Martijn van IJzendoorn – Artem Ivanov 1–1
  • Wouter Wolff – Vadim Virny 1–1
  • Joel Atse – Alexander Baljakin 0–2

6 round

  • Alexander Georgiev – Yuri Anikeev 1–1
  • Alexei Chizhov – Evgeni Vatutin 1–1
  • Guntis Valneris – Martijn van IJzendoorn 1–1
  • Artem Ivanov – Wouter Wolff 0–2
  • Vadim Virny – Joel Atse 1–1
  • Alexander Schwarzman – Alexander Baljakin 1–1

7 round

  • Yuri Anikeev – Alexander Schwarzman 1–1
  • Evgeni Vatutin – Alexander Georgiev 1–1
  • Martijn van IJzendoorn – Alexei Chizhov 1–1
  • Wouter Wolff – Guntis Valneris 0–2
  • Joel Atse – Artem Ivanov 1–1
  • Alexander Baljakin – Vadim Virny 1–1

8 round

  • Alexander Schwarzman – Vadim Virny 1–1
  • Artem Ivanov – Alexander Baljakin 1–1
  • Guntis Valneris – Joel Atse 1–1
  • Alexei Chizhov – Wouter Wolff 1–1
  • Alexander Georgiev – Martijn van IJzendoorn 1–1
  • Yuri Anikeev – Evgeni Vatutin 2–0

9 round

  • Alexander Schwarzman – Vadim Virny 1–1
  • Artem Ivanov – Alexander Baljakin 1–1
  • Guntis Valneris – Joel Atse 1–1
  • Alexei Chizhov – Wouter Wolff 1–1
  • Alexander Georgiev – Martijn van IJzendoorn 1–1
  • Yuri Anikeev – Evgeni Vatutin 2–0

10 round

  • Alexander Schwarzman – Artem Ivanov 2–0
  • Guntis Valneris – Vadim Virny 1–1
  • Alexei Chizhov – Alexander Baljakin 1–1
  • Alexander Georgiev – Joel Atse 1–1
  • Yuri Anikeev – Wouter Wolff 1–1
  • Evgeni Vatutin – Martijn van IJzendoorn 1–1

11 round

  • Martijn van IJzendoorn – Alexander Schwarzman 0–2
  • Wouter Wolff – Evgeni Vatutin 1–1
  • Joel Atse – Yuri Anikeev 1–1
  • Alexander Baljakin – Alexander Georgiev 1–1
  • Vadim Virny – Alexei Chizhov 0–2
  • Artem Ivanov – Guntis Valneris 1–1

See also

References
  1. World Championship. Rules and Regulations
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