The 2017
Women's World Draughts Championship at the
international draughts
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held in
Tallinn
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,
Estonia
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International Draughts Federation
FMJD
The Fédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames (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.
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. Sixteen female players in total was competing in the tournament. The tournament started on October 1, 2017, and lasted on October 15, 2017. Three round played in hotel Europe, other – at Paul Keres Chess House. It played as a
round-robin, with 15 rounds in total. The winning prize for the tournament is 20,000 euros. At the same time the
2017 World Draughts Championship was held.
Women's World Draughts Champion
Natalia Sadowska
Natalia Sadowska (born 27 July 1991) is a Polish draughts player who ranked third at the Women's Draughts European Championship in 2010 and whose successes go back to 2007. She is a highly rated women's player for Poland and was second at the 20 ...
(
Poland
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) and former champion
Zoja Golubeva
Zoja Aleksandrovna Golubevarussian: Зоя Александровна Го́лубева, translit=Zoya Aleksandrovna Golubeva (birth name, née Sadovskayarussian: Садо́вская, translit=Sadovskaya ; born 30 April 1967) is a Soviet Uni ...
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Latvia
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) participated in competition. New world champion became
Zoja Golubeva
Zoja Aleksandrovna Golubevarussian: Зоя Александровна Го́лубева, translit=Zoya Aleksandrovna Golubeva (birth name, née Sadovskayarussian: Садо́вская, translit=Sadovskaya ; born 30 April 1967) is a Soviet Uni ...
.
Rules and regulations
The games will be played in the official FMJD time rate of the Fischer system with 1 hour and 20 minutes for the game plus 1 minute per move. Conforming to the FMJD regulations players are not allowed to agree on a draw before they both made 40 moves. If they do so nevertheless, the referee is obliged to decide on a 0-point each players.
The final classification will be based on the total points obtained. If two or more players will have same total points to define the places:
# the largest number of victories
# the best results between this players
# the best results obtained in order of the classification.
Schedule
Results
* GMIF — women's international grandmaster
* MIF — women's international master
* MFF — master
FMJD
The Fédération Mondiale du Jeu de Dames (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.
Members
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See also
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List of women's Draughts World Championship winners
The Draughts World Championship is the world championship in international draughts, since 1973 organised among women by the World Draughts Federation (FMJD). Since 1981 the championship occurs every two years. In the even year following the tourn ...
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Women's World Draughts Championship
References
External links
WC 2017.Rules & RegulationsWorld Championship Women 2017Offiсial siteResultson site
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