The 2017
World Draughts Championship at the
international draughts
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held in
Tallinn
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,
Estonia
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. 79 players, who qualified through the championships of Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America competed in the tournament, which ran from October 1, 2017, to October 16, 2017. Among them was women's grandmaster
Matrena Nogovitsyna from
Russia
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. 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
The 2017 Women's World Draughts Championship at the international draughts held in Tallinn, Estonia International Draughts Federation FMJD. Sixteen female players in total was competing in the tournament. The tournament started on October 1, 2017, ...
was held.
Rules and regulations
In the first stage 79 participants played in three groups
Swiss-system tournament
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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
A round-robin tournament (or all-go-away-tournament) is a competition
Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero ...
, 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.
World Championship. Rules and Regulations
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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
Results
Semifinal
GMI — international grandmaster
MI — international master
MF — 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
C ...
GMIF — women's international grandmaster
Group A
Group B
Group C
Final
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
*List of Draughts World Championship winners
The Draughts World Championship in international draughts is the world championship, which began in 1885 in France; since 1948, it has been organized by the World Draughts Federation (FMJD). The men's championship has had winners from the Nether ...
References
External links
List of players
Offiсial site
Results of final
Results of final
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Results semifinal A
Results semifinal B
Results semifinal C
Results semifinal A
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Results semifinal B
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Results semifinal C
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