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 ran from October 1, 2017, to 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

Date	Time	Men	Women	Playing venue
1 October	11:00	Opening	Opening	Hotel Euroopa
1 October	15:00	Round 1	Round 1	Hotel Euroopa
2 October	9:00	Round 2	Round 2	Hotel Euroopa
2 October	16:00	Round 3		Hotel Euroopa
3 October	16:00	Round 4	Round 3	Hotel Euroopa
4 October	9:00	Round 5		Paul Keres Chess House
4 October	16:00	Round 6	Round 4	Paul Keres Chess House
5 October	16:00	Round 7	Round 5	Paul Keres Chess House
6 October	9:00	Round 8	Round 6	Paul Keres Chess House
6 October	16:00	Round 9	Round 7	Paul Keres Chess House
7 October		Day of rest	Day of rest	FMJD General Assembly 2017
8 October	9:00	Final 1 round		Paul Keres Chess House
8 October	16:00	Final 2 round	Round 8	Paul Keres Chess House
9 October	16:00	Final 3 round	Round 9	Paul Keres Chess House
10 October	16:00	Final 4 round	Round 10	Paul Keres Chess House
11 October	9:00	Final 5 round		Paul Keres Chess House
11 October	16:00	Final 6 round	Round 11	Paul Keres Chess House
12 October	16:00	Final 7 round	Round 12	Paul Keres Chess House
13 October	9:00	Final 8 round		Paul Keres Chess House
13 October	16:00	Final 9 round	Round 13	Paul Keres Chess House
14 October	9:00	Final 10 round	Round 14	Paul Keres Chess House
15 October	9:00	Final 11 round	Round 15	Paul Keres Chess House
15 October	17:00	Closing	Closing	Paul Keres Chess House

Results

Semifinal

GMI — international grandmaster

MI — international master

MF — master FMJD

GMIF — women's international grandmaster

Group A

Place	Name	Country	Title	Rating	Points	Coeff.
1	Alexander Baljakin	Netherlands	GMI	2394	12
2	Alexander Schwarzman	Russia	GMI	2432	11
3	Yuri Anikeev	Ukraine	GMI	2379	11
4	Vadim Virny	Germany	GMI	2354	11
5	Aleksej Domchev	Lithuania	GMI	2334	11
6	N'Diaga Samb	Senegal	GMI	2322	11
7	Ainur Shaibakov	Russia	GMI	2349	11
8	Souleymane Keita	Canada	MI	2282	11
9	Nikolai Gulyaev	Russia	MI	2299	10
10	Ron Heusdens	Netherlands	GMI	2331	10
11	Frank Teer	Netherlands	MI	2298	10
12	Manlai Ravjir	Mongolia	GMI	2174	10
13	Alexander Verkhovykh	Russia	MI	2227	10
14	Arnaud Cordier	France	GMI	2358	10
15	Guno Burleson	Suriname	MI	2254	10
16	Derby Martes	Dominican Republic		2259	10
17	Martijn van Gortel	Netherlands	MF	2117	10
18	Jitse Slump	Netherlands	MI	2273	9
19	Raimonds Vipulis	Latvia	GMI	2310	9
20	Arjan van den Berg	Israel		2178	9
21	Raivo Rist	Estonia	MF	2149	8
22	Vaclav Krista	Czech Republic	MI	2092	8
23	Piotr Paluch	Poland	MF	2119	8
24	Bryan Wollaert	Belgium	MF	2127	8
25	Uno Plakk	Estonia	MF	2024	6
26	Priit Lokotar	Estonia		1902	6
27	Behcet Celebi	Cyprus		1900	2
28	Epherem Demessie	Ethiopia		1901	0

Group B

Place	Name	Country	Title	Rating	Points	Coeff.
1	Alexander Georgiev	Russia	GMI	2428	12
2	Guntis Valneris	Latvia	GMI	2374	12
3	Artem Ivanov	Ukraine	GMI	2367	11
4	Martijn van IJzendoorn	Netherlands	GMI	2395	11
5	Dul Erdenebileg	Mongolia	GMI	2266	11
6	Leopold Kouogueu Kouomou	Cameroon	GMI	2304	11
7	Jan Groenendijk	Netherlands	GMI	2350	10
8	Hein Meijer	Netherlands	GMI	2317	10
9	Murodullo Amrillaev	Russia	GMI	2351	10
10	Ivan Trofimov	Russia	GMI	2332	10
11	Adonis Joachim Ano	Ivory Coast	MI	2306	10
12	Alessio Scaggiante	Italy	MF	2119	10
13	Jean Marc Ndjofang	Cameroon	GMI	2333	9
14	Chengcheng Tian	China	MF	2132	9
15	Matrena Nogovitsyna	Russia	MI	2228	9
16	Youssou NDiaye	Senegal	MF	2183	9
17	Oscar Lognon	France	MI	2279	9
18	Kees Romijn	Netherlands	MF	2136	9
19	Mehmet Yöney	Turkey	MF	2119	8
20	Vasyl Pikiniar	Ukraine	MF	2165	8
21	Janiston Ramirez	Dominican Republic		2251	8
22	Sergei Nosevitch	Belarus	GMI	2262	7
23	Roep Bhawanibhiek	Netherlands	MF	2095	7
24	Andreas Tulva	Estonia		2021	6
25	Argo Unnuk	Estonia	MF	2204	6
26	Gerrit Alink	Indonesia		1909	2

Group C

Place	Name	Country	Title	Rating	Points	Coeff.
1	Wouter Wolff	Netherlands	MI	2278	12
2	Alexei Chizhov	Russia	GMI	2409	11
3	Joel Atse	Ivory Coast	GMI	2337	11
4	Evgeni Vatutin	Belarus	GMI	2329	11
5	Roel Boomstra	Netherlands	GMI	2400	11
5	Alexander Getmanski	Russia	GMI	2367	11
7	Kees Thijssen	Netherlands	GMI	2326	11
8	Macodou NDiaye	Senegal	GMI	2336	11
9	Maksim Milshin	Russia	MF	2278	11
10	Wouter Sipma	Netherlands	GMI	2352	10
11	Daniele Macali	Italy	MF	2143	10
12	Edvardas Bužinskis	Lithuania	GMI	2314	9
13	Christian Niami	Cameroon	MF	2294	9
14	Miguel Almanzar	Dominican Republic	MF	2372	9
15	Evgeni Gurkov	Russia	MF	2178	9
16	Zhiyong Xiong	China	MF	2161	9
17	Carlos Lorevil	Curaçao	MF	2120	9
18	Piotr Chmiel	Poland	MI	2115	9
19	Igor Kirzner	Ukraine	GMI	2259	8
20	Villem Lüüs	Estonia	MF	2116	8
21	Gerelbold Ganbold	Mongolia	MF	2124	8
22	Frantz Forbin	France	MI	2230	8
23	Alexander Rudnitsky	United States	MF	2194	8
24	Raido Värik	Estonia		2247	6
25	Dan Isabirye	Uganda		2000	3
26	Evert Wiskerke	Romania		1984	2

Final

Place	Name	Country	Title	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Points	Win	Draw	Lost
1	Alexander Schwarzman	Russia	GMI	2432		1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	14	3	8	0
2	Alexei Chizhov	Russia	GMI	2409	1		1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	13	2	9	0
3	Guntis Valneris	Latvia	GMI	2374	1	1		1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	13	2	9	0
4	Alexander Baljakin	Netherlands	GMI	2394	1	1	1		1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	12	1	10	0
5	Yuri Anikeev	Ukraine	GMI	2379	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	2	1	1	12	1	10	0
6	Joel Atse	Ivory Coast	GMI	2337	1	1	1	0	1		1	1	2	1	1	1	11	1	9	1
7	Alexander Georgiev	Russia	GMI	2428	1	0	1	1	1	1		2	1	1	1	1	11	1	9	1
8	Wouter Wolf	Netherlands	MI	2278	0	1	0	1	1	1	0		2	1	1	2	10	2	6	3
9	Martijn van IJzendoorn	Netherlands	GMI	2395	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0		1	2	1	9	1	7	3
10	Evgeni Vatutin	Belarus	GMI	2329	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1		1	1	9	0	9	2
11	Vadim Virny	Germany	GMI	2354	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1		1	9	0	9	2
12	Artem Ivanov	Ukraine	GMI	2367	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1		9	0	9	2

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