2017 World Draughts Championship
# 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.

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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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
