The 2017 World Draughts Championship in international draughts was held from 1 to 16 October, 2017 in Tallinn, Estonia. 79 players, who qualified through the championships of Europe, Asia, Africa, and North and South America, competed in the tournament. Among them was women's grandmaster Matrena Nogovitsyna from Russia. The total prize money for the tournament was 20,000 euros. The tournament was supervised by main referee Andriy Shcherbatyuk (Ukraine).

Four rounds were played in the Hotel Euroopa, while the rest were played in the Paul Keres Chess House. The 2017 Women's World Draughts Championship took place simultaneously at the same locations.

Rules and regulations In the first stage, 79 participants were divided into 3 groups, each playing a 9-round Swiss-system tournament. Ties on points were resolved using the truncated Solkoff coefficient. The top 4 players from each group, 12 players in total, advanced to the final.

The final was played as a round-robin tournament. The games were played with the official FMJD classical time control: 80 minutes plus a 1-minute increment per move.

The final rankings were determined by total points. If two or more players finished with the same score, the following tiebreaks were applied: Number of wins. Results in the direct encounters between the tied players. Results obtained against opponents in order of their final ranking.

Schedule

DateTimeEvent Venue1 October11:00 Opening Hotel Euroopa1 October15:00Round 1Hotel Euroopa2 October9:00Round 2Hotel Euroopa2 October16:00Round 3Hotel Euroopa3 October16:00Round 4Hotel Euroopa4 October9:00Round 5Paul Keres Chess House4 October16:00Round 6Paul Keres Chess House5 October16:00Round 7Paul Keres Chess House6 October9:00Round 8Paul Keres Chess House6 October16:00Round 9Paul Keres Chess House7 October Rest day 8 October9:00Final Round 1Paul Keres Chess House8 October16:00Final Round 2Paul Keres Chess House9 October16:00Final Round 3Paul Keres Chess House10 October16:00Final Round 4Paul Keres Chess House11 October9:00Final Round 5Paul Keres Chess House11 October16:00Final Round 6Paul Keres Chess House12 October16:00Final Round 7Paul Keres Chess House13 October9:00Final Round 8Paul Keres Chess House13 October16:00Final Round 9Paul Keres Chess House14 October9:00Final Round 10Paul Keres Chess House15 October9:00Final Round 11Paul Keres Chess House15 October17:00 Closing Paul Keres Chess House

Results Semifinal

GMI — international grandmaster

MI — international master

MF — master FMJD

GMIF — women's international grandmaster

Group A

PlaceNameCountryTitleRatingPointsCoeff.1 Alexander Baljakin GMI 239412 2 Alexander Schwarzman GMI 243211 873 Yuri Anikeev GMI 237911874 Vadim Virny GMI 235411 875 Aleksej Domchev GMI 233411 866 N'Diaga Samb GMI 232211 867 Ainur Shaibakov GMI 234911 818 Souleymane Keita MI 228211819 Nikolai Gulyaev MI 229910 10 Ron Heusdens GMI 233110 11 Frank Teer MI 229810 12 Manlai Ravjir GMI 217410 13 Alexander Verkhovykh MI 222710 14 Arnaud Cordier GMI 235810 15 Guno Burleson MI 225410 16 Derby Martes 225910 17 Martijn van Gortel MF 211710 18 Jitse Slump MI 22739 19 Raimonds Vipulis GMI 23109 20 Arjan van den Berg 21789 21 Raivo Rist MF 21498 22 Vaclav Krista MI 20928 23 Piotr Paluch MF 21198 24 Bryan Wollaert MF21278 25 Uno Plakk MF20246 26 Priit Lokotar 19026 27 Behcet Celebi 19002 28 Epherem Demessie 19010

Group B

PlaceNameCountryTitleRatingPointsCoeff.1 Alexander Georgiev GMI 242812 2 Guntis Valneris GMI 237412 3 Artem Ivanov GMI 236711 854 Martijn van IJzendoorn GMI 239511 835 Dul Erdenebileg GMI 226611 806 Leopold Kouogueu Kouomou GMI 230411 787 Jan Groenendijk GMI 235010 8 Hein Meijer GMI 231710 9 Murodullo Amrillaev GMI 235110 10 Ivan Trofimov GMI 233210 11 Adonis Joachim Ano MI 230610 12 Alessio Scaggiante MF211910 13 Jean Marc Ndjofang GMI 23339 14 Chengcheng Tian MF 21329 15 Matrena Nogovitsyna MI 22289 16 Youssou NDiaye MF 21839 17 Oscar Lognon MI 22799 18 Kees Romijn MF 21369 19 Mehmet Yöney MF 21198 20 Vasyl Pikiniar MF 21658 21 Janiston Ramirez 2251822 Sergei Nosevitch GMI 22627 23 Roep Bhawanibhiek MF 20957 24 Andreas Tulva 20216 25 Argo Unnuk MF 22046 26 Gerrit Alink 19092

Group C

PlaceNameCountryTitleRatingPointsCoeff.1 Wouter Wolff MI 227812 2 Alexei Chizhov GMI 240911 873 Joel Atse GMI 233711 864 Evgeni Vatutin GMI 232911 845 Roel Boomstra GMI 240011 825 Alexander Getmanski GMI 236711 827 Kees Thijssen GMI 232611 808 Macodou NDiaye GMI 233611 799 Maksim Milshin MF227811 7610 Wouter Sipma GMI 235210 11 Daniele Macali MF 214310 12 Edvardas Bužinskis GMI 23149 13 Christian Niami MF 22949 14 Miguel Almanzar MF 23729 15 Evgeni Gurkov MF 21789 16 Zhiyong Xiong MF 21619 17 Carlos Lorevil MF 2120918 Piotr Chmiel MI 21159 19 Igor Kirzner GMI 22598 20 Villem Lüüs MF 21168 21 Gerelbold Ganbold MF21248 22 Frantz Forbin MI 22308 23 Alexander Rudnitsky MF 21948 24 Raido Värik 22476 25 Dan Isabirye 20003 26 Evert Wiskerke 19842

Final

PlaceNameCountryTitleRating123456789101112PointsWinsDrawsLosses 1 Alexander Schwarzman GMI 2432*1111112211214380 2 Alexei Chizhov GMI 24091*111121112113290 3 Guntis Valneris GMI 237411*11112121113290 4 Alexander Baljakin GMI 2394111*12111111121100 5 Yuri Anikeev GMI 23791111*1111211121100 6 Joel Atse GMI 233711101*11211111191 7 Alexander Georgiev GMI 2428101111*2111111191 8 Wouter Wolf MI 22780101110*211210263 9 Martijn van IJzendoorn GMI 239501111010*1219173 10 Evgeni Vatutin GMI 2329110101111*119092 11 Vadim Virny GMI 23541011111101*19092 12 Artem Ivanov GMI 236701111110111*9092

See also List of Draughts World Championship winners

References

External links List of players (Archived 1 July 2017) Offiсial site (Archived 24 December 2017)