The 2017 World Draughts-64 Championship held in Saint Peterburg, Russia. 64 players from Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, and South America competed in the tournament, which started on October 20, 2017, and ended on October 28, 2017. The tournament was played in hotel «Moscow». The winning prize for the tournament was about three million rubles (about US$52,000). At the same time, the Women's World Draughts Championship was held. Championship played in classic (at the Russian draughts), rapid (at the Brazilian draughts) and blitz (at the Russian draughts) formats.
Classic program Rules and regulations In the first stage participants played Swiss-system tournament with 8 rounds. To define the places with equal points used of Buchholz system. The first 16 participated in the final. The final was in the play-off form. Two points were given for each win, one point for each draw, no points for each loss. Players from 17 to 64 played additionally Swiss-system tournament with 2 rounds.
The final classification is based on the total points obtained. If two or more players have the same total points to define the places: Number of points scored by all competitors (Buchholz coefficient) Number of points scored by opponents, excluding the lowest result (reduced Solkof coefficient) Match up to the first victory with a shorter time controls: a classic game — 5’+3” till the end of the game for each participant.
Preliminary stage
GMI — international grandmaster
MI — international master
MF — master FMJD
PlaceName CountryTitleRatingPointsBuchholz coeff. Reduced Solkof coeff. 1. GMI 2496 1180 2. Damir Rysaev MI 2335 117972(-1) 3. Andrus Kibartas GMI 2419 117971(-1) 4. Arunas Norvaisas GMI 2416 117670(-1) 5. Domantas Norkus MI 2341 117669(-1) 6. Mirat Zhekeev GMI 2375 1173 7. Igor Mikhalchenko GMI 2458 1172 8. Gavril Kolesov GMI 2481 1169 9. Sergey Belosheev GMI 2500 1167 10. Nikolai Guliaev MF 2359 1166 11. Oleg Dashkov GMI 2476 1077 12. Ion Dosca GMI 2433 1074 13. Dmitriy Tsinman GMI 2475 1070 14. Vladyslav Mazur GMI 2383 1069 15. Michael Semyaniuk MI 2368 1067 16. Vladyslav Antonovich MI 2261 1066 17. Andrei Valyuk GMI 2495 978 18. Arno Uutma GMI 2301 976 19. Vladimir Skrabov GMI 2495 975 20. Nicolay Struchkov GMI 2447 97466(-1) 58(-2) 50(-3) 42(-4) 21. Aliaksei Kunitsa MI 2241 97466(-1) 58(-2) 50(-3) 41(-4) 22. Genadij Shapiro GMI 2369 971 23. Denis Shkatula MI 2379 970 24. Vilius Aleknavicius MI 2306 96763(-1) 25. Andrei Gnelitskii MI 2331 96762(-1) 26. Madalitso Thomu Juma 2100 96760(-1) 27. Aleksandr Burov GMI 2404 964 28. Denis Dudco MI 2425 962 29. Eugeny Kondrachenko GMI 2398 874 30. Alisher Artikov GMI 2245 873 31. Samandar Kalanov GMI 2311 87165(-1) 32. Martins Junkurens MF 2243 87164(-1) 33. Dmitrii Lond 2243 86864(-1) 34. Dmitrii Melnikov MI 2313 86862(-1) 35. Marcelo Francisco MI 2154 865 36. Farhad Arslanov MF 2138 86460(-1) 37. Ruslan Pescherov MI 2327 86459(-1) 38. Choisuren Burmaa 2100 861 39. Lukanga Mambwe 2130 860 40. Alexander Bleicher MF 2214 859 41. Diogenes Chong 2100 851 42. Anton Van Berkel 2117 76357(-1) 51(-2) 43. Mwamba Richard Muganza GMI 2167 76357(-1) 50(-2) 44. Ed Pergament 2100 758 45. Aslan Aslanli MI 2283756 46. Patrick Umala 2100 755 47. Sudian Suckram 1900 75451(-1) 48. Wayne Alphonso Reid 2100 75450(-1) 49. Stepan Kovalenko 2082 752 50. Clifford Tsamba 2125 66258(-1) 51. Krzysztof Juszczak 2137 66256(-1) 52. Dan Isabirye MF 2171 658 53. Jerve Muangu MF 2085 652 54. David Khabuliani 2100 651 55. Frank Laurent MF 2134 64747(-1) 43(-2) 37(-3) 31(-4) 24(-5) 17(-6) 56. Ephrame Demissie Woldegeorgis 2100 64747(-1) 43(-2) 37(-3) 31(-4) 24(-5) 16(-6) 57. Bogdan Yanev MF 2071 64242(-1) 39(-2) 58. Bekele Getachew Temtime 2100 64242(-1) 38(-2) 59. Edijs Novickis MF 2179 552 60. Celso Cipriano 2100 459 61. Nshan Alaverdyan 2100 457 62. Yuri Goldshtein 2085 452 63. Horacio Lourenco 2100 343 64. Timofey Fagbemiro 2004 051
Quarterfinals
1-8 places
PlaceNameClassicRapidBlitz1 Vladimir Egorov 1 1 28 Gavril Kolesov 1 1 0
PlaceNameClassicRapidBlitz2 Igor Mikhalchenko 1 1 27 Damir Rysaev 1 1 0
PlaceNameClassicRapidBlitz3 Andrus Kibartas 1 1 26 Mirat Zhekeev 1 1 2
PlaceNameClassicRapidBlitz4 Arunas Norvaisas 1 2 5 Domantas Norkus 1 0
9-16 places
PlaceNameClassicRapidBlitz9 Sergey Belosheev 1 2 16 Vladyslav Antonovich 1 0
PlaceNameClassicRapidBlitz10 Nikolai Guliaev 1 0 15 Michael Semyaniuk 1 2
PlaceNameClassicRapidBlitz11 Oleg Dashkov 1 2 14 Vladyslav Mazur 1 0
PlaceNameClassicRapidBlitz12 Ion Dosca 1 1 013 Dmitriy Tsinman 1 1 2
Semifinal
For 1-4 places
NameClassicRapidBlitz Vladimir Egorov 1 0 Igor Mikhalchenko 1 2
NameClassicRapidBlitz Andrus Kibartas 1 2 Arunas Norvaisas 1 0
For 5-8 places NameClassicRapidBlitz Damir Rysaev 1 0 Gavril Kolesov 1 2
NameClassicRapidBlitz Domantas Norkus 1 1 0 Mirat Zhekeev 1 1 2
For 9-12 places NameClassicRapidBlitz Sergey Belosheev 1 2 Michael Semyaniuk 1 0
NameClassicRapidBlitz Oleg Dashkov 1 1 0 Dmitriy Tsinman 1 1 2
For 13-16 places NameClassicRapidBlitz Nikolai Guliaev 1 1 2 Vladyslav Antonovich 1 1 0
NameClassicRapidBlitz Ion Dosca 1 1 2 Vladyslav Mazur 1 1 0
Final Match for 1 place NameClassicRapidBlitz Andrus Kibartas 1 0 Igor Mikhalchenko 1 2
Match for 3 place NameClassicRapidBlitz Vladimir Egorov 2 Arunas Norvaisas 0
Match for 5 place NameClassicRapidBlitz Mirat Zhekeev 0 Gavril Kolesov 2
Match for 7 place NameClassicRapidBlitz Damir Rysaev 1 0 Domantas Norkus 1 2
Match for 9 place NameClassicRapidBlitz Sergey Belosheev 1 1 0 Dmitriy Tsinman 1 1 2
Match for 11 place NameClassicRapidBlitz Oleg Dashkov 2 Michael Semyaniuk 0
Match for 13 place NameClassicRapidBlitz Nikolai Guliaev 1 0 Ion Dosca 1 2
Match for 15 place NameClassicRapidBlitz Vladyslav Mazur 1 2 Vladyslav Antonovich 1 0
Final standing PlaceName Country 1. Igor Mikhalchenko 2. Andrus Kibartas 3. 4. Arunas Norvaisas 5. Gavril Kolesov 6. Mirat Zhekeev 7. Domantas Norkus 8. Damir Rysaev 9. Dmitriy Tsinman 10. Sergey Belosheev 11. Oleg Dashkov 12. Michael Semyaniuk 13. Ion Dosca 14. Nikolai Guliaev 15. Vladyslav Mazur 16. Vladyslav Antonovich 17. Andrei Valyuk 18. Vladimir Skrabov 19. Aliaksei Kunitsa 20. Denis Dudco 21. Samandar Kalanov 22. Nicolay Struchkov 23. Denis Shkatula 24. Vilius Aleknavicius 25. Andrei Gnelitskii 26. Aleksandr Burov 27. Eugeny Kondrachenko 28. Alisher Artikov 29. Martins Junkurens 30. Marcelo Francisco 31. Arno Uutma 32. Genadij Shapiro 33. Madalitso Thomu Juma 34. Dmitrii Lond 35. Dmitrii Melnikov 36. Farhad Arslanov 37. Ruslan Pescherov 38. Lukanga Mambwe 39. Alexander Bleicher 40. Mwamba Richard Muganza 41. Patrick Umala 42. Dan Isabirye 43. Anton Van Berkel 44. Aslan Aslanli 45. Wayne Alphonso Reid 46. Clifford Tsamba 47. Choisuren Burmaa 48. Diogenes Chong 49. Ed Pergament 50. Sudian Suckram 51. Krzysztof Juszczak 52. Jerve Muangu 53. David Khabuliani 54. Frank Laurent 55. Bogdan Yanev 56. Bekele Getachew Temtime 57. Stepan Kovalenko 58. Ephrame Demissie Woldegeorgis 59. Edijs Novickis 60. Nshan Alaverdyan 61. Celso Cipriano 62. Yuri Goldshtein 63. Horacio Lourenco 64. Timofey Fagbemiro
Rapid program In the first stage participants played Swiss-system tournament with 9 rounds at Brazilian draughts. The first 4 participated in the semifinal and final.
The classification is based on the total points obtained. If two or more players had the same total points, the following was used to decide the placings:
1. Number of points scored by opponents, excluding the lowest result (reduced Solkof coefficient)
2. Number of points scored by all competitors (Buchholz coefficient)
There were 72 participants from 43 countries.
Time control: 7’+5” till the end of the game for each participant.
Results PlaceName Country 1. Igor Mikhalchenko 2. Gavril Kolesov 3. Sergey Belosheev
Blitz program In the first stage participants played Swiss-system tournament with 9 rounds at Russian version draughts. The first 4 participated in the semifinal and final.
The classification is based on the total points obtained. If two or more players will have same total points to define the places:
1. Number of points scored by all competitors (Buchholz coefficient)
2. Number of points scored by opponents, excluding the lowest result (reduced Solkof coefficient)
There were 74 participants from 43 countries.
Time control: 3’+2” till the end of the game for each participant.
Results PlaceName Country 1. Gavril Kolesov 2. Igor Mikhalchenko 3. Oleg Dashkov
External links Regulations of the World Draughts-64 Championship 2017 Among men and women World Draughts-64 Championship on site IDF Results semifinal on site Chessarbiter.com Results for 1-16 places on site Chessarbiter.com Final results on site Chessarbiter.com