The 2018 World Draughts Championship match in international draughts was held from 28 December, 2018, to 13 January, 2019, in the Netherlands. It was held under the auspices of the International Draughts Federation (FMJD) and played between the 2017 world champion, Alexander Schwartzman, and the 2016 world champion, Roel Boomstra. Roel Boomstra won the match and became World Draughts Champion.

Rules and regulations The match consisted of 12 games, played with a time control of 80 minutes plus a 1-minute increment per move. The player with the highest score won the world title if he won at least three games. If not, tie-break games were played until one player achieved a third overall win.

The first tie-break was 3 rapid games, 20 minutes plus a 10-second increment per move. The second tie-break was 3 blitz games, 10 minutes plus a 5-second increment per move. The third tie-break was Superblitz (limited time for an unlimited number of games until the first victory), 10 minutes plus a 2-second increment per move.

Preliminary tie-breaking games were to be played if the first six games ended in a draw. These tie-break games were played until the first victory.

Schedule

Date Local time Event Venue Host city28 December 2018 11:00 Opening Paleis het Stadhouderlijk Hof Leeuwarden28 December 2018 13:00 Game 1 Paleis het Stadhouderlijk Hof Leeuwarden29 December 2018 12:00 Game 2 Tresoar Leeuwarden2 January 2019 13:00 Game 3 Paleis het Stadhouderlijk Hof Leeuwarden3 January 2019 12:00 Game 4 Paleis het Stadhouderlijk Hof Leeuwarden4 January 2019 12:00 Game 5 Van Swinderen Huys Groningen5 January 2019 12:00 Game 6 Van Swinderen Huys Groningen6 January 2019 10:00 Tie-break (not played) Van Swinderen Huys Groningen7 January 2019 12:00 Game 7 Van Swinderen Huys Groningen8 January 2019 12:00 Game 8 Van Swinderen Huys Groningen9 January 2019 12:00 Game 9 Drents Museum Assen10 January 2019 12:00 Game 10 Drents Museum Assen11 January 2019 12:00 Game 11 Drents Museum Assen12 January 2019 12:00 Game 12 RTV Drenthe Assen13 January 2019 10:00 Tie-break RTV Drenthe Assen

Results Regular games

PlayerRating 123456789101112 Points Victories Roel Boomstra 2408 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 13 1 Alexander Schwartzman 2393 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 0

Tie-break games

PlayerRatingrapid/blitzRapidRapidRapidBlitzBlitzBlitzSuperblitzSuperblitzPointsVictories Roel Boomstra 2432 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 23 2 Alexander Schwartzman 2486 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 17 0

See also Draughts World Championship

References

External links Official site (in Dutch)