The 2019 World Draughts Championship in international draughts was held from 15 September to 3 October, 2019, at the Hotel HP Resort in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast. The championship was played under the auspices of the International Draughts Federation (FMJD) as a round-robin tournament with twenty players. The total prize money for the tournament was 20,000 euros.
The 2016 and 2018 World Champion, Roel Boomstra, did not play in the championship.
Alexander Georgiev won the title to become World Draughts Champion for the tenth time, equaling Alexei Chizhov.
Rules and regulations The games were played with the official FMJD classical time control: 80 minutes plus a 1-minute increment per move. FMJD regulations prohibited players from agreeing to a draw before each had completed 40 moves; doing so required the referee to award both players 0 points.
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
RoundDateTime115 September13:30216 September13:30317 September13:30418 September13:30519 September9:30619 September15:30Rest day20 September721 September13:30822 September13:30923 September13:301024 September13:301125 September9:301225 September15:30Rest day26 September1327 September13:301428 September13:301529 September13:301630 September13:30171 October13:30182 October13:30193 October9:30
Participants
NumberTitleNameCountryQualification Path1 GMI Alexander Schwarzman World Champion 20172 GMI Alexei Chizhov 2nd place in World Championship 20173 GMI Joel N'cho Atse Africa 1 4 GMI N'Diaga Samb Africa 2 5 MF Landry Nga Africa 3 6 CMF Kassim Souare Africa 47 GMI Guno Burleson America 18 GMI Allan Igor Moreno Silva America 29 GMI Pan Yiming Asia 110 MI Otgonbileg Tserenbayamba Asia 211 GMI Michael Semyaniuk Europe 112 GMI Alexander Georgiev Europe 213 GMI Martijn van IJzendoorn Europe 314 MI Jitse Slump Europe 415 MI Nicolay Germogenov Europe 516 GMI Guntis Valneris Best rating17 GMI Ivan Trofimov Best from World Cup18 GMI Jan Groenendijk First from Reserve19 MF Kpangni Jacques Aka Organiser place20 CMF Ahmed Sanogo Sponsor place
Final standings
PlaceNameCountryTitleRating1234567891011121314151617181920PointsWinsDrawsLosses1Alexander GeorgievGMI2418*111112212122121122228 91002Pan YimingGMI22061*1111111222211122222781103Guntis Valneris GMI239911 *1111111211222222227 81104Jan Groenendijk GMI2376111*111211211111222225 61305Alexander SchwarzmanGMI23281111*11110112 211212223 51316Martijn van IJzendoornGMI237811111*011221121 1122123 51317Alexei ChizhovGMI2389011112*1111211122 11122 41418Joel N'cho Atse GMI23700110111*12110211122221 51139Jitse SlumpMI229311111111*2112112210021 413210Kassim Souare CMF2230001120100*111221221119 59511Allan Igor Moreno SilvaGMI23221000101111*02112211218 410512Landry Nga MF229600111101112*1112011218 312413Ivan Trofimov GMI2316001101120101*012 211217 49614Nicolay Germogenov MI23121101001010112 *11112116 212515Michael SemyaniukGMI227401011111101111*1101216 114416N'Diaga SambGMI2323110111010100011*021214 210717Otgonbileg TserenbayambaMI21741000010100020112*12012 361018Guno BurlesonGMI227200001010101111201* 1112 110819 Kpangni Jacques Aka MF2247000000102111101101*111 19920Ahmed Sanogo CMF21960000011021000100211* 10 2611
References
External links
FMJD results page