2013 World Draughts Championship Explained

The 2013 World Draughts Championship was an international draughts tournament held in Ufa, Russia. 40 players from 24 countries who qualified through the championships of Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America competed in the tournament, which began on June 2, 2013 and ended on June 20, 2013. Among them was women's Draughts World Champion Zoja Golubeva from Latvia.

Alexander Georgiev (Russia) became the World Champion. Jean Marc Ndjofang (Cameroon) took second place, and Roel Boomstra (Netherlands) took third place.

Competition

In the first stage 40 participants played in four groups named after the well-known world champions Andris Andreiko, Baba Sy, Iser Kuperman, and Marcel Deslauriers round-robin tournament. The first three from each group participated in the final.

The final was held in the form of a round-robin tournament. Matches between people who had already played each other in the group stage did not take place, but the results of those group matches were taken into account. The final place was determined by total points. In the event of a tie, the tie-breaking criteria were greatest number of victories, the greatest difference between plus and minus draws, the largest number of plus draws*, and the result of the game(s) between the players involved. Other sportsmen played in final B.

In the B final, the winner was N'Diaga Samb (Senegal).

French champion Arnaud Cordier refused to participate. He was replaced by Artem Ivanov (Ukraine).

Group Andreiko

Place	Name	Titul	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	win	draw	lost	draw +	draw -
1.	Alexander Georgiev	GMI	2445		1+	1	1+	1	2	1	2	1+	2	12	3	6	0	3	0
2.	Yuri Anikeev	GMI	2321	1-		1	1	1	1	2	1+	2	2	12	3	6	0	1	1
3.	Alexander Getmanski	GMI	2366	1	1		1	1	1	2	1	2	2	12	3	6	0	0	0
4.	Alexander Baljakin	GMI	2370	1-	1	1		1	1-	2	1+	2	2	12	3	6	0	1	2
5.	Evgueni Watoetin	GMI	2315	1	1	1	1		2	1	1	2	1	11	2	7	0	0	0
6.	Ganjargal Ganbaatar	GMI	2287	0	1	1	1+	0		1	1	1	2	8	1	6	2	1	0
7.	Oskar Budis	MF	2104	1	0	0	0	1	1		2	0	2	7	2	3	4	0	0
8.	Charles Akoi	GMI	2263	0	1-	1	1-	1	1	0		1	1	7	0	7	2	0	1
9.	Angel Mejia	MF	2284	1-	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		0	5	1	3	5	0	2
10.	Yuriy Nossov		2234	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2		4	1	2	6	0	0

Group Baba Sy

Place	Name	Titul	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	win	draw	lost	draw +	draw -
1.	Alexander Schwarzman	GMI	2416		1	1	1	1+	1	2	2	2	2	13	4	5	0	1	0
2.	Artem Ivanov	MI	2372	1		1-	1+	1	2	1+	2	2	1	12	3	6	0	2	1
3.	Dul Erdenebileg	GMI	2277	1	1+		0	1-	2	1	2	1+	2	11	3	5	1	2	1
4.	Thomy Mbongo	MI	2312	1	1-	2		1	1	1	0	2	2	11	3	5	1	0	1
5.	Murodoullo Amrillaev	GMI	2346	1-	1	1+	1		1-	1+	2	0	2	10	2	6	1	2	2
6.	Andrei Tolchykov	MI	2322	1	0	0	1	1+		1+	1	2	2	9	2	5	2	2	0
7.	Zoja Golubeva	GMIF	2270	0	1-	1	1	1-	1-		1	1	2	9	1	7	1	0	3
8.	Mamoutou Mariko	MI	2132	0	0	0	2	0	1	1		1	1	6	1	4	4	0	0
9.	Dickson Maughn	MF	2233	0	0	1-	0	2	0	1	1		0	5	1	3	5	0	1
10.	Nicolas Derival	MI	2287	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2		4	1	2	6	0	0

Group Deslauriers

Place	Name	Titul	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	win	draw	lost	draw +	draw -
1.	Adonis Ano		2266		1-	1-	2	1-	1	1-	2	2	1	12	3	6	0	0	4
2.	Jean Marc Ndjofang	GMI	2336	1+		1	1	1	2	1	1	1+	2	11	2	7	0	2	0
3.	Roel Boomstra	GMI	2400	1+	1		1	1	1	1	1	2	2	11	2	7	0	1	0
4.	Ainur Shaibakov	MI	2338	0	1	1		1-	2	1	1	1+	2	10	2	6	1	1	1
5.	Guntis Valneris	GMI	2395	1+	1	1	1+		1	1	1	1-	2	10	1	8	0	2	1
6.	Oscar Lognon	MI	2294	1	0	1	0	1		1-	2	2	1+	9	2	5	2	1	1
7.	Aleksej Domchev	GMI	2289	1+	1	1	1	1	1+		1	1	1	9	0	9	0	2	0
8.	Alisher Artykow	MI	2160	0	1	1	1	1	0	1		2	1	8	1	6	2	0	0
9.	Vitaliy Stumpf	MF	2170	0	1-	0	1-	1+	0	1	0		1	5	0	5	4	1	2
10.	Djoumber Berichvili	MI	2272	1	0	0	0	0	1-	1	1	1		5	0	5	4	0	1

Group Kuperman

Place	Name	Titul	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	win	draw	lost	draw +	draw -
1.	Alexei Chizhov	GMI	2411		1+	1	1	1+	1+	1	2	2	2	12	3	6	0	3	0
2.	Joel Atse	GMI	2304	1-		1	1+	1	1	2	2	1	2	12	3	6	0	1	1
3.	Edvardas Bužinskis	GMI	2341	1	1		0	1	1	1	2	2	1+	10	2	6	1	1	0
4.	Pim Meurs	GMI	2372	1	1-	2		1	1	1	2	0	1	10	2	6	1	0	1
5.	Allan Silva	GMI	2293	1-	1	1	1		1-	1	2	1	1	10	1	8	0	0	1
6.	Raimonds Vipulis	GMI	2276	1-	1	1	1	1		1-	0	1	2	9	1	7	12	0	2
7.	Yuriy Lagoda	MI	2245	1	0	1	1	1	1+		1+	1	1	8	0	8	1	2	0
8.	Farhad Huseynov	MI	2221	0	0	0	0	0	2	1-		2	2	7	3	1	5	0	1
9.	N'Diaga Samb	GMI	2334	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	0		1	7	1	5	3	0	0
10.	Zhou Wei		2133	0	0	1-	1	1	0	1	0	1		5	0	5	4	0	1

Final

Place	Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Points	win	draw	lost	draw +	draw -
1.	Alexander Georgiev		1	1	1+	1	2	1	2	2	1+	1	2	15	4	7	0	2	0
2.	Jean Marc Ndjofang	1		1	1	2	0	2	0	1+	2	2	2	14	5	4	2	1	0
3.	Roel Boomstra	1	1		1-	1	1	1	2	1+	1	2	2	14	3	8	0	1	1
4.	Yuri Anikeev	1-	1	1+		1	1	1	1	2	1+	1	2	13	2	9	0	2	1
5.	Alexander Getmanski	1	0	1	1		1	1	2	1+	2	1	1	12	2	8	1	1	0
6.	Alexei Chizhov	0	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	2	1	1	12	2	8	1	1	1
7.	Alexander Schwarzman	1	0	1	1	1	1		2	1+	1	1	1	11	1	9	1	1	0
8.	Joel Atse	0	2	0	1	0	1-	0		2	1	1	2	10	3	4	4	0	1
9.	Adonis Ano	0	1-	1-	0	1-	1+	1-	0		1	2	1-	9	1	7	3	1	5
10.	Edvardas Bužinskis	1-	0	1	1-	0	1	1	1	1		1	1	9	0	9	2	0	2
11.	Artem Ivanov	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1		1-	8	0	8	3	0	1
12.	Dul Erdenebileg	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1+	1	1+		5	0	5	6	2	0

* draw is considered a draw with the «plus» sign, if one opponent on the board for three and a more ordinary pieces (king counts as two simple pieces).

Final B

In final B three women played — Tamara Tansykkuzhina, Aygul Idrisova and Regina Ajupova (all from Russia).

Place	Name	win	draw	lost	Points
1.	N'Diaga Samb	3	6	0	12
2.	Evgueni Watoetin	2	7	0	11
3.	Ainur Shaibakov	2	7	0	11
4.	Thomy Mbongo	2	7	0	11
5.	Murodoullo Amrillaev	2	7	0	11
6.	Yuriy Lagoda	3	5	1	11
7.	Edmond Beugre	2	6	1	10
8.	Tamara Tansykkuzhina	1	8	0	10
9.	Pim Meurs	1	8	0	10
10.	Aleksej Domchev	1	8	0	10
11.	Guntis Valneris	1	8	0	10
12.	Oscar Lognon	1	8	0	10
13.	Andrei Tolchykov	2	6	1	10
14.	Allan Silva	2	6	1	10
15.	Sergei Kalinov	2	6	1	10
16.	Ganjargal Ganbaatar	2	6	1	10
17.	Dickson Maughn	2	5	2	9
18.	Oskar Budis	2	5	2	9
19.	Aygul Idrisova	3	3	3	9
20.	Alisher Artykow	2	4	3	8
21.	Farhad Huseynov	2	4	3	8
22.	Djoumber Berichvili	2	4	3	8
23.	Mamoutou Mariko	2	4	3	8
24.	Raimonds Vipulis	0	8	1	8
25.	Angel Mejia	3	1	5	7
26.	Nicolas Derival	3	1	5	7
27.	Vitaliy Stumpf	0	7	2	7
28.	Regina Ajupova	1	4	4	6
29.	Airat Nurgaziyev	0	6	3	6
30.	Yuriy Nossov	0	3	6	3

GMI — international grandmaster

MI — international master

MF — master FMJD

GMIF — women's international grandmaster

External links

World Championship 2013