2019 World Draughts Championship Explained

The 2019 World Draughts Championship at the international draughts was held from September 15 to October 3, 2019, in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast under the auspices International Draughts Federation FMJD. Twenty players competed in the tournament, which play as a round-robin.[1] The winning prize for the tournament was 20,000 euros.

World Champion 2016 and 2018 Roel Boomstra did not play in the World Championship.[2]

With his title Alexander Georgiev became World Draughts Champion for the tenth time, equaling Alexei Chizhov.

Participants

NumberTitulNameCountry
1 GMI World Champion 2017
2 GMI 2nd place in World Championship 2017
3 GMI Joel Atse
4 GMI N'Diaga Samb
5 MFLandry Nga
6 CMF Kassim Souare Africa 4
7 GMI Guno Burleson America 1
8 GMI America 2
9 GMI Pan Yiming Asia 1
10 MI Otgonbileg Tserenbayamba Asia 2
11 GMI Europe 1
12 GMI Alexander GeorgievEurope 2
13GMI Europe 3
14 MI Jitse Slump Europe 4
15 MI Nicolay Germogenov Europe 5
16 GMI Best rating
17GMI Ivan Trofimov Best from World Cup
18 GMI First from Reserve
19 MF Kpangni Jacques Aka Organiser place
20 CMFAhmed SanogoSponsor place

Reserve

  1. Jan Groenendijk (Netherlands)
  2. Alexander Baljakin (Netherlands)
  3. Anatoli Gantvarg (Belarus)
  4. Alexander Getmanski (Russia)
  5. Vadim Virny (Germany)
  6. Yuri Anikeev (Ukraine)

Rules and regulations

The games were played in the official FMJD time rate of the Fischer system with 1 hour and 20 minutes for the game plus 1 minute per move.[3] Conforming to the FMJD regulations, players are not allowed to agree on a draw before they both made 40 moves. If they do so nevertheless, the referee is obliged to decide on a 0-point each players.

The final classification was based on the total points obtained. If two or more players will have same total points to define the places:

  1. the largest number of victories
  2. the best results between this players
  3. the best results obtained in order of the classification.

Final standings

PlaceNameCountryTitulRating1234567891011121314151617181920Pointswindrawlost
1Alexander GeorgievGMI2418111112212122121122228 9100
2Pan YimingGMI22061111111122221112222278110
3Guntis ValnerisGMI2399111111111211222222227 8110
4Jan GroenendijkGMI2376111111211211111222225 6130
5Alexander SchwarzmanGMI2328111111110112 211212223 5131
6Martijn van IJzendoornGMI237811111011221121 1122123 5131
7Alexei ChizhovGMI23890111121111211122 11122 4141
8Joel AtseGMI2370011011112110211122221 5113
9Jitse SlumpMI2293111111112112112210021 4132
10Kassim Souare CMF2230001120100111221221119 595
11Allan Igor Moreno SilvaGMI2322100010111102112211218 4105
12Landry NgaMF2296001111011121112011218 3124
13Ivan TrofimovGMI2316001101120101012 211217 496
14Nicolay GermogenovMI2312110100101011211112116 2125
15Michael SemyaniukGMI2274010111111011111101216 1144
16N'Diaga SambGMI2323110111010100011021214 2107
17Otgonbileg TserenbayambaMI2174100001010002011212012 3610
18Guno BurlesonGMI2272000010101011112011112 1108
19Kpangni Jacques Aka MF2247000000102111101101111 199
20Ahmed Sanogo CMF2196000001102100010021110 2611

Results by round

Round 1

Start: 2019–09–15 at 13:30

Round 2

Start: 2019–09–16 at 13:30

Round 3

Start: 2019–09–17 at 13:30

Round 4

Start: 2019–09–18 at 13:30

Round 5

Start: 2019–09–19 at 09:30

Round 6

Start: 2019–09–18 at 15:30

Round 7

Start: 2019–09–21 at 13:30

Round 8

Start: 2019–09–22 at 13:30

Round 9

Start: 2019–09–23 at 13:30

Round 10

Start: 2019–09–24 at 13:30

Round 11

Start: 2019–09–25 at 09:30

Round 12

Start: 2019–09–25 at 15:30

Round 13

Start: 2019–09–27 at 13:30

Round 14

Start: 2019–09–28 at 13:30

Round 15

Start: 2019–09–29 at 13:30

Round 16

Start: 2019–09–30 at 13:30

Round 17

Start: 2019–10–01 at 13:30

Round 18

Start: 2019–10–02 at 13:30

Round 19

Start: 2019–10–03 at 09:30

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://fmjd.org/downloads/news/1156/FMJD_World_Championships_2019.pdf?1 FMJD World Championships 2019
  2. http://fmjd.org/results/tournaments/2019/f_2370/list_of_players.html List of players
  3. https://www.fijdci.com/world-championship-2019/rules/ World Championship 2019. Rules and Regulations