2021 World Draughts Championship Explained

The 2021 World Draughts Championship at the international draughts took place from June 28 to July 14, 2021 in Tallinn, Estonia^[1] ^[2] under the auspices International Draughts Federation (FMJD). Forty players competed in the tournament,^[3] which was played in a COVID bubble at Hotel Viru.^[4] In the semi-final all players were divided into four groups. The best three players from each semi-final group went to the final. The championship was played in a round-robin system. The main referee was IR Frank Teer (Netherlands). The winning prize for the tournament was 20,000 euros.

At the same hotel, the 2021 Women's World Draughts Championship took place simultaneously.

Alexander Schwarzman from Russia won his fifth title.

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. Conforming to the FMJD regulations, players were not allowed to agree on a draw before they both made 40 moves. If they did so nevertheless, the referee is obliged to decide on a 0-point for each player.

The final classification was based on the total points obtained. If two or more players had same total points to define the places, the following factors were used to define the places:

largest number of victories
best results between these players in direct confrontation
best results obtained in order of the classification.

For the places 1 – 3, tie-breaks using the Lehmann-Georgiev system (15 minutes and 2 seconds added per move for an unlimited number of games) would be played if necessary; other places were shared.

Schedule

Round	Date	Time
1	29 June	15-00
2	30 June	9-00
3	30 June	15-00
4	1 July	15-00
5	2 July	9-00
6	2 July	15-00
7	3 July	15-00
8	4 July	9-00
9	4 July
Final 1	6 July	13-30
Final 2	7 July	13-30
Final 3	8 July	13-30
Final 4	9 July	13-30
Final 5	9 July
Final 6	11 July	13-30
Final 7	12 July	13-30
Final 8	13 July	13-30
Final 9	14 July	9-30

Participants

The list is preliminary. Alexander Georgiev, Landry Nga, Alain Bukasa, Baatarsukh Munkhjin, Bedia Guy Serges Olivier did not take part in the tournament.

Number	Name	Title
1		GMI	WC 2019
2	Roel Boomstra	GMI	WC 2018/2019
3		GMI	WC 2019 3 place
4		GMI	WC 2019 4 place
5	Priit Lokotar		Organization place
6	Kris Taimre		Sponsor place
7	N'Diaga Samb	GMI	Africa
8	Landry Nga	GMI	Africa
9	Joel Atse	GMI	Africa
10	Alain Dingombe Bukasa	GMI	Africa
11	Jean Marc Ndjofang	GMI	Africa
12	Kassim Souare	MI	Africa
13	Saint-Juste Makendy		America
14	Souleymane Keita	MI	America
15	Derby Martes		America
16	Yevgeniy Sklyarov	MI	America
17	Baatarsukh Munkhjin	GMI	Asia
18	Tsogtbaatar Sukhbat	MF	Asia
19	Martijn van IJzendoorn	GMI	Europe
20		GMI	Europe
21		GMI	Europe
22	Alexander Getmanski	GMI	Europe
23	Jitse Slump	MI	Europe
24		GMI	Europe
25	Kevin Machtelinck	MI	Europe
26	Aleksej Domchev	GMI	Europe
27	Raimonds Vipulis	GMI	Europe
28	Oscar Lognon	MI	Europe
29	Valery Kudriavcev	MF	Europe
30	Aleksei Kunitsa	MI	Europe
31	Igor Chartoriyski	MF	Europe
32	Filip Kuczewski	MF	Europe
33	Ainur Shaibakov	GMI	World Cup 2020
34	Ivan Trofimov	GMI	World Cup 2020
35	Aman Ehiere Eugene	MI	World Cup 2020
36	Aka Kpangni Jacques	MF	World Cup 2020
37^[5]	Bedia Guy Serges Olivier		Global reserve list
38	Mariko Mamoutou	MI	Global reserve list
39	Mbongo Thomy lucien	MI	Global reserve list
40	Andrej Kalmakov	GMI	Global reserve list

Results

Group A

Place	Name	Title	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	win	draw	loss
1.	Roel Boomstra	GMI	2408		1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	14	5	4	0
2.	Raimonds Vipulis	GMI	2275	1		1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	12	3	6	0
3.	Alexander Getmanski	GMI	2355	1	1		1	1	1	2	2	1	2	12	3	6	0
4.	Aleksei Kunitsa	MI	2220	1	1	1		1	1	1	2	2	2	12	3	6	0
5.	Ainur Shaibakov	GMI	2348	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	2	10	1	8	0
6.	Kevin Machtelinck	MI	2321	0	0	1	1	1		1	1	1	2	8	1	6	2
7.	Valery Kudriavcev	MF	2226	0	1	0	1	1	1		1	1	1	7	0	7	2
8.	Aleksej Domchev	GMI	2319	0	1	0	0	1	1	1		1	1	6	0	6	3
9.	Edmond Antoineв Beugre	MF	2283	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1		-	5	0	5	4
10.	Kris Taimre		1899	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	+2		4	1	2	6

Group B

Place	Name	Title	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	win	draw	loss
1.	N'cho Joel Atse	GMI	2366		1	1	1	1	2	2	1	-	2	11	3	5	1
2.	Nicolay Germogenov	MI	2300	1		1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	11	2	7	0
3.	Jitse Slump	MI	2346	1	1		1	1	1	2	1	1	2	11	2	7	0
4.	Mariko Mamoutou	MI	2188	1	0	1		1	2	2	1	1	1	10	2	6	1
5.		GMI	2406	1	1	1	1		1	1	2	1	1	10	1	8	0
6.	Kees Thijssen	GMI	2329	0	1	1	0	1		1	1	2	2	9	2	5	2
7.	Ivan Trofimov	GMI	2282	0	1	0	0	1	1		1	2	2	8	2	4	3
8.	Oscar Lognon	MI	2241	1	1	1	1	0	1	1		1	1	8	0	8	1
9.	Igor Kirzner	GMI	2268	+2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1		0	7	1	5	3
10.	Filip Kuczewski	MF	2199	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2		5	1	3	5

Group C

Place	Name	Title	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	win	draw	loss
1.		GMI	2392		1	1	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	14	5	4	0
2.	Wouter Sipma	GMI	2333	1		1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	12	3	6	0
3.		GMI	2369	1	1		1	1	2	1	1	1	2	11	2	7	0
4.	Kassim Souare	MI	2252	0	1	1		1	1	2	1	1	2	10	2	6	1
5.	Andrej Kalmakov	GMI	2347	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	2	10	1	8	0
6.	Aman Ehiere Eugene	MI	2287	0	1	0	1	1		1	-	2	2	8	2	4	3
7.	Thomy Lucien Mbongo	MI	2270	1	0	1	0	1	1		1	2	1	8	1	6	2
8.	Yevgeniy Sklyarov	MI	2297	0	0	1	1	1	+2	1		1	1	8	1	6	2
9.	Igor Chartoriyski	MF	2199	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1		1	6	0	6	3
10.	Priit Lokotar		1947	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		3	0	3	6

Group D

Place	Name	Title	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	win	draw	loss
1.	Martijn van IJzendoorn	GMI	2391		1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	14	5	4	0
2.		GMI	2379	1		1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	12	3	6	0
3.	Christian Niami	MI	2265	1	1		0	1	1	2	1	2	2	11	3	5	1
4.	Tsogtbaatar Sukhbat	MF	2189	1	1	2		1	2	1	1	1	1	11	2	7	0
5.		GMI	2336	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	9	0	9	0
6.	Saint-Juste Makendy	CMF	2338	0	0	1	0	1		1	1	2	2	8	2	4	3
7.	N'Diaga Samb	GMI	2296	0	1	0	1	1	1		2	1	1	8	1	6	2
8.	Souleymane Keita	MI	2291	0	0	1	1	1	1	0		2	1	7	1	5	3
9.	Derby Martes	CMF	2272	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0		2	5	1	3	5
10.	Aka Kpangni Jacques	MF	2216	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0		5	0	5	4

Final

Place	Name	Title	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Points	win	draw	loss
1.		GMI	2380		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	14	3	8	0
2.	Alexander Getmanski	GMI	2360	1		1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	13	2	9	0
3.	Roel Boomstra	GMI	2410	1	1		1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	13	2	9	0
4.		GMI	2407	1	0	1		1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	12	2	8	1
5.	Martijn van IJzendoorn	GMI	2386	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	2	12	1	10	0
6.	Wouter Sipma	GMI	2349	1	1	1	1	1		1	0	1	1	1	2	11	1	9	1
7.		GMI	2369	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	11	0	11	0
8.	Christian Niami	MI	2265	1	0	0	0	1	2	1		1	2	1	1	10	2	6	3
9.	Jitse Slump	MI	2355	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	10	0	10	1
10.	Nicolay Germogenov	MI	2297	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	1		1	1	9	0	9	2
11.	Raimonds Vipulis	GMI	2275	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	9	0	9	2
12.	N'cho Joel Atse	GMI	2366	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1		8	0	8	3

External links

Notes and References

https://www.fmjd.org/?p=calend World Draughts Federation. Calendar
https://news.err.ee/1061611/world-checkers-championship-returning-to-tallinn-in-2021 World Checkers Championship returning to Tallinn in 2021
https://www.fmjd.org/downloads/news/1266/WC2021O.pdf List of players
https://www.fmjd.org/downloads/news/1266/RR-WC2021O.pdf World Championship 2021. Rules and Regulations
https://draughts2021.com/players-men/ Participants 17.06.2021