{{Short description|Draughts tournament}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2025}} {{Infobox tournament | name = 2017 World Draughts Championship | image = Alexander Schwarzman 20130512-5 by Ahsoous.jpg | caption = 2017 World Draughts Champion Alexander Schwarzman | location = [[Tallinn]], Estonia | start_date = 1 October | end_date = 16 October | administrator = [[FMJD]] | tournament_format = [[Round-robin tournament]] | venues = Hotel Euroopa, Paul Keres Chess House | champion = [[Alexander Schwarzman]] | runners-up1 = [[Alexei Chizhov]] | previous = [[2016 World Draughts Championship match|2016]] | next = [[2018 World Draughts Championship match|2018]] }} The '''2017 World Draughts Championship''' in [[international draughts]] was held from 1 to 16 October, 2017 in [[Tallinn]], Estonia. 79 players, who qualified through the championships of Europe, Asia, Africa, and North and South America, competed in the tournament. Among them was women's grandmaster [[Matrena Nogovitsyna]] from [[Russia]]. The total prize money for the tournament was 20,000 euros. The tournament was supervised by main referee Andriy Shcherbatyuk (Ukraine).<ref name="regulations"/>
Four rounds were played in the Hotel Euroopa, while the rest were played in the Paul Keres Chess House.<ref name="regulations"/> The [[2017 Women's World Draughts Championship]] took place simultaneously at the same locations.
==Rules and regulations== In the first stage, 79 participants were divided into 3 groups, each playing a 9-round [[Swiss-system tournament]]. Ties on points were resolved using the [[Tie-breaking in Swiss-system tournaments#Solkoff|truncated Solkoff coefficient]]. The top 4 players from each group, 12 players in total, advanced to the final.
The final was played as a [[round-robin tournament]]. The games were played with the official FMJD classical time control: 80 minutes plus a 1-minute increment per move.
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.<ref name="regulations">{{cite web |title=WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2017 Rules and Regulations |url=http://wc2017.kabeliit.ee/images/2017_10_WC_Tallinn_rr.pdf |publisher=FMJD |access-date=29 November 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001074342/http://wc2017.kabeliit.ee/images/2017_10_WC_Tallinn_rr.pdf |archive-date=1 October 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Schedule== <ref name="regulations"/> {| class="wikitable" |- !Date!!Time!!Event!! Venue |- |1 October||11:00|| Opening ||Hotel Euroopa |- |1 October||15:00||Round 1||Hotel Euroopa |- |2 October||9:00||Round 2||Hotel Euroopa |- |2 October||16:00||Round 3||Hotel Euroopa |- |3 October||16:00||Round 4||Hotel Euroopa |- |4 October||9:00||Round 5||Paul Keres Chess House |- |4 October||16:00||Round 6||Paul Keres Chess House |- |5 October||16:00||Round 7||Paul Keres Chess House |- |6 October||9:00||Round 8||Paul Keres Chess House |- |6 October||16:00||Round 9||Paul Keres Chess House |- |7 October|| || Rest day || |- |8 October||9:00||Final Round 1||Paul Keres Chess House |- |8 October||16:00||Final Round 2||Paul Keres Chess House |- |9 October||16:00||Final Round 3||Paul Keres Chess House |- |10 October||16:00||Final Round 4||Paul Keres Chess House |- |11 October||9:00||Final Round 5||Paul Keres Chess House |- |11 October||16:00||Final Round 6||Paul Keres Chess House |- |12 October||16:00||Final Round 7||Paul Keres Chess House |- |13 October||9:00||Final Round 8||Paul Keres Chess House |- |13 October||16:00||Final Round 9||Paul Keres Chess House |- |14 October||9:00||Final Round 10||Paul Keres Chess House |- |15 October||9:00||Final Round 11||Paul Keres Chess House |- |15 October||17:00|| Closing ||Paul Keres Chess House |}
==Results== ===Semifinal===
GMI — international grandmaster
MI — international master
MF — master [[World Draughts Federation|FMJD]]
GMIF — women's international grandmaster
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====Group A==== <ref>{{cite web |title=Qualification A Worldchampionship Tallinn 2017 |url=https://toernooibase.kndb.nl/opvraag/standen.php?taal=1&kl=17&Id=6326&jr=18&afko=17&r= |publisher=Toernooibase |access-date=29 November 2025}}</ref> {| class=wikitable style="text-align: left;" |- !Place!!Name!!Country!!Title!!Rating!!Points!!Coeff. |-style="background:#ccffcc;" |1 || [[Alexander Baljakin]] || {{NED}}|| GMI ||2394||12 || |-style="background:#ccffcc;" |2 || [[Alexander Schwarzman]] ||align="left" | {{RUS}} || GMI ||2432||11 ||87 |-style="background:#ccffcc;" |3 || [[Yuri Anikeev]] ||{{UKR}} || GMI ||2379||11||87 |-style="background:#ccffcc;" |4 || [[Vadim Virny]] || {{GER}}|| GMI ||2354||11 ||87 |- |5 || [[Aleksej Domchev]] || {{LIT}}|| GMI ||2334||11 ||86 |- |6 || [[N'Diaga Samb]]|| {{SEN}} || GMI ||2322||11 ||86 |- |7 || [[Ainur Shaibakov]]|| {{RUS}} ||GMI ||2349||11 ||81 |- |8 || Souleymane Keita || {{CAN}}|| MI ||2282||11||81 |- |9 || Nikolai Gulyaev || {{RUS}}|| MI ||2299||10 || |- |10 || Ron Heusdens || {{NED}}|| GMI ||2331||10 || |- |11 || Frank Teer ||{{NED}} || MI ||2298||10 || |- |12 || Manlai Ravjir || {{MNG}}|| GMI ||2174||10 || |- |13 || Alexander Verkhovykh || {{RUS}}|| MI ||2227||10 || |- |14 || Arnaud Cordier || {{FRA}}|| GMI ||2358||10 || |- |15 || Guno Burleson || {{SUR}}|| MI ||2254||10 || |- |16 || Derby Martes || {{DOM}}|| ||2259||10 || |- |17 || Martijn van Gortel ||{{NED}} || MF ||2117||10 || |- |18 || Jitse Slump || {{NED}}|| MI ||2273||9 || |- |19 || Raimonds Vipulis || {{LAT}}|| GMI ||2310||9 || |- |20 || Arjan van den Berg || {{ISR}}|| ||2178||9 || |- |21 || Raivo Rist || {{EST}} || MF ||2149||8 || |- |22 || Vaclav Krista || {{CZE}}|| MI ||2092||8 || |- |23 || Piotr Paluch || {{POL}}|| MF ||2119||8 || |- |24 || Bryan Wollaert || {{BEL}}|| MF||2127||8 || |- |25 || Uno Plakk || {{EST}}|| MF||2024||6 || |- |26 || Priit Lokotar || {{EST}}|| ||1902||6 || |- |27 || Behcet Celebi || {{CYP}}|| ||1900||2 || |- |28 || Epherem Demessie || {{ETH}}|| ||1901||0 || |}
====Group B==== <ref>{{cite web |title=Qualification B Worldchampionship Tallinn 2017 |url=https://toernooibase.kndb.nl/opvraag/standen.php?taal=1&kl=18&Id=6327&jr=18&afko=18&r= |publisher=Toernooibase |access-date=29 November 2025}}</ref> {| class=wikitable style="text-align: left;" |- !Place!!Name!!Country!!Title!!Rating!!Points!!Coeff. |-style="background:#ccffcc;" |1 || [[Alexander Georgiev]] ||{{RUS}}|| GMI ||2428||12 || |-style="background:#ccffcc;" |2 || [[Guntis Valneris]] ||{{LAT}} || GMI ||2374||12 || |-style="background:#ccffcc;" |3 || [[Artem Ivanov (draughts player)|Artem Ivanov]] || {{UKR}}||GMI ||2367||11 ||85 |-style="background:#ccffcc;" |4 || [[Martijn van IJzendoorn]]|| {{NED}} || GMI ||2395||11 ||83 |- |5 || [[Dul Erdenebileg]] || {{MNG}}|| GMI ||2266||11 ||80 |- |6 || Leopold Kouogueu Kouomou ||{{CMR}} || GMI ||2304||11 ||78 |- |7 || [[Jan Groenendijk (draughts player)|Jan Groenendijk]]|| {{NED}} || GMI ||2350||10 || |- |8 || Hein Meijer || {{NED}}|| GMI ||2317||10 || |- |9 || [[Murodullo Amrillaev]] || {{RUS}}|| GMI ||2351||10 || |- |10 || Ivan Trofimov || {{RUS}}|| GMI ||2332||10 || |- |11 || Adonis Joachim Ano || {{CIV}} || MI ||2306||10 || |- |12 || Alessio Scaggiante || {{ITA}}|| MF||2119||10 || |- |13 || [[Jean Marc Ndjofang]]|| {{CMR}} || GMI ||2333||9 || |- |14 || Chengcheng Tian || {{CHN}}|| MF ||2132||9 || |- |15 || [[Matrena Nogovitsyna]] || {{RUS}}|| MI ||2228||9 || |- |16 || Youssou NDiaye || {{SEN}}|| MF ||2183||9 || |- |17 || Oscar Lognon || {{FRA}}|| MI ||2279||9 || |- |18 || Kees Romijn || {{NED}}|| MF ||2136||9 || |- |19 || Mehmet Yöney || {{TUR}}||MF ||2119||8 || |- |20 || Vasyl Pikiniar || {{UKR}}||MF|| 2165||8 || |- |21 || Janiston Ramirez ||{{DOM}} || ||2251||8|| |- |22 || Sergei Nosevitch || {{BLR}}|| GMI ||2262||7 || |- |23 || Roep Bhawanibhiek || {{NED}}|| MF ||2095||7 || |- |24 || Andreas Tulva || {{EST}}|| ||2021||6 || |- |25 || Argo Unnuk || {{EST}} || MF ||2204||6 || |- |26 || Gerrit Alink || {{INA}}|| ||1909||2 || |}
====Group C==== <ref>{{cite web |title=Qualification C Worldchampionship Tallinn 2017 |url=https://toernooibase.kndb.nl/opvraag/standen.php?taal=1&kl=19&Id=6328&jr=18&afko=19&r= |publisher=Toernooibase |access-date=29 November 2025}}</ref> {| class=wikitable style="text-align: left;" |- !Place!!Name!!Country!!Title!!Rating!!Points!!Coeff. |-style="background:#ccffcc;" |1 || [[Wouter Wolff]] || {{NED}}|| MI ||2278||12 || |-style="background:#ccffcc;" |2 || [[Alexei Chizhov]] ||{{RUS}}|| GMI ||2409||11 ||87 |-style="background:#ccffcc;" |3 || [[Joel Atse]] || {{CIV}}|| GMI ||2337||11 ||86 |-style="background:#ccffcc;" |4 || [[Evgeni Vatutin]] || {{BLR}}|| GMI ||2329||11 ||84 |- |5 || [[Roel Boomstra]]|| {{NED}} || GMI ||2400||11 ||82 |- |5 || [[Alexander Getmanski]]|| {{RUS}} || GMI ||2367||11 ||82 |- |7 || Kees Thijssen ||{{NED}} || GMI ||2326||11 ||80 |- |8 || Macodou NDiaye || {{SEN}}|| GMI ||2336||11 ||79 |- |9 || Maksim Milshin || {{RUS}}|| MF||2278||11 ||76 |- |10 || Wouter Sipma ||{{NED}} || GMI ||2352||10 || |- |11 || Daniele Macali || {{ITA}}|| MF ||2143||10 || |- |12 || [[Edvardas Bužinskis]] || {{LIT}}|| GMI ||2314||9 || |- |13 || Christian Niami || {{CMR}}|| MF ||2294||9 || |- |14 || Miguel Almanzar || {{DOM}}|| MF ||2372||9 || |- |15 || Evgeni Gurkov || {{RUS}}|| MF ||2178||9 || |- |16 || Zhiyong Xiong || {{CHN}}|| MF ||2161||9 || |- |17 || Carlos Lorevil || {{CUW}}|| MF|| 2120||9|| |- |18 || Piotr Chmiel || {{POL}}|| MI ||2115||9 || |- |19 || Igor Kirzner || {{UKR}}|| GMI ||2259||8 || |- |20 || [[Villem Lüüs]] ||{{EST}} || MF ||2116||8 || |- |21 || Gerelbold Ganbold || {{MNG}}|| MF||2124||8 || |- |22 || Frantz Forbin || {{FRA}}|| MI ||2230||8 || |- |23 || Alexander Rudnitsky || {{USA}}|| MF ||2194||8 || |- |24 || Raido Värik || {{EST}}|| ||2247||6 || |- |25 || Dan Isabirye || {{UGA}}|| ||2000||3 || |- |26 || Evert Wiskerke || {{ROU}}|| ||1984||2 || |}
===Final=== <ref>{{cite web |title=Worldchampionship Tallinn 2017 |url=https://toernooibase.kndb.nl/opvraag/standen.php?taal=1&kl=46&Id=6349&jr=18&afko=46&r= |publisher=Toernooibase |access-date=29 November 2025}}</ref> {| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" |- !Place !Name !Country !Title !Rating!!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!9!!10!!11!!12 !Points !Wins!!Draws!!Losses |-bgcolor="gold" | 1|| align="left" | [[Alexander Schwarzman]] ||align="left" | {{RUS}} || GMI ||2432||*||1||1||1||1||1||1||2||2||1||1||2||14||3||8||0 |-bgcolor="silver" | 2|| align="left" | [[Alexei Chizhov]] ||align="left" |{{RUS}}|| GMI ||2409||1||*||1||1||1||1||2||1||1||1||2||1||13||2||9||0 |-bgcolor="lightsalmon" | 3|| align="left" | [[Guntis Valneris]] ||align="left" |{{LAT}} || GMI ||2374||1||1||*||1||1||1||1||2||1||2||1||1||13||2||9||0 |- | 4|| align="left" | [[Alexander Baljakin]] || align="left" |{{NED}}|| GMI ||2394||1||1||1||*||1||2||1||1||1||1||1||1||12||1||10||0 |- | 5|| align="left" | [[Yuri Anikeev]] ||align="left" |{{UKR}} || GMI ||2379||1||1||1||1||*||1||1||1||1||2||1||1||12||1||10||0 |- | 6|| align="left" | [[Joel Atse]] || align="left" |{{CIV}}|| GMI ||2337||1||1||1||0||1||*||1||1||2||1||1||1||11||1||9||1 |- | 7|| align="left" | [[Alexander Georgiev]] ||align="left" |{{RUS}}|| GMI ||2428||1||0||1||1||1||1||*||2||1||1||1||1||11||1||9||1 |- | 8|| align="left" | [[Wouter Wolf]] || align="left" |{{NED}}|| MI ||2278||0||1||0||1||1||1||0||*||2||1||1||2||10||2||6||3 |- | 9|| align="left" | [[Martijn van IJzendoorn]]|| align="left" |{{NED}} || GMI ||2395||0||1||1||1||1||0||1||0||*||1||2||1||9||1||7||3 |- | 10|| align="left" | [[Evgeni Vatutin]] || align="left" |{{BLR}}|| GMI ||2329||1||1||0||1||0||1||1||1||1||*||1||1||9||0||9||2 |- | 11|| align="left" | [[Vadim Virny]] || align="left" |{{GER}}|| GMI ||2354||1||0||1||1||1||1||1||1||0||1||*||1||9||0||9||2 |- | 12|| align="left" | [[Artem Ivanov (draughts player)|Artem Ivanov]] || align="left" |{{UKR}}||GMI ||2367||0||1||1||1||1||1||1||0||1||1||1||*||9||0||9||2 |}
== See also == *[[List of Draughts World Championship winners]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20170701152317/http://daminator.eu/2017_10_tallinn/list_of_players.html List of players] (Archived 1 July 2017) * [https://web.archive.org/web/20171224055046/http://wc2017.kabeliit.ee/ Offiсial site] (Archived 24 December 2017)
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