# 2017 World Draughts Championship

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Draughts tournament

2017 World Draughts Championship 2017 World Draughts Champion Alexander Schwarzman Tournament information Location Tallinn, Estonia Dates 1 October–16 October Administrator FMJD Tournament format Round-robin tournament Venue(s) Hotel Euroopa, Paul Keres Chess House Final positions Champion Alexander Schwarzman Runner-up Alexei Chizhov ← 2016 2018 →

The **2017 World Draughts Championship** in [international draughts](/source/International_draughts) was held from 1 to 16 October, 2017 in [Tallinn](/source/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](/source/Matrena_Nogovitsyna) from [Russia](/source/Russia). The total prize money for the tournament was 20,000 euros. The tournament was supervised by main referee Andriy Shcherbatyuk (Ukraine).[1]

Four rounds were played in the Hotel Euroopa, while the rest were played in the Paul Keres Chess House.[1] The [2017 Women's World Draughts Championship](/source/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](/source/Swiss-system_tournament). Ties on points were resolved using the [truncated Solkoff coefficient](/source/Tie-breaking_in_Swiss-system_tournaments#Solkoff). The top 4 players from each group, 12 players in total, advanced to the final.

The final was played as a [round-robin tournament](/source/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:

1. Number of wins.

1. Results in the direct encounters between the tied players.

1. Results obtained against opponents in order of their final ranking.[1]

## Schedule

[1]

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 [FMJD](/source/World_Draughts_Federation)

GMIF — women's international grandmaster

Advanced to the final

#### Group A

[2]

Place Name Country Title Rating Points Coeff. 1 Alexander Baljakin Netherlands GMI 2394 12 2 Alexander Schwarzman Russia GMI 2432 11 87 3 Yuri Anikeev Ukraine GMI 2379 11 87 4 Vadim Virny Germany GMI 2354 11 87 5 Aleksej Domchev Lithuania GMI 2334 11 86 6 N'Diaga Samb Senegal GMI 2322 11 86 7 Ainur Shaibakov Russia GMI 2349 11 81 8 Souleymane Keita Canada MI 2282 11 81 9 Nikolai Gulyaev Russia MI 2299 10 10 Ron Heusdens Netherlands GMI 2331 10 11 Frank Teer Netherlands MI 2298 10 12 Manlai Ravjir Mongolia GMI 2174 10 13 Alexander Verkhovykh Russia MI 2227 10 14 Arnaud Cordier France GMI 2358 10 15 Guno Burleson Suriname MI 2254 10 16 Derby Martes Dominican Republic 2259 10 17 Martijn van Gortel Netherlands MF 2117 10 18 Jitse Slump Netherlands MI 2273 9 19 Raimonds Vipulis Latvia GMI 2310 9 20 Arjan van den Berg Israel 2178 9 21 Raivo Rist Estonia MF 2149 8 22 Vaclav Krista Czech Republic MI 2092 8 23 Piotr Paluch Poland MF 2119 8 24 Bryan Wollaert Belgium MF 2127 8 25 Uno Plakk Estonia MF 2024 6 26 Priit Lokotar Estonia 1902 6 27 Behcet Celebi Cyprus 1900 2 28 Epherem Demessie Ethiopia 1901 0

#### Group B

[3]

Place Name Country Title Rating Points Coeff. 1 Alexander Georgiev Russia GMI 2428 12 2 Guntis Valneris Latvia GMI 2374 12 3 Artem Ivanov Ukraine GMI 2367 11 85 4 Martijn van IJzendoorn Netherlands GMI 2395 11 83 5 Dul Erdenebileg Mongolia GMI 2266 11 80 6 Leopold Kouogueu Kouomou Cameroon GMI 2304 11 78 7 Jan Groenendijk Netherlands GMI 2350 10 8 Hein Meijer Netherlands GMI 2317 10 9 Murodullo Amrillaev Russia GMI 2351 10 10 Ivan Trofimov Russia GMI 2332 10 11 Adonis Joachim Ano Ivory Coast MI 2306 10 12 Alessio Scaggiante Italy MF 2119 10 13 Jean Marc Ndjofang Cameroon GMI 2333 9 14 Chengcheng Tian China MF 2132 9 15 Matrena Nogovitsyna Russia MI 2228 9 16 Youssou NDiaye Senegal MF 2183 9 17 Oscar Lognon France MI 2279 9 18 Kees Romijn Netherlands MF 2136 9 19 Mehmet Yöney Turkey MF 2119 8 20 Vasyl Pikiniar Ukraine MF 2165 8 21 Janiston Ramirez Dominican Republic 2251 8 22 Sergei Nosevitch Belarus GMI 2262 7 23 Roep Bhawanibhiek Netherlands MF 2095 7 24 Andreas Tulva Estonia 2021 6 25 Argo Unnuk Estonia MF 2204 6 26 Gerrit Alink Indonesia 1909 2

#### Group C

[4]

Place Name Country Title Rating Points Coeff. 1 Wouter Wolff Netherlands MI 2278 12 2 Alexei Chizhov Russia GMI 2409 11 87 3 Joel Atse Ivory Coast GMI 2337 11 86 4 Evgeni Vatutin Belarus GMI 2329 11 84 5 Roel Boomstra Netherlands GMI 2400 11 82 5 Alexander Getmanski Russia GMI 2367 11 82 7 Kees Thijssen Netherlands GMI 2326 11 80 8 Macodou NDiaye Senegal GMI 2336 11 79 9 Maksim Milshin Russia MF 2278 11 76 10 Wouter Sipma Netherlands GMI 2352 10 11 Daniele Macali Italy MF 2143 10 12 Edvardas Bužinskis Lithuania GMI 2314 9 13 Christian Niami Cameroon MF 2294 9 14 Miguel Almanzar Dominican Republic MF 2372 9 15 Evgeni Gurkov Russia MF 2178 9 16 Zhiyong Xiong China MF 2161 9 17 Carlos Lorevil Curaçao MF 2120 9 18 Piotr Chmiel Poland MI 2115 9 19 Igor Kirzner Ukraine GMI 2259 8 20 Villem Lüüs Estonia MF 2116 8 21 Gerelbold Ganbold Mongolia MF 2124 8 22 Frantz Forbin France MI 2230 8 23 Alexander Rudnitsky United States MF 2194 8 24 Raido Värik Estonia 2247 6 25 Dan Isabirye Uganda 2000 3 26 Evert Wiskerke Romania 1984 2

### Final

[5]

Place Name Country Title Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Points Wins Draws Losses 1 Alexander Schwarzman Russia GMI 2432 * 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 14 3 8 0 2 Alexei Chizhov Russia GMI 2409 1 * 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 13 2 9 0 3 Guntis Valneris Latvia GMI 2374 1 1 * 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 13 2 9 0 4 Alexander Baljakin Netherlands GMI 2394 1 1 1 * 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 1 10 0 5 Yuri Anikeev Ukraine GMI 2379 1 1 1 1 * 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 12 1 10 0 6 Joel Atse Ivory Coast GMI 2337 1 1 1 0 1 * 1 1 2 1 1 1 11 1 9 1 7 Alexander Georgiev Russia GMI 2428 1 0 1 1 1 1 * 2 1 1 1 1 11 1 9 1 8 Wouter Wolf Netherlands MI 2278 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 * 2 1 1 2 10 2 6 3 9 Martijn van IJzendoorn Netherlands GMI 2395 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 * 1 2 1 9 1 7 3 10 Evgeni Vatutin Belarus GMI 2329 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 * 1 1 9 0 9 2 11 Vadim Virny Germany GMI 2354 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 * 1 9 0 9 2 12 Artem Ivanov Ukraine 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](/source/List_of_Draughts_World_Championship_winners)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-regulations_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-regulations_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-regulations_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-regulations_1-3) ["WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2017 Rules and Regulations"](https://web.archive.org/web/20171001074342/http://wc2017.kabeliit.ee/images/2017_10_WC_Tallinn_rr.pdf) (PDF). FMJD. Archived from [the original](http://wc2017.kabeliit.ee/images/2017_10_WC_Tallinn_rr.pdf) (PDF) on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Qualification A Worldchampionship Tallinn 2017"](https://toernooibase.kndb.nl/opvraag/standen.php?taal=1&kl=17&Id=6326&jr=18&afko=17&r=). Toernooibase. Retrieved 29 November 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Qualification B Worldchampionship Tallinn 2017"](https://toernooibase.kndb.nl/opvraag/standen.php?taal=1&kl=18&Id=6327&jr=18&afko=18&r=). Toernooibase. Retrieved 29 November 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Qualification C Worldchampionship Tallinn 2017"](https://toernooibase.kndb.nl/opvraag/standen.php?taal=1&kl=19&Id=6328&jr=18&afko=19&r=). Toernooibase. Retrieved 29 November 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Worldchampionship Tallinn 2017"](https://toernooibase.kndb.nl/opvraag/standen.php?taal=1&kl=46&Id=6349&jr=18&afko=46&r=). Toernooibase. Retrieved 29 November 2025.

## External links

- [List of players](https://web.archive.org/web/20170701152317/http://daminator.eu/2017_10_tallinn/list_of_players.html) (Archived 1 July 2017)

- [Offiсial site](https://web.archive.org/web/20171224055046/http://wc2017.kabeliit.ee/) (Archived 24 December 2017)

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