2017 World Russian Draughts Championship

The 2017 World Draughts-64 Championship held in Saint Peterburg, Russia. 64 players from Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, and South America competed in the tournament, which started on October 20, 2017, and ended on October 28, 2017. The tournament was played in hotel «Moscow». The winning prize for the tournament was about three million rubles (about US$52,000). At the same time, the Women's World Draughts Championship was held. Championship played in classic (at the Russian draughts), rapid (at the Brazilian draughts) and blitz (at the Russian draughts) formats.

Classic program

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Rules and regulations

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In the first stage participants played Swiss-system tournament with 8 rounds. To define the places with equal points used of Buchholz system. The first 16 participated in the final. The final was in the play-off form. Two points were given for each win, one point for each draw, no points for each loss. Players from 17 to 64 played additionally Swiss-system tournament with 2 rounds.

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

  1. Number of points scored by all competitors (Buchholz coefficient)
  2. Number of points scored by opponents, excluding the lowest result (reduced Solkof coefficient)
  3. Match up to the first victory with a shorter time controls: a classic game — 5’+3” till the end of the game for each participant.

Preliminary stage

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GMI — international grandmaster

MI — international master

MF — master FMJD

Place Name Country Title Rating Points Buchholz coeff. Reduced Solkof coeff.
1. Vladimir Egorov [ru]   Russia GMI 2496 11 80
2. Damir Rysaev   Russia MI 2335 11 79 72(-1)
3. Andrus Kibartas   Lithuania GMI 2419 11 79 71(-1)
4. Arunas Norvaisas   Lithuania GMI 2416 11 76 70(-1)
5. Domantas Norkus   Lithuania MI 2341 11 76 69(-1)
6. Mirat Zhekeev   Kazakhstan GMI 2375 11 73
7. Igor Mikhalchenko   Belarus GMI 2458 11 72
8. Gavril Kolesov   Russia GMI 2481 11 69
9. Sergey Belosheev   Russia GMI 2500 11 67
10. Nikolai Guliaev   Russia MF 2359 11 66
11. Oleg Dashkov   Russia GMI 2476 10 77
12. Ion Dosca   Moldova GMI 2433 10 74
13. Dmitriy Tsinman   Russia GMI 2475 10 70
14. Vladyslav Mazur   Ukraine GMI 2383 10 69
15. Michael Semyaniuk   Belarus MI 2368 10 67
16. Vladyslav Antonovich   Ukraine MI 2261 10 66
17. Andrei Valyuk   Belarus GMI 2495 9 78
18. Arno Uutma   Estonia GMI 2301 9 76
19. Vladimir Skrabov   Russia GMI 2495 9 75
20. Nicolay Struchkov   Russia GMI 2447 9 74 66(-1) 58(-2) 50(-3) 42(-4)
21. Aliaksei Kunitsa   Belarus MI 2241 9 74 66(-1) 58(-2) 50(-3) 41(-4)
22. Genadij Shapiro   Germany GMI 2369 9 71
23. Denis Shkatula   Ukraine MI 2379 9 70
24. Vilius Aleknavicius   Lithuania MI 2306 9 67 63(-1)
25. Andrei Gnelitskii   Russia MI 2331 9 67 62(-1)
26. Madalitso Thomu Juma   Malawi 2100 9 67 60(-1)
27. Aleksandr Burov   Russia GMI 2404 9 64
28. Denis Dudco   Moldova MI 2425 9 62
29. Eugeny Kondrachenko   Belarus GMI 2398 8 74
30. Alisher Artikov   Uzbekistan GMI 2245 8 73
31. Samandar Kalanov   Uzbekistan GMI 2311 8 71 65(-1)
32. Martins Junkurens   Latvia MF 2243 8 71 64(-1)
33. Dmitrii Lond   Russia 2243 8 68 64(-1)
34. Dmitrii Melnikov   Russia MI 2313 8 68 62(-1)
35. Marcelo Francisco   Brazil MI 2154 8 65
36. Farhad Arslanov   Turkmenistan MF 2138 8 64 60(-1)
37. Ruslan Pescherov   Russia MI 2327 8 64 59(-1)
38. Choisuren Burmaa   Mongolia 2100 8 61
39. Lukanga Mambwe   Zambia 2130 8 60
40. Alexander Bleicher   Germany MF 2214 8 59
41. Diogenes Chong   Jamaica 2100 8 51
42. Anton Van Berkel   Netherlands 2117 7 63 57(-1) 51(-2)
43. Mwamba Richard Muganza   Democratic Republic of the Congo GMI 2167 7 63 57(-1) 50(-2)
44. Ed Pergament   United States 2100 7 58
45. Aslan Aslanli   Azerbaijan MI 2283 7 56
46. Patrick Umala   Uganda 2100 7 55
47. Sudian Suckram   Jamaica 1900 7 54 51(-1)
48. Wayne Alphonso Reid   Jamaica 2100 7 54 50(-1)
49. Stepan Kovalenko   Kazakhstan 2082 7 52
50. Clifford Tsamba   Zimbabwe 2125 6 62 58(-1)
51. Krzysztof Juszczak   Poland 2137 6 62 56(-1)
52. Dan Isabirye   Uganda MF 2171 6 58
53. Jerve Muangu   Republic of the Congo MF 2085 6 52
54. David Khabuliani   Georgia 2100 6 51
55. Frank Laurent   France MF 2134 6 47 47(-1) 43(-2) 37(-3) 31(-4) 24(-5) 17(-6)
56. Ephrame Demissie Woldegeorgis   Ethiopia 2100 6 47 47(-1) 43(-2) 37(-3) 31(-4) 24(-5) 16(-6)
57. Bogdan Yanev   Bulgaria MF 2071 6 42 42(-1) 39(-2)
58. Bekele Getachew Temtime   Ethiopia 2100 6 42 42(-1) 38(-2)
59. Edijs Novickis   Malta MF 2179 5 52
60. Celso Cipriano   Mozambique 2100 4 59
61. Nshan Alaverdyan   Armenia 2100 4 57
62. Yuri Goldshtein   Israel 2085 4 52
63. Horacio Lourenco   Mozambique 2100 3 43
64. Timofey Fagbemiro   Nigeria 2004 0 51

Quarterfinals

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1-8 places
Place Name Classic Rapid Blitz
1   Vladimir Egorov 1 1 2
8   Gavril Kolesov 1 1 0
Place Name Classic Rapid Blitz
2   Igor Mikhalchenko 1 1 2
7   Damir Rysaev 1 1 0
Place Name Classic Rapid Blitz
3   Andrus Kibartas 1 1 2
6   Mirat Zhekeev 1 1 2
Place Name Classic Rapid Blitz
4   Arunas Norvaisas 1 2
5   Domantas Norkus 1 0
9-16 places
Place Name Classic Rapid Blitz
9   Sergey Belosheev 1 2
16   Vladyslav Antonovich 1 0
Place Name Classic Rapid Blitz
10   Nikolai Guliaev 1 0
15   Michael Semyaniuk 1 2
Place Name Classic Rapid Blitz
11   Oleg Dashkov 1 2
14   Vladyslav Mazur 1 0
Place Name Classic Rapid Blitz
12   Ion Dosca 1 1 0
13   Dmitriy Tsinman 1 1 2

Semifinal

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For 1-4 places
Name Classic Rapid Blitz
  Vladimir Egorov 1 0
  Igor Mikhalchenko 1 2
Name Classic Rapid Blitz
  Andrus Kibartas 1 2
  Arunas Norvaisas 1 0
For 5-8 places
Name Classic Rapid Blitz
  Damir Rysaev 1 0
  Gavril Kolesov 1 2
Name Classic Rapid Blitz
  Domantas Norkus 1 1 0
  Mirat Zhekeev 1 1 2
For 9-12 places
Name Classic Rapid Blitz
  Sergey Belosheev 1 2
  Michael Semyaniuk 1 0
Name Classic Rapid Blitz
  Oleg Dashkov 1 1 0
  Dmitriy Tsinman 1 1 2
For 13-16 places
Name Classic Rapid Blitz
  Nikolai Guliaev 1 1 2
  Vladyslav Antonovich 1 1 0
Name Classic Rapid Blitz
  Ion Dosca 1 1 2
  Vladyslav Mazur 1 1 0

Final

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Match for 1 place

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Name Classic Rapid Blitz
  Andrus Kibartas 1 0
  Igor Mikhalchenko 1 2

Match for 3 place

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Name Classic Rapid Blitz
  Vladimir Egorov 2
  Arunas Norvaisas 0

Match for 5 place

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Name Classic Rapid Blitz
  Mirat Zhekeev 0
  Gavril Kolesov 2

Match for 7 place

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Name Classic Rapid Blitz
  Damir Rysaev 1 0
  Domantas Norkus 1 2

Match for 9 place

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Name Classic Rapid Blitz
  Sergey Belosheev 1 1 0
  Dmitriy Tsinman 1 1 2

Match for 11 place

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Name Classic Rapid Blitz
  Oleg Dashkov 2
  Michael Semyaniuk 0

Match for 13 place

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Name Classic Rapid Blitz
  Nikolai Guliaev 1 0
  Ion Dosca 1 2

Match for 15 place

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Name Classic Rapid Blitz
  Vladyslav Mazur 1 2
  Vladyslav Antonovich 1 0

Final standing

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Place Name Country
1. Igor Mikhalchenko   Belarus
2. Andrus Kibartas   Lithuania
3. Vladimir Egorov [ru]   Russia
4. Arunas Norvaisas   Lithuania
5. Gavril Kolesov   Russia
6. Mirat Zhekeev   Kazakhstan
7. Domantas Norkus   Lithuania
8. Damir Rysaev   Russia
9. Dmitriy Tsinman   Russia
10. Sergey Belosheev   Russia
11. Oleg Dashkov   Russia
12. Michael Semyaniuk   Belarus
13. Ion Dosca   Moldova
14. Nikolai Guliaev   Russia
15. Vladyslav Mazur   Ukraine
16. Vladyslav Antonovich   Ukraine
17. Andrei Valyuk   Belarus
18. Vladimir Skrabov   Russia
19. Aliaksei Kunitsa   Belarus
20. Denis Dudco   Moldova
21. Samandar Kalanov   Uzbekistan
22. Nicolay Struchkov   Russia
23. Denis Shkatula   Ukraine
24. Vilius Aleknavicius   Lithuania
25. Andrei Gnelitskii   Russia
26. Aleksandr Burov   Russia
27. Eugeny Kondrachenko   Belarus
28. Alisher Artikov   Uzbekistan
29. Martins Junkurens   Latvia
30. Marcelo Francisco   Brazil
31. Arno Uutma   Estonia
32. Genadij Shapiro   Germany
33. Madalitso Thomu Juma   Malawi
34. Dmitrii Lond   Russia
35. Dmitrii Melnikov   Russia
36. Farhad Arslanov   Turkmenistan
37. Ruslan Pescherov   Russia
38. Lukanga Mambwe   Zambia
39. Alexander Bleicher   Germany
40. Mwamba Richard Muganza   Democratic Republic of the Congo
41. Patrick Umala   Uganda
42. Dan Isabirye   Uganda
43. Anton Van Berkel   Netherlands
44. Aslan Aslanli   Azerbaijan
45. Wayne Alphonso Reid   Jamaica
46. Clifford Tsamba   Zimbabwe
47. Choisuren Burmaa   Mongolia
48. Diogenes Chong   Jamaica
49. Ed Pergament   United States
50. Sudian Suckram   Jamaica
51. Krzysztof Juszczak   Poland
52. Jerve Muangu   Republic of the Congo
53. David Khabuliani   Georgia
54. Frank Laurent   France
55. Bogdan Yanev   Bulgaria
56. Bekele Getachew Temtime   Ethiopia
57. Stepan Kovalenko   Kazakhstan
58. Ephrame Demissie Woldegeorgis   Ethiopia
59. Edijs Novickis   Malta
60. Nshan Alaverdyan   Armenia
61. Celso Cipriano   Mozambique
62. Yuri Goldshtein   Israel
63. Horacio Lourenco   Mozambique
64. Timofey Fagbemiro   Nigeria

Rapid program

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In the first stage participants played Swiss-system tournament with 9 rounds at Brazilian draughts. The first 4 participated in the semifinal and final.

The classification is based on the total points obtained. If two or more players had the same total points, the following was used to decide the placings:

1. Number of points scored by opponents, excluding the lowest result (reduced Solkof coefficient)

2. Number of points scored by all competitors (Buchholz coefficient)

There were 72 participants from 43 countries.

Time control: 7’+5” till the end of the game for each participant.

Results

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Place Name Country
1. Igor Mikhalchenko   Belarus
2. Gavril Kolesov   Russia
3. Sergey Belosheev   Russia

Blitz program

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In the first stage participants played Swiss-system tournament with 9 rounds at Russian version draughts. The first 4 participated in the semifinal and final.

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

1. Number of points scored by all competitors (Buchholz coefficient)

2. Number of points scored by opponents, excluding the lowest result (reduced Solkof coefficient)

There were 74 participants from 43 countries.

Time control: 3’+2” till the end of the game for each participant.

Results

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Place Name Country
1. Gavril Kolesov   Russia
2. Igor Mikhalchenko   Belarus
3. Oleg Dashkov   Russia
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