2019 World Draughts Championship
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 2019 World Draughts Champion Alexander Georgiev | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast |
| Dates | 15 September–3 October |
| Administrator | FMJD |
Tournament format | Round-robin tournament |
| Venue | Hotel HP Resort |
| Final positions | |
| Champion | Alexander Georgiev |
| Runner-up | Pan Yiming |
The 2019 World Draughts Championship in international draughts was held from 15 September to 3 October, 2019, at the Hotel HP Resort in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast. The championship was played under the auspices of the International Draughts Federation (FMJD) as a round-robin tournament with twenty players. The total prize money for the tournament was 20,000 euros.[1]
The 2016 and 2018 World Champion, Roel Boomstra, did not play in the championship.
Alexander Georgiev won the title to become World Draughts Champion for the tenth time, equaling Alexei Chizhov.
The games were played with the official FMJD classical time control: 80 minutes plus a 1-minute increment per move. FMJD regulations prohibited players from agreeing to a draw before each had completed 40 moves; doing so required the referee to award both players 0 points.
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.[1]
Schedule
| Round | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 September | 13:30 |
| 2 | 16 September | 13:30 |
| 3 | 17 September | 13:30 |
| 4 | 18 September | 13:30 |
| 5 | 19 September | 9:30 |
| 6 | 19 September | 15:30 |
| Rest day | 20 September | |
| 7 | 21 September | 13:30 |
| 8 | 22 September | 13:30 |
| 9 | 23 September | 13:30 |
| 10 | 24 September | 13:30 |
| 11 | 25 September | 9:30 |
| 12 | 25 September | 15:30 |
| Rest day | 26 September | |
| 13 | 27 September | 13:30 |
| 14 | 28 September | 13:30 |
| 15 | 29 September | 13:30 |
| 16 | 30 September | 13:30 |
| 17 | 1 October | 13:30 |
| 18 | 2 October | 13:30 |
| 19 | 3 October | 9:30 |
Participants
| Number | Title | Name | Country | Qualification Path |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GMI | Alexander Schwarzman |  Russia | World Champion 2017 |
| 2 | GMI | Alexei Chizhov | Russia | 2nd place in World Championship 2017 |
| 3 | GMI | Joel N'cho Atse |  Ivory Coast | Africa 1 |
| 4 | GMI | N'Diaga Samb |  Senegal | Africa 2 |
| 5 | MF | Landry Nga |  Cameroon | Africa 3 |
| 6 | CMF | Kassim Souare |  Mali | Africa 4 |
| 7 | GMI | Guno Burleson |  Suriname | America 1 |
| 8 | GMI | Allan Igor Moreno Silva |  Brazil | America 2 |
| 9 | GMI | Pan Yiming |  China | Asia 1 |
| 10 | MI | Otgonbileg Tserenbayamba |  Mongolia | Asia 2 |
| 11 | GMI | Michael Semyaniuk |  Belarus | Europe 1 |
| 12 | GMI | Alexander Georgiev | Russia | Europe 2 |
| 13 | GMI | Martijn van IJzendoorn |  Netherlands | Europe 3 |
| 14 | MI | Jitse Slump | Netherlands | Europe 4 |
| 15 | MI | Nicolay Germogenov | Russia | Europe 5 |
| 16 | GMI | Guntis Valneris |  Latvia | Best rating |
| 17 | GMI | Ivan Trofimov | Russia | Best from World Cup |
| 18 | GMI | Jan Groenendijk | Netherlands | First from Reserve |
| 19 | MF | Kpangni Jacques Aka | Ivory Coast | Organiser place |
| 20 | CMF | Ahmed Sanogo | Ivory Coast | Sponsor place |
MI — international master
MF — master FMJD
CMF — candidate for master FMJD