2017 World Draughts Championship

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.
Four rounds were played in the Hotel Euroopa, while the rest were played in the Paul Keres Chess House. 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 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.

Schedule

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
GMIF — women's international grandmaster

Group A

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

Group B

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

Group C

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

Final

Place	Name	Country	Title	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Points	Wins	Draws	Losses
1	Alexander Schwarzman		GMI	2432	*	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	14	3	8	0
2	Alexei Chizhov		GMI	2409	1	*	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	13	2	9	0
3	Guntis Valneris		GMI	2374	1	1	*	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	13	2	9	0
4	Alexander Baljakin		GMI	2394	1	1	1	*	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	12	1	10	0
5	Yuri Anikeev		GMI	2379	1	1	1	1	*	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	12	1	10	0
6	Joel Atse		GMI	2337	1	1	1	0	1	*	1	1	2	1	1	1	11	1	9	1
7	Alexander Georgiev		GMI	2428	1	0	1	1	1	1	*	2	1	1	1	1	11	1	9	1
8	Wouter Wolf		MI	2278	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	*	2	1	1	2	10	2	6	3
9	Martijn van IJzendoorn		GMI	2395	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	*	1	2	1	9	1	7	3
10	Evgeni Vatutin		GMI	2329	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	*	1	1	9	0	9	2
11	Vadim Virny		GMI	2354	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	*	1	9	0	9	2
12	Artem Ivanov		GMI	2367	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	*	9	0	9	2