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. At the same time, the Women's World Draughts Championship was held. Championship played in classic, rapid and blitz formats.

Classic program

Rules and regulations

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:

Number of points scored by all competitors
Number of points scored by opponents, excluding the lowest result
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

GMI — international grandmaster
MI — international master
MF — master FMJD

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

Quarterfinals

; 1-8 places

Place

Name

Classic

Rapid

Blitz

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Semifinal

; For 1-4 places

Name

Classic

Rapid

Blitz

Final

Match for 15 place

Rapid program

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
2. Number of points scored by all competitors
There were 72 participants from 43 countries.
Time control: 7’+5” till the end of the game for each participant.

Blitz program

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
2. Number of points scored by opponents, excluding the lowest result
There were 74 participants from 43 countries.
Time control: 3’+2” till the end of the game for each participant.