2019 World Draughts Championship

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 as a round-robin tournament with twenty players. The total prize money for the tournament was 20,000 euros.
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.

Rules and regulations

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.

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		World Champion 2017
2	GMI	Alexei Chizhov		2nd place in World Championship 2017
3	GMI	Joel N'cho Atse		Africa 1
4	GMI	N'Diaga Samb		Africa 2
5	MF	Landry Nga		Africa 3
6	CMF	Kassim Souare		Africa 4
7	GMI	Guno Burleson		America 1
8	GMI	Allan Igor Moreno Silva		America 2
9	GMI	Pan Yiming		Asia 1
10	MI	Otgonbileg Tserenbayamba		Asia 2
11	GMI	Michael Semyaniuk		Europe 1
12	GMI	Alexander Georgiev		Europe 2
13	GMI	Martijn van IJzendoorn		Europe 3
14	MI	Jitse Slump		Europe 4
15	MI	Nicolay Germogenov		Europe 5
16	GMI	Guntis Valneris		Best rating
17	GMI	Ivan Trofimov		Best from World Cup
18	GMI	Jan Groenendijk		First from Reserve
19	MF	Kpangni Jacques Aka		Organiser place
20	CMF	Ahmed Sanogo		Sponsor place

Final standings

Place	Name	Country	Title	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Points	Wins	Draws	Losses
1	Alexander Georgiev		GMI	2418	*	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	28	9	10	0
2	Pan Yiming		GMI	2206	1	*	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	27	8	11	0
3	Guntis Valneris		GMI	2399	1	1	*	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	27	8	11	0
4	Jan Groenendijk		GMI	2376	1	1	1	*	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	25	6	13	0
5	Alexander Schwarzman		GMI	2328	1	1	1	1	*	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	23	5	13	1
6	Martijn van IJzendoorn		GMI	2378	1	1	1	1	1	*	0	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	23	5	13	1
7	Alexei Chizhov		GMI	2389	0	1	1	1	1	2	*	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	22	4	14	1
8	Joel N'cho Atse		GMI	2370	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	*	1	2	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	21	5	11	3
9	Jitse Slump		MI	2293	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	*	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	21	4	13	2
10	Kassim Souare		CMF	2230	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	*	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	19	5	9	5
11	Allan Igor Moreno Silva		GMI	2322	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	*	0	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	18	4	10	5
12	Landry Nga		MF	2296	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	*	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	2	18	3	12	4
13	Ivan Trofimov		GMI	2316	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	*	0	1	2	2	1	1	2	17	4	9	6
14	Nicolay Germogenov		MI	2312	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	*	1	1	1	1	2	1	16	2	12	5
15	Michael Semyaniuk		GMI	2274	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	*	1	1	0	1	2	16	1	14	4
16	N'Diaga Samb		GMI	2323	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	*	0	2	1	2	14	2	10	7
17	Otgonbileg Tserenbayamba		MI	2174	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	*	1	2	0	12	3	6	10
18	Guno Burleson		GMI	2272	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	*	1	1	12	1	10	8
19	Kpangni Jacques Aka		MF	2247	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	*	1	11	1	9	9
20	Ahmed Sanogo		CMF	2196	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	*	10	2	6	11