2021 World Draughts Championship

The 2021 World Draughts Championship in international draughts was held from 28 June to 14 July, 2021 at the Hotel Viru in Tallinn, Estonia. It was held under the auspices of the International Draughts Federation. Forty players competed in the tournament, which was played in a COVID bubble. In the first stage, all players were divided into four groups. The best three players from each group advanced to the final. All stages were played as a round-robin tournament. The main referee was IR Frank Teer. The total prize money for the tournament was 20,000 euros.
The 2021 Women's World Draughts Championship took place simultaneously at the same hotel.
Alexander Schwarzman from Russia won his fifth title.

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.

For places 1–3, tiebreaks using the Lehmann–Georgiev system were played if necessary; other places were shared.

Schedule

Round	Date	Time
1	28 June	15:00
2	29 June	9:00
3	29 June	15:00
4	30 June	15:00
5	1 July	9:00
6	1 July	15:00
7	2 July	9:00
8	2 July	15:00
9	3 July	15:00
Final 1	5 July	13:30
Final 2	6 July	13:30
Final 3	7 July	13:30
Final 4	8 July	13:30
Final 5	9 July	13:30
Final 6	11 July	13:30
Final 7	12 July	13:30
Final 8	13 July	13:30
Final 9	14 July	9:30

Participants

; The published list was preliminary. Alexander Georgiev, Landry Nga, Alain Bukasa, Baatarsukh Munkhjin, and Bedia Guy Serges Olivier did not take part in the tournament.

Number	Name	Country	Title	Qualification Path
1	Alexander Georgiev		GMI	WC 2019
2	Roel Boomstra		GMI	WC 2018/2019
3	Guntis Valneris		GMI	WC 2019 3rd place
4	Jan Groenendijk		GMI	WC 2019 4th place
5	Priit Lokotar			Organization place
6	Kris Taimre			Sponsor place
7	N'Diaga Samb		GMI	Africa
8	Landry Nga		GMI	Africa
9	Joel N'cho Atse		GMI	Africa
10	Alain Dingombe Bukasa		GMI	Africa
11	Jean Marc Ndjofang		GMI	Africa
12	Kassim Souare		MI	Africa
13	Saint-Juste Makendy			America
14	Souleymane Keita		MI	America
15	Derby Martes			America
16	Yevgeniy Sklyarov		MI	America
17	Baatarsukh Munkhjin		GMI	Asia
18	Tsogtbaatar Sukhbat		MF	Asia
19	Martijn van IJzendoorn		GMI	Europe
20	Alexander Schwarzman		GMI	Europe
21	Artem Ivanov		GMI	Europe
22	Alexander Getmanski		GMI	Europe
23	Jitse Slump		MI	Europe
24	Yuri Anikeev		GMI	Europe
25	Kevin Machtelinck		MI	Europe
26	Aleksej Domchev		GMI	Europe
27	Raimonds Vipulis		GMI	Europe
28	Oscar Lognon		MI	Europe
29	Valery Kudriavcev		MF	Europe
30	Aleksei Kunitsa		MI	Europe
31	Igor Chartoriyski		MF	Europe
32	Filip Kuczewski		MF	Europe
33	Ainur Shaibakov		GMI	World Cup 2020
34	Ivan Trofimov		GMI	World Cup 2020
35	Aman Ehiere Eugene		MI	World Cup 2020
36	Aka Kpangni Jacques		MF	World Cup 2020
37	Bedia Guy Serges Olivier			Global reserve list
38	Mariko Mamoutou		MI	Global reserve list
39	Mbongo Thomy lucien		MI	Global reserve list
40	Andrej Kalmakov		GMI	Global reserve list

Results

Semifinal

Group A

Place	Name	Country	Title	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	Wins	Draws	Losses
1.	Roel Boomstra		GMI	2408	*	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	14	5	4	0
2.	Raimonds Vipulis		GMI	2275	1	*	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	12	3	6	0
3.	Alexander Getmanski		GMI	2355	1	1	*	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	12	3	6	0
4.	Aleksei Kunitsa		MI	2220	1	1	1	*	1	1	1	2	2	2	12	3	6	0
5.	Ainur Shaibakov		GMI	2348	1	1	1	1	*	1	1	1	1	2	10	1	8	0
6.	Kevin Machtelinck		MI	2321	0	0	1	1	1	*	1	1	1	2	8	1	6	2
7.	Valery Kudriavcev		MF	2226	0	1	0	1	1	1	*	1	1	1	7	0	7	2
8.	Aleksej Domchev		GMI	2319	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	*	1	1	6	0	6	3
9.	Edmond Antoine Beugre		MF	2283	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	*	-	5	0	5	4
10.	Kris Taimre			1899	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	+2	*	4	1	2	6

Group B

Place	Name	Country	Title	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	Wins	Draws	Losses
1.	N'cho Joel Atse		GMI	2366	*	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	-	2	11	3	5	1
2.	Nicolay Germogenov		MI	2300	1	*	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	11	2	7	0
3.	Jitse Slump		MI	2346	1	1	*	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	11	2	7	0
4.	Mariko Mamoutou		MI	2188	1	0	1	*	1	2	2	1	1	1	10	2	6	1
5.	Guntis Valneris		GMI	2406	1	1	1	1	*	1	1	2	1	1	10	1	8	0
6.	Kees Thijssen		GMI	2329	0	1	1	0	1	*	1	1	2	2	9	2	5	2
7.	Ivan Trofimov		GMI	2282	0	1	0	0	1	1	*	1	2	2	8	2	4	3
8.	Oscar Lognon		MI	2241	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	*	1	1	8	0	8	1
9.	Igor Kirzner		GMI	2268	+2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	*	0	7	1	5	3
10.	Filip Kuczewski		MF	2199	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	*	5	1	3	5

Group C

Place	Name	Country	Title	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	Wins	Draws	Losses
1.	Jan Groenendijk		GMI	2392	*	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	14	5	4	0
2.	Wouter Sipma		GMI	2333	1	*	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	12	3	6	0
3.	Artem Ivanov		GMI	2369	1	1	*	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	11	2	7	0
4.	Kassim Souare		MI	2252	0	1	1	*	1	1	2	1	1	2	10	2	6	1
5.	Andrej Kalmakov		GMI	2347	1	1	1	1	*	1	1	1	1	2	10	1	8	0
6.	Aman Ehiere Eugene		MI	2287	0	1	0	1	1	*	1	-	2	2	8	2	4	3
7.	Thomy Lucien Mbongo		MI	2270	1	0	1	0	1	1	*	1	2	1	8	1	6	2
8.	Yevgeniy Sklyarov		MI	2297	0	0	1	1	1	+2	1	*	1	1	8	1	6	2
9.	Igor Chartoriyski		MF	2199	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	*	1	6	0	6	3
10.	Priit Lokotar			1947	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	*	3	0	3	6

Group D

Place	Name	Country	Title	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	Wins	Draws	Losses
1.	Martijn van IJzendoorn		GMI	2391	*	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	14	5	4	0
2.	Alexander Schwarzman		GMI	2379	1	*	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	12	3	6	0
3.	Christian Niami		MI	2265	1	1	*	0	1	1	2	1	2	2	11	3	5	1
4.	Tsogtbaatar Sukhbat		MF	2189	1	1	2	*	1	2	1	1	1	1	11	2	7	0
5.	Yuri Anikeev		GMI	2336	1	1	1	1	*	1	1	1	1	1	9	0	9	0
6.	Saint-Juste Makendy		CMF	2338	0	0	1	0	1	*	1	1	2	2	8	2	4	3
7.	N'Diaga Samb		GMI	2296	0	1	0	1	1	1	*	2	1	1	8	1	6	2
8.	Souleymane Keita		MI	2291	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	*	2	1	7	1	5	3
9.	Derby Martes		CMF	2272	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	*	2	5	1	3	5
10.	Aka Kpangni Jacques		MF	2216	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	*	5	0	5	4

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	2380	*	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	14	3	8	0
2.	Alexander Getmanski		GMI	2360	1	*	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	13	2	9	0
3.	Roel Boomstra		GMI	2410	1	1	*	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	13	2	9	0
4.	Jan Groenendijk		GMI	2407	1	0	1	*	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	12	2	8	1
5.	Martijn van IJzendoorn		GMI	2386	1	1	1	1	*	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	12	1	10	0
6.	Wouter Sipma		GMI	2349	1	1	1	1	1	*	1	0	1	1	1	2	11	1	9	1
7.	Artem Ivanov		GMI	2369	1	1	1	1	1	1	*	1	1	1	1	1	11	0	11	0
8.	Christian Niami		MI	2265	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	*	1	2	1	1	10	2	6	3
9.	Jitse Slump		MI	2355	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	*	1	1	1	10	0	10	1
10.	Nicolay Germogenov		MI	2297	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	*	1	1	9	0	9	2
11.	Raimonds Vipulis		GMI	2275	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	*	1	9	0	9	2
12.	Joel N'cho Atse		GMI	2366	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	*	8	0	8	3