2022 World Draughts Championship match


The 2022 World Draughts Championship match was held from 5 to 20 January, 2022 at the High Tech Campus Eindhoven in Eindhoven, Netherlands. It was held under the auspices of the International Draughts Federation and played between the reigning 2021 world champion, Alexander Schwartzman, and the 2018 world champion, Roel Boomstra.
Boomstra won the match to capture his third world championship title.

Rules and regulations

The match consisted of 12 games, played with a time control of 80 minutes plus a 1-minute increment per move. The player with the highest score won the world title if he won at least three games. If not, tie-break games were played until one player achieved a third overall win.
The first tie-break was 3 rapid games, 20 minutes plus a 10-second increment per move. The second tie-break was 3 blitz games, 10 minutes plus a 5-second increment per move. The third tie-break was Superblitz, 10 minutes plus a 2-second increment per move.
Preliminary tie-breaking games were to be played if the first six games ended in a draw. These tie-break games were played until the first victory.

Schedule

DateLocal timeEvent
5 January11:00Opening day & Round 1
6 January11:00Round 2
7 January11:00Round 3
8 JanuaryN/ARest day
9 January11:00Round 4
10 January11:00Round 5
11 January11:00Round 6
12 January11:00Tie-break
13 January11:00Round 7
14 January11:00Round 8
15 January11:00Round 9
16 JanuaryN/ARest day
17 January11:00Round 10
18 January11:00Round 11
19 January11:00Round 12
20 January11:00Tie-break & Award ceremony

Results

Regular games

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Second tie-break

PlayerRating
rapid/blitz
Rapid
game 1
Rapid
game 2
Rapid
game 3
Blitz
game 1
Blitz
game 2
Blitz
game 3
Superblitz
game 1
PointsVictories