2018 World Draughts Championship match

The 2018 World Draughts Championship match in international draughts was held from December 28, 2018, to January 13, 2019, in the Netherlands.[1] It was held under the auspices of the International Draughts Federation (FMJD) and played between the current 2017 world champion Alexander Schwartzman and 2016 world champion Roel Boomstra.[1] Roel Boomstra won this match and became World Draughts Champion.

Rules and regulations

The event was played over 12 games with a time control of 80 minutes plus 1 minute per move. The player who has the highest score wins the world title if he wins at least three games. If not, a tie-break will be played. Every victory in a tie-break adds to the total number of victories.

Per regulations, a preliminary tie-breaking games were to be played if the first six games ended in a draw.[2]

Schedule
DateLocal timeEventPlaceHost city
28 December 201811:00OpeningPaleis het Stadhouderlijk HofLeeuwarden
28 December 201813:00Game 1Paleis het Stadhouderlijk HofLeeuwarden
29 December 201812:00Game 2TresoarLeeuwarden
2 January 201913:00Game 3Paleis het Stadhouderlijk HofLeeuwarden
3 January 201912:00Game 4Paleis het Stadhouderlijk HofLeeuwarden
4 January 201912:00Game 5Van Swinderen HuysGroningen
5 January 201912:00Game 6Van Swinderen HuysGroningen
6 January 201910:00(Barrage)Van Swinderen HuysGroningen
7 January 201912:00Game 7Van Swinderen HuysGroningen
8 January 201912:00Game 8Van Swinderen HuysGroningen
9 January 201912:00Game 9Drents MuseumAssen
10 January 201912:00Game 10Drents MuseumAssen
11 January 201912:00Game 11Drents MuseumAssen
12 January 201912:00Game 12RTV DrentheAssen
13 January 201910:00BarrageRTV DrentheAssen

Results

Regular games
Player Rating 123456789101112PointsVictories
Roel Boomstra2408111112111111131
Alexander Schwartzman2393111110111111110

Tie-break games
Player Rating
rapid/blitz		 Rapid
game 1		Rapid
game 2		Rapid
game 3		Blitz
game 1		Blitz
game 2		Blitz
game 3		Superblitz
game 1		Superblitz
game 2		 Points Victories
Roel Boomstra243211121112233
Alexander Schwartzman248611101110170
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See also

References
  1. "Informatie – Wereldtitel Dammen 2018". Wereldtiteldammen.nl. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  2. "WORLD TITLE MATCH : 28th of December – 12th of January : Rules and Regulations" (PDF). Wereldtiteldammen.nl. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
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