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2018 World Draughts Championship match

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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.[2][3]

Rules and regulations

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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.[4]

Schedule

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Date Local time Event Place Host city
28 December 2018 11:00 Opening Paleis het Stadhouderlijk Hof Leeuwarden
28 December 2018 13:00 Game 1 Paleis het Stadhouderlijk Hof Leeuwarden
29 December 2018 12:00 Game 2 Tresoar Leeuwarden
2 January 2019 13:00 Game 3 Paleis het Stadhouderlijk Hof Leeuwarden
3 January 2019 12:00 Game 4 Paleis het Stadhouderlijk Hof Leeuwarden
4 January 2019 12:00 Game 5 Van Swinderen Huys Groningen
5 January 2019 12:00 Game 6 Van Swinderen Huys Groningen
6 January 2019 10:00 (Barrage) Van Swinderen Huys Groningen
7 January 2019 12:00 Game 7 Van Swinderen Huys Groningen
8 January 2019 12:00 Game 8 Van Swinderen Huys Groningen
9 January 2019 12:00 Game 9 Drents Museum Assen
10 January 2019 12:00 Game 10 Drents Museum Assen
11 January 2019 12:00 Game 11 Drents Museum Assen
12 January 2019 12:00 Game 12 RTV Drenthe Assen
13 January 2019 10:00 Barrage RTV Drenthe Assen

Results

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Regular games

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Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Points Victories
Netherlands Roel Boomstra 2408 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 13 1
Russia Alexander Schwartzman 2393 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 0

Tie-break games

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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
Netherlands Roel Boomstra 2432 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 23 3
Russia Alexander Schwartzman 2486 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 17 0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Informatie – Wereldtitel Dammen 2018". Wereldtiteldammen.nl. Archived from the original on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  2. ^ "FMJD - World Draughts Federation". www.fmjd.org.
  3. ^ "UG student Boomstra world champion in draughts". University of Groningen. January 14, 2019.
  4. ^ "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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