The 2017 World Draughts-64 Championship held in Saint Peterburg, Russia. 64 players from Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, and South America competed in the tournament, which started on October 20, 2017, and ended on October 28, 2017. The tournament was played in hotel «Moscow». The winning prize for the tournament was about three million rubles (about US$52,000). At the same time, the Women's World Draughts Championship was held. Championship played in classic (at the Russian draughts), rapid (at the Brazilian draughts) and blitz (at the Russian draughts) formats.

In the first stage participants played Swiss-system tournament with 9 rounds at Brazilian draughts. The first 4 participated in the semifinal and final.

The classification is based on the total points obtained. If two or more players had the same total points, the following was used to decide the placings:

1. Number of points scored by opponents, excluding the lowest result (reduced Solkof coefficient)

2. Number of points scored by all competitors (Buchholz coefficient)

There were 72 participants from 43 countries.

Time control: 7’+5” till the end of the game for each participant.

Results

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Place	Name	Country
1.	Igor Mikhalchenko	Belarus
2.	Gavril Kolesov	Russia
3.	Sergey Belosheev	Russia

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In the first stage participants played Swiss-system tournament with 9 rounds at Russian version draughts. The first 4 participated in the semifinal and final.

The classification is based on the total points obtained. If two or more players will have same total points to define the places:

1. Number of points scored by all competitors (Buchholz coefficient)

2. Number of points scored by opponents, excluding the lowest result (reduced Solkof coefficient)

There were 74 participants from 43 countries.

Time control: 3’+2” till the end of the game for each participant.

Results

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Place	Name	Country
1.	Gavril Kolesov	Russia
2.	Igor Mikhalchenko	Belarus
3.	Oleg Dashkov	Russia

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• Regulations of the World Draughts-64 Championship 2017 Among men and women
• World Draughts-64 Championship on site IDF
• Results semifinal on site Chessarbiter.com
• Results for 1-16 places on site Chessarbiter.com
• Final results on site Chessarbiter.com