2018_World_Draughts_Championship_match

2018 World Draughts Championship match

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

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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Results

Regular games

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Tie-break games

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See also

References

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